Chapter 6
"NOOO!" Sami screamed out and then was suddenly jerked awake. Her head snapped around to see the little old lady sitting next to her, with her hand on Sami's arm and her eyes full of concern. The other people on the bus were looking at her funnily as she tried to catch her breath. "Are you all right dear?" the lady asked her. "I'm fine" Sami said. "It was just a dream" "Hmm." The old lady said looking at her curiously "It must have been some dream. You let out the most awful scream, so I shook you to wake you up." "I'm sorry and thank you." The lady smiled at her sympathetically and took a plum from her bag. "Here dear, you look as though you could use this." "Thank you very much." Sami said and smiled appreciatively. She took a bite of the plum and savored it. She hadn't realized that she was so hungry. "Are you sure you're alright dear?" The lady asked again. "You're still looking a might peaked." Sami smiled at the old lady. She reminded Sami a bit of Mrs. Horton. "I've been ill, that's all." She said. "I must still be fighting off the remnants of it." "Oh, I know how that can be, especially at my age." The lady laughed and introduced herself to Sami "I'm Matilda." She said and looked at Sami expectantly. Sami hesitated before saying "Gene, my name is Gene."
Roman and Kate stepped off the elevator hurriedly and went straight to where John and Marlena stood with Tony at the desk. "Doc." Roman said. " Oh Roman!" Marlena cried. "Any word, anything at all?" "Nothing yet." Roman replied. "But we've got cops on the lookout at all the airports and bus depots and train stations in town. Plus, I've got roadblocks set up so if she's trying to leave town we'll find her. "Why would she try to leave town?" Tony asked. Roman glared at him before answering. "I don't know Dimera. Why would she get up out of her coma and take off. Maybe there's something or someone that she's afraid of." He looked meaningfully at Tony. "Oh I see." Tony said. "You think that because Samantha was injured in my home that perhaps I have something to do with her disappearance." Marlena gasped quietly at the implication and John looked from his brother to Roman, waiting for a fight to erupt. "Did you?" Roman asked. "Don't think I don't know that you've been hanging around here, when we're not around. Sneaking in to see her late at night." "Well of course I came to see her." Tony said indignantly. "I'm concerned for her well being. I did not, however have anything to do with her disappearance and I resent the implication that I did. I'm as worried about her as any of you are." "Oh I doubt that Dimera." Roman said. "An if I find out that you had anything to do with Samantha going missing, I'll have you thrown in lockup so fast it'll make your head spin." "Ok that's enough." Marlena said. "Marlena's right." Kate spoke up grabbing Roman's arm as he took a threatening step towards Tony. "They're both right." John said. "This isn't helping anything. We need to find out when exactly Sami left and try to figure out what direction she's headed in. Damn, if only we knew why'd she left, maybe we could get a clue as to where she's gone." "Perhaps I can assist you with that?" A voice sounded behind them. They all turned to see a strange man in a wheelchair staring up at them, a half smile on his face.