Chapter 20: No More Secrets
"Talk to me EJ." Sami said simply.
"I knew he was alive but now that I've met him. Everything is different." EJ said opening up to Sami.
"Did you know he was my stepfather?" Sami asked curious.
"Yes." EJ said guiltily. "I have to tell you something, something I did before I got to know you."
"You can tell me anything EJ." Sami promised. "I love you."
"Then promise me that you'll give me a chance to explain before you decide to hate me." EJ asked.
"EJ, what is it?" Sami asked concerned.
"Promise me first." EJ insisted.
"I promise I won't hate you no matter what you say." Sami said.
"Ok. I lied to you about why I came to Salem." EJ started. "I know you can't remember but you will one day and I need to tell you the truth. I don't want any secrets between us."
"No secrets, EJ." Sami promised. "You came to Salem to meet your father didn't you?" Sami surmised.
"Yes, I did but that's not all." EJ said guiltily.
"You got involved with me because it would force your father to interact with you." Sami guessed.
"Yes!" EJ said surprised. Sami was taking this very well.
"Was that all this relationship was to you?" Sami said calmly even though she felt like raging.
"No!" EJ said quickly. "It started out that way. I was going to use you to get to my father but then I got to know you. You filled this need in me that I didn't know I had. You had this beautiful vision of your future and I wanted to be a part of it. You made me believe that life was more then going through the motions. That it was ok to want and dream about things I never knew existed." EJ said earnestly.
"Oh EJ!" Sami said so relieved that he loved her in his own little way that she couldn't help crying.
"Don't cry darling. I'm so sorry. I know people have used you in the past but please forgive me." EJ laid on the bed next to her and gathered her into his arms. "Please don't be sad."
"I'm not sad, these tears are my happy tears." Sami said smiling through her tears.
"Happy tears?" EJ asked confused.
"I'm so relieved to find that you do care about me. That it wasn't all a lie. And that you weren't going to just ditch me now that you've met your father." Sami said still crying.
"I'll always be there for you Samantha. Always!" EJ vowed.
"Promise?" Sami asked.
"Promise." EJ said.
"Is there anything else you need to tell me?" Sami asked.
"What one secret wasn't enough for you, you greedy vixen?" EJ teased.
"Well are there?" Sami insisted.
"Yes, you are in danger and it's all my fault." EJ said quietly.
"You mean from the person who tried to drug me?" Sami asked stroking his chest to comfort him.
"How did you? Lucas!" EJ said angrily.
"You didn't tell me because you were afraid that it would upset me enough to give me a heart attack." Sami said for him. "And you were going to tell me once you had the right moment."
"Yes I was going to tell you everything. I don't like keeping secrets from you." EJ said giving her a kiss on the top of her head.
"And I know that nothing will happen to me as long as you're with me." Sami said.
"Samantha, I'm the one who put you into danger in the first place." EJ said sadly.
"The shooting was not your fault! Neither was it your fault that there is a sicko out there who tried to drug me or send me a stupid note." Sami insisted.
"You remember the threatening notes?" EJ said surprise.
"Notes? There's more then one?" Sami asked confused.
"Yes before you came to NY you were receiving threatening notes." EJ explained. "Are you saying you got one here? When?"
"Well Derrick brought it to me just before you met your father." Sami said as she shivered at the thought that she was in danger long before the shooting.
"Son of a bitch!" EJ said angrily.
"EJ, why is this happening to me?" Sami asked. "What did I do?"
"I'm so sorry darling. I promise I'll catch this guy and you'll be safe again." EJ said trying to comfort her.
"EJ are you in danger if you stay with me?" Sami asked alarmed.
EJ laughed. "Danger to me, how I can I be since I know you'll jump into any bullets aimed my way."
"I'm serious EJ, I'll run away if there is any chance you'll be hurt." Sami said seriously.
"Samantha, don't even think about running away. You're safer with me then anywhere else. Promise me that you won't do anything so foolish." EJ said shifting in the bed so that he was leaning over her.
"I'll do no such thing. I will not put you in any danger." Sami said stubbornly.
EJ couldn't help but smile. "Samantha, I a race cars, I go over a hundred miles a hour around a track, I'm not a stranger to danger."
"But it's not the same EJ and you know it. You're trained to race cars not dodge bullets." Sami insisted.
"You're going to make me tell you aren't you?" EJ said sighing.
"Tell me what?" Sami asked curious.
"But if I tell you I'll have to kill you." EJ teased.
"Well I have ways of getting information out of you." Sami said seductively running her hand up and down his chest and abs under his shirt.
EJ sucked in his breath. "Samantha!" He groaned.
"Ready to tell me all your deep dark secrets?" Sami asked.
"You've got to do better then that to get me to talk." EJ said his eyes bright with desire.
Samantha reached the button of his pants.
"Samantha, don't!" EJ groaned as he rested his forehead against hers trying to get his need under control. He was breathing heavily. How could she get him so revved up by just touching him?
"Are you going to tell me or not?" Sami said seductively.
"Ok you Mata Hari, I'll tell you but you have to get you hand out of my pants or I may forget the fact that you still have two bullet holes in your side." EJ warned his eyes promising retribution at a later time.
Sami pulled out her hand and gave him an innocent look.
"Racing is a front. I use it to travel around the world undercover for the ISA." EJ admitted.
"So you're in danger all the time!" Sami cried out worried.
"You don't have to worry about me Samantha, I'm well trained and I've never been shot in the entire time I've worked for the ISA." EJ said trying to put her at ease.
"But you just told me that you came to Salem to get to know your father…" Samantha connected the dots. "You're investigating him!" Samantha accused. "You think he's the one that's behind all of this."
EJ groaned. Samantha was too smart for her own good. "I found out who my father was when I accidentally came across my mother's journal. I learned about the DiMeras and what they had done to my family and I wanted revenge. When the ISA approached me I accepted the job and I went through training pretty quickly. Once I was a full agent I ran a DNA check through the ISA computer and I was surprised to find that it matched John Black, another ISA agent. I found out everything I could about him. I still couldn't believe that the ISA had hired a DiMera. When the ISA discovered that there has been some unusual activity in organized crime and it all pointed to Salem, I requested the assignment. I knew that that it couldn't be Tony DiMera since I had my teams tracking his every move. But the evidence has DiMera written all over it. Since I knew it couldn't be Tony. It has to be another DiMera and there is only one left in Salem. John Black."
"I'm sorry EJ." Sami said softly.
"I used to dream about what my father would be like. I thought he would be strong and kind the type of man John Black pretends to be." EJ said bitterly.
"If John was behind this and you had absolute proof, you would have arrested him already." Sami stated. "There is still a chance that he isn't the one behind this at all. What if he's being framed?"
"Thank you Samantha for trying to make me feel better." EJ said sadly. "There is no one else it could be. No one else has the knowledge or money to pull off something like this."
"Have faith EJ. Give your father a chance to prove you wrong." Sami said gently. "I don't think my mother would have married a man who is a dangerous criminal."
EJ gave her a soft look. "I'll give him a chance but if he hurts you in any way…" EJ trailed off his eyes hardening.
"He wont hurt me, no one will. I have you to protect me." Sami said confidently.
"You can't tell anyone that I work for the ISA." EJ warned.
"Hey, I said no secrets between us, I didn't say no secrets period." Sami said mischievously. Then she became serious. "I'll never let you down EJ. Never!"
