Samantha and Vivian made their way back to the bullpen where Danny was still seated.
"Anything new?" asked Vivian.
Danny's head shot up. "Nope nothing."
"If you were a 15 year old girl, where would you run to?" murmured Vivian thoughtfully.
"Well the first bet would be a friends, probably one that the parents don't know too well. Then who knows?" Danny sighed.
"When I was 16 I ran away from home." said Samantha sadly, trying to get some insight into where this girl would go.
Vivian looked at her surprised, she never knew this. Looking at Danny she noticed he didn't seem phased by this revelation. She found herself wondering if she was the only one who didn't know, or if Jack and Martin didn't know either. She also felt saddened by the fact she realized that she didn't really know Sam that well, and she vowed to get to know her better, form a stronger friendship.
"So where did you go?" she asked.
"Well I got as far as the bus station in the next town."
"If she had gotten a bus then she could be well out of the state by now." observed Vivian.
The phone rang next to Danny. "Taylor." he said. Listening to the voice he mouthed to the others 'it's Jack'. He listened intently for a few moments.
"Okay. We're on our way." he asid and hung up, grabbing his jacket and telling Sam and Viv to do the same.
"While they were at Amy's, she got a phone call from Lily. They traced it to a payphone near a small motel just inside the state border. They want us to get over there." Danny said urgently.
They pulled up outside the motel, and saw Martin and who they assumed to be Lily's parents standing by a car.
They walked over to the others. "What's going on?" Vivian asked Martin.
"Jack's finding out from the manager if she's still here." he replied. "In the call she made to Amy, she said she was leaving."
"Here comes Jack." said Samantha, glancing towards the door of the main building.
"She's still here, room 6, he said. Viv, Mr and Mrs Pearce, if you come with me." he said. The four of them made their way over to room 6 and left the others standing by the cars.
"Well..this was quite an easy case." said Martin.
"Yeah if only they were all like this." sighed Sam.
A few minutes later Jack and Vivian re-emerged.
"So?" asked Danny.
"She was packing, just about to leave again. Her parents are talking things over with her now."
"I hope they sort everything out." said Sam glancing over at the closed door of room 6. We need more happy endings she thought to herself.
Back at the office a while later, they were all writing up the case reports.
"What's this?" Jack huffed from where he had almost tripped over the box on the floor that contained the flowers.
Samantha shot up quickly and started to walk over. "Oh its nothing, it's just..." Her voice trailed off as Jack opened the box and looked inside.
She sighed. She really hadn't wanted to tell anyone else if she could've helped it.
"Sam, what's this?" Jack asked cautiously, placing the flowers and the note on the table.
Martin, his attention having been caught, also came over.
"It's nothing." said Sam firmly.
Martin read the note, his eyes widening in shock, and fear for her. "It doesn't sound like nothing."
"I'm handling it." She snapped.
"Were you going to tell us?" Jack asked angry at whoever sent it and also angry at Samantha for trying to act as though everything was fine and like she hadn't just been threatened.
"There's nothing to tell!" said Sam frustrated.
"I'm your boss. I think I have a right to know if one of my agents is in danger. It could be really serious, you shoul-"
"Look, nothing has happened and I can perfectly well take care of myself, I've managed fine all these years, and I sure as hell don't need people to look after me now. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to finish my report at home." she finished angrily. She dumped the flowers and the note in the trash, then got her stuff together in record speed and stormed out the office.
After she left the others exchanged surprised glances, Sam hardly ever got mad.
Martin still had a worried look on his face. "Any idea who was sending it?"
Danny and Viv shook their heads. "We were here when she got it, she seemed pretty freaked, but she didn't seem to know who it was."
"What did it mean in the note, about talking on the phone?" asked Jack curiously.
"She's been getting these prank calls for the past few days." admitted Danny. "When she answered the person would wait for a few moments, then hang up. I was at her place the other day, and she yelled down the phone at whoever it was."
Jack frowned, wondering how serious it was and if Sam was in any danger.
