A knock on the door interrupted her deep thoughts. A shot of fear took over her body. Was it bad news? Was it good news? Her heart began to shake and pound. A part of her wanted to rush the door open while another part wanted to hide under a rock and avoid all news. Good or bad.
Slowly she headed towards the door and started opening it. Not knowing if she was inviting an angel or the devil. The angel would be any good news she could get. And the devil would be all bad. She had a feeling it would be both.
She pulled the door open at a really slow pace, as if opening the door to uncertainty and the rest of her life.
On the other side, the first thing Sam noticed was Lila. Lila was standing by the door. Danny was right behind her, his hands on her shoulders. As if restraining her from running away. Poor kid was so frightened, that's what kidnaping does to you. The Sam's eyes wondered off to the people standing next to Lila and Danny. Diego was holding a bloody Sage in his arms. Sage was still awake, and in incredible pain. Her deep brown eyes were fighting back the tears that were about to come out as the bullet laid inside her.
"Take her to the hospital." Sam urged Diego when she saw the terrifying sight.
"N - No." Sage said painfully but firmly, "first we - we had to - to make s- sure they - go- got he -here sa- safe." The more Sage tried to talk the more she stuttered.
She was bleeding intensely and going to the hospital might actually kill her. Sam remembered when she took care of the shot Jason back when Reese shot him, a few years ago. "Come in, I'll take care of you." the words came out of her mouth.
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Jason opened the door "Sam!" he didn't even seem to look around or notice anything.
"I'm in the kitchen!" Sam yelled out.
Jason started walking towards the kitchen area of that hotel room. For some odd reason, Sam always needed a hotel room with a kitchen. That made no sense to Jason since Sam can't cook.
On the way, he noticed a trail of blood on the floor. He saw toys, child's toys. And in the distance he can hear a man saying "She's my sister." in a childish voice.
He walked into the kitchen and the sight he saw both, made him smile and made him frown. He first noticed Lila. The little girl he was raising as his own. "Run to daddy!" he playfully said while kneeling down and Lila ran into his arms. "I've missed you."
"I missed you too Daddy. I missed Mommy too." The little girl say.
Jason turned to look at Sam who was taking care of a shot Sage, who was laying on the kitchen table.
"Hey Jason." Sam greeted him with her eyes still on Sage. She was wrapping gauze around her stomach area.
"Sam, we need to talk." Jason wasn't sure where to begin. Should he tell her about Sally Malic or shell he ask her what the hell happened? Lila and Danny were home and Sage was shot. It all happened while he was researching Faith. For a minute, he wondered if he had skipped a day in his life without even knowing it.
"What about? I'm kinda busy." Sam was behaving as if she this was just like every other day in her life, which really bothered him.
Sam finished 'operating' on Sage and Jason grabbed her arm and led her to another room.
"Sam, what's wrong with you? You're acting like nothing happened?" Jason thought about what he just said. If he would still be with Courtney, he would in now way be so open with his opinion. He realized just how much he loved Sam. She was the one who made him free to speak him mind. She was the one who encouraged him to be more open. And she never shut him out.
Suddenly, Sam's face showed both, excitement and worry. "I'm just so confused," she started to say as tears formed in her eyes. She didn't know why she was about to cry but lately she had been on an emotional roller coaster. "It's just that Lila and Danny are back and I'm just so happy. But Sage is shot and I feel responsible. And I'm so afraid that the kidnapper might strike again. And then we would loose Lila and Danny again. And I just don't know how to feel anymore. I wish I know who the kidnapper was so I could protect my kids." Sam said while tears started falling from her eyes. She pushed herself toward Jason's body and put her head on his chest. He hugged her and held her tight.
The last word surprised Jason. 'Kids'. "Sam, you just said kids rather then kid."
"I know. Danny is my brother but I swear he's also like my kid. He's always a little boy." Sam said while pulling away from him so she could wipe of a few tears.
"I think I know who the kidnapper is." Jason said and Sam's face turned to confusion and shock.
Diego walked out of the kitchen, on que. It was obvious that he was listening outside the room, "I saw the kidnapper."
Jason pulled something out of his famous leather jacket's inner pocket and handed it to Diego, "Was it she?"
Diego's face turned to surprise, "yes."
"Who is she?" Sam quickly asked as she took the picture to look at it herself. "Wait a minute, I know her." Sam looked up at Jason as if silently asking for details on how he arrived to such a conclusion.
"She's Faith's sister. Sally Malic."
Sam looked down at the picture again and a memory flashed fresh in her mind:
"I don't think I ever told you this but I had a sister who lived her."
"What happened to her?" Jason asked, for some reason he pretended to be interested even though he couldn't be more bored.
"She died. I don't really want to talk about it but she died in a car accident." Jenny said while suddenly turning away. She looked really mad, and pained.
"I'm sorry." Was all Sam could say.
"Oh, don't worry. It's not like you killed her." Jenny said angrily. "Anyways, I have to go." Jenny said and walked back to her own hotel room, which was across the hall from Sam and Jason's room.
And now it was obvious. The kidnapper was Jenny Row, Sam's co-worker.
