Chapter 4
Tony walked into Sami's hospital room and was surprised to find it empty. He spotted a nurse in the hall and pulled her aside. "Excuse me nurse," he said, "But what's happened to the girl that was in this room, Sami Brady?" The nursed hesitated and finally stammered. "I'm sorry sir, but she's gone." "Gone?" Tony asked puzzled. "What do you mean gone? Has she been released already? I was under the impression that she was still in a coma. Was there a change in her condition?" The nurse looked at him a bit frightened, since everyone in town knew who Tony Dimera was and she certainly didn't want to upset him. "I'm sorry Mr. Dimera," she said shaking her head at him, "but Sami, well….we lost her." She turned around quickly and hurried away.
Tony stared in stunned silence at the nurses retreating form as he absorbed what she had just told him. It couldn't be, he thought. Not Sami, she just couldn't be dead. He sat down on the edge of the bed in shock. And then the truth of what he'd been told hit him and he put his face in his hands and wept.
John was on the phone at the nurses' station, frantically talking to someone on the other end, when Tony came up behind him. "Hold on" John said into the phone as he turned and saw his brother standing behind him. "Dimera, what the hell do you want" "I just," Tony started, "I just heard about Sami. Oh God John, I'm so sorry! How did it happen? When?" "We're not sure exactly." John said distractedly, "An hour ago, maybe two." "Oh my God." Tony whispered brokenly as John turned his attention back to his phone call. "Yeah, Abe what've you got" John said, turning back around. "How that can be. I have an eyewitness who said they saw her leave, so how could she just disappear?" Tony listened to his brother and wondered whom it was that John was trying so desperately to find. "I know." John said. "I know that you're doing everything you can. Just find her ok. I'll be on my cell!" John turned back around and saw the confused look on Tony's face. "What?" he asked him. "I was just wondering if I could help in any way." Tony said. "Who is it you're trying to find, perhaps I can help locate them?" "Tony what the hell are you talking about?" John said impatiently. "We're trying to find Sami!" "Sami?" Tony said in shocked confusion. "But I thought Sami was dead."
At that moment, Marlena walked up to the two of them and panicked at Tony's last words. "What!" She cried. "John what is it? What's happened?" "Calm down Doc. Nobody's dead!" John said to her and she breathed a sigh of relief. "Tony what are you talking about?" "I went into the Sami's room and it was empty." Tony said, more confused than ever. "And when I asked the nurse, she said that Sami was gone. That you'd lost her." "John had to laugh at Tony's confusion, he couldn't help it. "John this is not funny!" Marlena hissed at him and he immediately stopped. "Sorry Doc." He said. "Tony, we "lost" Sami as in she's disappeared. She apparently woke up from her coma and left the hospital." Relief came over Tony but was quickly replace with confusion and he suddenly looked as though he was going to fall over. "Tony!" Marlena said taking him by the arm and leading him over to a chair. "Why don't you sit down." Thank you Marlena." He said taking a seat. "I don't understand this. Coma patients don't just get up and walk away!" "Yeah well apparently this one did." John said walking over to them. "I just got off the phone with Abe, Doc. He's got every available officer out there looking for Sami, but so far no one's seen her." "Oh dear God." Marlena said "Where could she be?"