Chapter Four

Sami walked in the park later that day, enjoying the fact that she was starting her new life. Sami now had a job as patient coordinator for GH. Alan had told her that she would start in a week and she was looking forward to it.

She came upon a swing set and saw the young woman that was sitting on one of the swings, crying. "What's wrong?" Sami asked her.

The woman's head rose and tearfilled eyes rose to meet the compassionate blue eyes. "My children are missing. They've been kidnapped by an enemy of my ex-husband and I am so scared that…" she could hardly go on as sobs wracked her.

Sami approached and embraced her. "I know how you feel. My son was kidnapped and I was scared that I wouldn't get him back. But I did and so will you."

The tears calmed and the woman slightly smiled. "Thank you. I'm Carly Corinthos. I didn't think anyone else would know how scared I am, but you do."

"Sami Brady. You're Lucky's cousin, right?"

"Yeah. How is he?" Carly asked.

"He woke up earlier. He's doing a lot better now that his half-sister is his doctor rather than Tony Jones," Sami told her.

"I wouldn't trust Tony as far as I could throw him. Not after he took my son Michael years ago and after he worked for Helena," Carly said.

"Liz and his siblings think that Tony could be working for her again. If only they could smoke her out," Sami said.

Carly's eyes widened at that moment. "Oh my god! She could be the key!"

"What do you mean?" Sami asked.

"Helena worked with Faith Rosco once and she might be able to tell us where Faith has the children! She might know!" Carly exclaimed, rising from the swing with determination in her eyes.

"Then this could be more than Faith kidnapping the children for revenge against your ex. Carly, you are a Spencer. And by what Liz has told me, Helena will do anything she can to hurt the Spencer family," Sami said.

"You're right! This could be a part of Helena's revenge against my family and against Alexis, who happens to be the mother of Sonny's daughter Kristina. We must get her! We have to draw her out and get our revenge against her!" Carly exclaimed with determination.

Sami smiled. "Good! Lucky and his siblings need all the help they can get!"

That Night in Salem

Lucas faced his mother, fury filling him at what he had heard her say. "How could you!"

"Lucas, I was protecting you and Will. Sami wasn't good for you! She was not the one for you! I had to show you that!" Kate exclaimed in her defense.

"You are wrong, Kate! Sami was the best thing that ever happened to me! She is the one for me! You were just scared that she would turn Will and I against you! You just did that yourself! You set Sami and Brandon up! You put them in bed together, naked! You made sure that I would walk in to see it! I hate you! I want you out of my life and out of Will's life forever! You are dead to me from this day forward! Now leave!" Lucas yelled at her.

Kate quickly and wisely left the apartment. Lucas sank down on the couch. He held his head in his hands, thinking about what he had just learned. His mother had been against Sami the whole time. She had been right. Kate was still out to get her.

Lucas knew he had made the wrong choice in not marrying Sami, in not believing her. Now he knew that she had been telling the truth.

He rose and looked out the window. He sighed as he looked at the night sky. He found the north star and made a wish.

Sami, please come home. I love you.

Sami sat inside Steven's apartment that night as they discussed the next plan to draw Helena out of hiding

"Sami, that bitch couldn't resist an open target like me, right?" Carly asked.

"According to your mom, no she couldn't. A chance to eliminate a Spencer in this world for exchange for the kids. She will not be able to resist it," Sami said.

"Sami is right, Carly. Helena will jump at the chance to bring the kids home if she knows, or believes she knows, that she gets to eliminate a Spencer child. But the problem will be John, you know that," Steven said.

"To hell with John. I never should've seeked him out. This is something that needs to be done to free our family from that bitch. I need to do this for the kids and for my family," Carly said with determination.

"Then let's do this. We just have to find a way to get a message to her and see if she accepts," Steven said.

Sami and Carly nodded. "Sonny said he'll be ready. He'll make sure that I'm protected if she accepts. She will know the terms. She can't take my life unless the kids are brought home," Carly said.

"And Leah and Lance said that they would make it perfectly clear that the only way she could really take your life would be if she reveals herself to be alive and will, which would set Nikolas free," Steven said.

"And Nadia and Natalia will make it clear that Emily is not to be harmed," Sami said. "I am glad that Emily is doing better now. She's actually dealing with what happened to her."

"She's going to tell Nikolas tomorrow, right?" Carly asked.

"Yep. I'm glad she listened to me," Sami said.

Emily sat in her and Nikolas's bedroom at Wyndemere, her courage to tell him not faltering in the least. Sami had done a lot for her in the short talk they had earlier in the day.

Flashback

"Emily, you are not dealing with what happened to you! I can see that and so can Liz," Sami said.

"You know nothing! You have no idea what I've gone through!" Emily raged.

"Yes, I do. I was fifteen when I was raped, Emily. And I dealt with it with the help of my family and friends. You are not facing what happened. You are shying away from Nikolas, you are not allowing Liz to help you, you are piling it all on your shoulders and you cannot do that. Emily, face your fears. Conquer the feelings that the rape has left you with. Liz can help you and so can I," Sami said.

End flashback

Emily understood at that moment what she had been doing wrong and she became determined to face her fear and admit to Nikolas what had truly happened and understood now that she needed to deal with the fact that her rapist looked exactly like the man she loves.

She crawled underneath her covers and fell asleep, for the first time ready to conquer even her nightmares.

"So Carly is ready?" Lucky asked Sami that night.

"Yes. She'll do anything to get her boys back and to get Kristina back to Alexis," Sami said.

"So now, all that's left to do is to contact Helena and make a deal with her," Liz said.

"Yep. Carly is showing now that she is a true Spencer. We'll do anything for our family," Lucky said.

"Especially when it comes to our children," came Bobbie's voice from the door way. "We will do anything for our children, including kill."

"That's for sure. I've seen the things that you will do for your family in the past few years," Liz said.

Sami smiled. "Sounds familiar. That sounds like what I have done for the men I thought I loved," she said.

"Yeah, but it didn't always work out for you. But hopefully this will work," Elizabeth said.

"I hope so," Sami said with a sigh.