Sonny realized what he was doing too late. He couldn't help himself anymore. He needed her, her warmth, her touch, the smell of her; everything was so clear now. For the past months that Emily was staying at the house with him, he was falling in love with her. Emily realized the need in Sonny's embrace and let herself be taken. Sonny hugged her tighter and then suddenly thought of Jason. He gently decided to stand up and let go of the hug as slowly as he possibly could. It was as if he was trying to savor the moment; as if he knew he would never again feel her, this close. "Why are you pushing me away, Sonny?"

"I'm not, I just want to be alone Emily" Sonny replied going to pour himself another drink.

"Sonny, I know what it's like to try and shut people out I've been there and done that, and you figured that out. Why are you so hurt, or so upset, don't shut me out, please?" Emily asked concerned.

Sonny didn't know how to answer that question. The reason for his suffering was her. Not being able to be with her because of Jason. He hated the fact that he now knew that he loved Emily, he preferred being oblivious to the situation a lot better. "You want to know the reason?" asked Sonny, knowing exactly what he was going to tell her now. It would wound her and him tremendously, but what had to be done, had to be done. "I know that you're in love with me. I'm sorry Emily but I can no longer lead you on to believe other wise. I am not in love with you. I love you with all my heart, you are Jason's little sister and I love you like I love Jason, forever. What you feel for me though is not…"

"Stop, Sonny, just stop" Emily understood perfectly now. "I am in love with you, but I have always known that you are not in love with me. You have never lead me to believe anything, it was all me. I understand, completely" Emily forced a smile with this statement. "Sonny, you are a great friend to me and I will never regret our friendship or anything else for that matter, and you will continue to be my greatest friend no matter what" Emily began to walk away she had, had enough humiliation for one night. "Sonny please don't let me be your troubles, because I do not wish to cause you any kind of pain or problems. I'm not a child, contrary to what other people might believe. I know when I have overstayed my welcome and am no longer needed, or worse, have become a burden. I'll be gone tomorrow morning" With that Emily walked up the stairs as quietly as she had come down.

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Sam and Jason stood on the couch a while longer and decided to head off to bed. Sam stood behind to clean up a little bit and send Jason off to wait for her in bed, or the bath whichever he preferred. She looked out of the window and could see the snow falling, it was hard but beautiful. She felt so lucky to be here with Jason. The past couple of months had been terrifying and an absolute hell. She heard her cell phone ring and interrupted her thoughts, it was Emily. She wondered if it was good news or bad. "Hello?" Sam asked. "Okay Em whatever you need. We'll set up the guest room for you." Sam knew there was more behind this story but she could not ask her over the phone. Sam would just have to ask her tomorrow. As Sam left the kitchen and started heading up the stairs to Jason, she heard a rustle behind her. She looked back and there was nobody there. She got scared for a moment and went to Jason's desk. She opened the left drawer and reached for the gun. It was gone. She wanted to yell out to Jason but it was too late someone had grabbed her from behind and placed cloth over her mouth and nose; that's all it took she was out and was dragged out of her and Jason's pent house with Jason unaware of the situation.

Jason was upstairs and realized that Sam was taking longer than usual. He went downstairs and saw that his front door was open. Did Sam go out he wondered? She would have said something. As he head to look out the door he noticed the left drawer of his desk was open. The gun was gone and he didn't like not knowing what was going on and he knew something had happened to Sam. He put his leather jacket on and headed straight to Sonny's house. "Sonny" Jason barged in.

Sonny was at his desk looking over business papers. He was startled when Jason came in and knew that something was wrong. "Jason, what happened?"

"Sam's missing" Was the only he could say and the thoughts were also still barely registering in his head.

"What?" Sonny asked confused. "How?"

"I don't know it was my fault, she send me upstairs and I went Sonny, and now that asshole I know he has her." Jason said furious. Emily heard the commotion upstairs and headed down the stairs when she heard Jason's voice. She was wearing only a verylong and big sweater that hung off the shoulder.

"What's going on?" Emily asked when she reached the last step. The men had not noticed her until she spoke and she looked beautiful. She had also been crying Sonny could tell.

"Sam's gone" Jason said getting more upset every time he said those words.

"I just talked to her? She can't be missing?" Emily said.

"What do you mean?" Jason asked.

"I called her and told her that I'm moving in tomorrow with you and her, and she said that she would get the guest room ready for me. She sounded like she was cleaning up or something, nothing out of the ordinary." Emily said trying to calm Jason down.

"I came down the stairs because I realized that she was taking too long cleaning up, so I decided to go down and help her. When I got downstairs my front door was open and my left drawer. I keep my gun in my left drawer because she knows it's there and makes her feel a little safe. She only uses it when she's scared. The gun was gone." Jason concluded.

Both Sonny and Emily looked at Jason not knowing what to say. It was then that Jason realized that Emily had said she was moving in. "You are not leaving Sonny's house Emily. Sam is gone and you need to be under constant surveillance now. Just stay put until we figure this out." Jason pleaded Emily. He knew why she wanted to move out. Sonny had done what he asked.

"Jason right, your not going anywhere and you will be taking Max with you at all times Emily." Sonny finished the order that Jason had started.

Emily knew better than to protest she was scared. She was scared for Sam and Jason and especially for Sonny. If Sonny was going to act he was going to do it sooner than expected Emily knew. "Okay" Emily agreed.

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Sam woke up on top of a couch. It was an old couch and it smelled of cigars and dust. She had to adjust her vision because she was still groggy. It was then that she remembered what had happened to her. She stood up startled that's when she realized that her legs were tied up. As she began to feel every inch of her body she realized that her hands were tied up as well. 'Where the hell am I?' she wondered to herself. She was alone in a room. It was not only a room, it was like a cottage. A very old cottage. The walls were dull gray, not because that was the choice of color she figured, but because that's what happened to paint after years. There was only one couch she could see, the one that she was on. There was no back door only a front one and she dragged herself towards it, but it was locked from the outside. She stood still a moment because she could hear two men talking outside. It was Manny Ruiz, she recognized that voice anywhere, and it was someone else, he sounded oddly familiar but she could not pinpoint it. Who was that other voice?