Chapter 1
The waiting room was filled with Brady's and Blacks. Upon hearing of her accident, Sami's so called loved ones had flocked to the emergency room. "I heard it was a really ugly scene here yesterday, when they found out what she'd done." Brady Black said to his sister Belle. "Where do you think Tony fits into all this?" "I don't know much," Belle said, "except that he and Sami got into it at the mansion and she fell into the doors. Do you really think that he meant to hurt her?" "I don't know." Brady said, "He's a Dimera, so anything's possible I guess." He looked around the waiting room. His father and stepmother were conversing quietly in the corner. There were tears running down Marlena's face and John took her in his arms. From the other side of the room, Tony Dimera was watching them intently, Lucas standing by his side. Well, Brady thought, at least now there was proof of Tony's treachery and his sisters and Marlena would finally stay away from the man. Roman and Kate were at the desk filling out hospital forms. Roman felt guilty and Brady could understand why. He'd had heard that Sami's father had said some really awful things to her yesterday and now Roman was blaming himself for her breakdown. He looked at Sami's grandparents sitting on the side, Caroline looked tired and pale from all the stress, and Shawn looked furious. Brady shook his head, the Dimera's had done nothing but cause his family trouble and he hoped that this time would be the last time and that Tony would be held accountable for Sami's fall. Although he and his stepsister had never gotten along as adults, as children they had been close. He realized now that he missed that closeness and vowed to himself that if she came out of this, he would do everything possible to heal the rift between them. His father was right, family was everything.
Roman held his head in his hands. "What the hell is taking so long?" He said to Kate. "She should've been out of surgery by now!" "Roman just try and relax, I'm sure everything is going fine." Kate said, putting her arms around him. "These things take time and I'm sure they're just making certain that they don't overlook anything." "I just can't stop thinking about the last time I saw her." He said. "She was in so much pain, and what did I say? I said that I was ashamed of her. Oh God, Kate she has to be alright. I have to get a chance to tell her that I didn't mean it. That I love her!" Kate hugged him tightly. "You will Roman, you will."
"I can't believe this is happening again!" Caroline said to her husband. Why oh why, couldn't Sami just stay away from Tony?" "That man is the devil, I tell ya." Shawn said, angrily glaring over at Tony. "He used our Sami for his own amusement, setting her up like that, and look what happened. By God I swear he'll pay for this!"
"Doc take it easy." John said to his sobbing wife. "I can't, I just can't!" Marlena said looking tearfully up at John "What if she doesn't come out of this?" "Hey," John said, "Sami is a fighter, she always has been. She's gotten through worse and she'll get through this." "I know that John, but when I think of how many times she's had to fight for her life," Marlena said, "I just wonder if she has any fight left in her, especially after what Tony did to her." She and John both looked over at Tony furiously and Tony shifted uncomfortably under their scrutiny. "What the hell is even still doing here?" Marlena said.
"How did things go so wrong?" Tony thought to himself. "I only wanted to teach Sami a lesson and get Brandon Walker out of her life. I never truly meant to hurt her." "You ok, Tony?" Lucas asked his boss. He was so caught up in his own misery over his part in Sami's crash, that he had barely noticed how it was affecting Tony, until just now. "I just can't get the image of Sami going thru that door out of my head." Tony grimaced. "Yeah, I know what you mean." Lucas said. "But Tony, it really was an accident, you can't blame yourself." "Can't I?" Tony said "Sami wouldn't have even been at the house if it wasn't for me. Do you know that ever since I came back to Salem she's done nothing but tried to be a friend to me, except for one time. And how do I repay her friendship, like this. No, her family is right, she was right. I am to blame for this. But I swear to you Lucas, if she comes out of this alive, I will do everything in my power to make it up to her!" "I believe you Tony." Lucas said. "I just wonder how I'm ever gonna make this up to her, or to Will." he thought to himself. "If anything happens to Sami, it's just as much my fault as it is Tony's!"