pg 12

"NO!" she screamed out loud, Jason heard her and woke up. "Sam." He said as he got up out of bed and quickly made his way down the stairs, finding her sobbing.

"I'm right here Sam." He said as he reached out to her she came to him hugging him close to her.

"Jason, don't leave me again please, please don't." she said in between sobs.

"I wont I promise Sam." He said holding her in his arms she had been tormented so much. No wonder her health, and her lifestyle took a decline, it had made a horrible scar on her heart.

"Come with me." He said holding her hand he led her upstairs where he could hold her for the rest of the night while she slept, laying down next to her he moved the hair out eyes and off her shoulders and kissed her neck then held her close to him rubbing her belly until she fell back asleep.

The next morning Sam woke up looking around the room. She had no idea how she had gotten there closing her eyes she fell back asleep for a bit longer. Jason was down stairs making some eggs, toast and fresh fruit for her breakfast. Putting the teapot on the stove he turned it on and let it get hot, he bought her some herbal tea. The baby was kicking her bladder so hard she figured she had better get up and use the restroom; she didn't want to have any accidents on his bed. Slowly she got up and made her way there then washed up and walked downstairs and stood in the doorway to the kitchen and watched him take care of her every need, walking over to him she slipped her arms around him quietly she made him jump a little.

"Didn't mean to startle you handsome, breakfast smells delicious." She said as he turned around and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Here." He said handing her a cup of tea.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"How did I end up upstairs?" She said looking at him with a curious look on her face.

"You don't remember?"

"Nope."

"You had a bad dream late last night, so I brought you up with me and held you so that you would sleep."

"Thank you." She said to him. "I can't remember what I was dreaming about."

"Why don't you sit down and I will bring you your breakfast." He said as he pulled out the chair for her to sit down in, she did as she got comfortable in it she took a small sip of her tea and putting the cup back down she remembered her dream last night as it replayed in her mind, she was at the prison and they were putting Jason to death for a crime he didn't commit. A tear slid down her cheek as she sniffed he heard her looking around on the other side of the cabinet he saw her.

"Sam."

"I'm okay."

"Did you remember it?"

"Yeah, and I don't want to discuss it with you."

"Hey, I am not going to make you do anything you don't want to." He said just as the phone rang. She reached over and grabbed it off the table.

"Hello."

"Hey, I was just calling to see how you were doing this morning?"

"Fine."

"You're lying through your teeth and we both know it."

"I said I am fine."

"I want to meet with you today Sam."

"No."

"I'm not giving up Sam."

"Suit yourself." She said and hung up the phone.

"Who was that?"

"Lucky."

"What did he want?" He asked with a jealous undertone.

"Just wanted to see how I was doing this morning, that's all."

"That's all?"

"No. He wants to meet with me today."

"You slept with him didn't you?" He said to her in an angst ridden voice.

" I told you I didn't."

"That's bull Sam, how can he be in love with you like he claims to be?"

"I don't know Jason, maybe the same way you fell in love with me, if you are so interested maybe you should get together with him and compare notes." She said slamming her tea cup as tea flew everywhere. "I don't care if you believe me or not, I didn't give my body to him, ever. And furthermore, you were the one who told me to get on with my life, you left me, it wasn't the other way around. I'm done." She said leaving her uneaten breakfast she got off her chair and walked out.

"Damn it." He yelled out loud as she made her way upstairs. Walking into the bedroom she slammed the door behind her and lay back down on the bed and fell back to sleep. About 15 minutes he opened the door to their room and quietly went around to her and sat down, brushing her hair away from her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I seem to have a lot to be very sorry for."

"The last thing I would ever want to do is sleep with someone else. I gave you all of me the first time we made love, but I gave my heart to you a long time ago Jason when I first came to live here with you. I have been in love with you for so long and when you went away, I couldn't do it without you. You are my life Jason, without you I am nothing."

Jason looked away, She had this uncanny way of making him feel things that he wished he could just ignore. He wasn't much of a talker to begin with but her forthrightness and honesty made him want to talk more, she was the only woman in the world who had ever captured his heart, she made him feel things that he didn't quite know hot to react to. But most of all and in his heart of hearts he wanted to be a better man for her because she deserved that and so much more.

"It practically killed me to have to walk away from you, to know we wouldn't have a family and be together until the end of our days. To have to know you went to prison for a crime you didn't commit broke me a little bit more everyday, and I became so full of bitterness and anger, I wanted to have this baby and never let you know about her, ever, and I know that was wrong to even think that, but that was my frame of mind." She said in between sobs.