Chapter 21: She Had it Coming

"I can't help but get the feeling that unlike your brother, you don't like me much do you?" Kate asked.

"My brother believes that there is good in everyone, something worth saving." Derrick replied.

"But you don't." Kate said stating the obvious.

"No, I think people are who they are and it's a waste of time to try to change them into someone else." Derrick replied.

"So what is it about me you don't like." Kate rephrased.

"Are you sure you want to hear it?" Derrick replied raising an eyebrow.

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't." Kate said pointedly.

"We're both wolves in sheep clothing Kate. We're both defined by our pasts and we can't let it go. We've spent years masking ourselves with sophisticated exteriors but inside, I'm a cold heartless bastard and you're still DeMira's whore." Derrick said bluntly.

Kate slapped Derrick but didn't leave. Everything he had said was true.

"I see you as who you really are and so does Sam. That's why you hate her so much. Why you can't let her be happy. She's your scapegoat. You think that if you shine a spotlight on her and her misdeeds, people won't take a closer look at you." Derrick accused.

"You're wrong, all I've ever wanted was that harlot to stay away from my family and leave my sons alone." Kate defended.

Derrick raised an eyebrow at the word harlot. "What has Sam really done that was so bad?"

"Are you kidding me? She's done everything to keep Austin and Carrie apart."

"Sam was young and she though she was in love with him. Besides Carrie had affairs with other men while she was married to your both your sons but you still want her as a daughter in law. I say Sam was doing you a favor." Derrick pointed out.

"She kept Will from Lucas his real father for years after he was born." Kate said bringing up another flaw.

"Come now Kate, you and I both know that Lucas wasn't ready to be a father. You really are going to hold it that against Sam when she was only trying to be a good mother? She thought Austin would have made a better father and role model. And if I remember correctly, you weren't exactly forthright with your son Lucas about his parentage either."

"How about the fact she can't keep a man because she can't help but lie? She's had a parade of men in her life and they all deserted her!" Kate said with satisfaction.

"Do you really want to play that card Kate? Well, she lost Austin the first few times because he wasn't really hers in the first place and the last time she lost Austin was because her sister had an affair with him. Then there is Lucas who escaped from your influence and realized how much he cared for Sam. But you couldn't stand it and you sabotaged it with your lies, all in the guise of maternal love. Brandon she lost because again she was set up by people she thought she could trust into believing that he was the father of Lexi's baby. Franco is a wash since well, he tried to use her and he met an untimely end at you're son's hands wasn't it? You dare call her a harlot when she's only voluntarily with 4 men in entire life all of whom she was in a relationship. You on the other hand has sex with men for money, so what would that make you?" Derrick pointed out.

"You seemed to know a lot about me and my family." Kate said suspiciously.

"I have access to unlimited resources." Derrick explained.

"You seem to have an answer for everything. Can you answer this, how can she be forgiven for stint as Stan?" Kate said playing her final card. "How can you excuse her for putting the people she professes to care for into danger and almost getting them killed. My son lost a leg because of her."

"Your son is a soldier and he lost he leg in battle and it had nothing to do with Sami." Derrick said harshly. "She was being used and controlled by a DiMera and you of all people should understand how difficult it is to escape the DiMera's once they've set their sights on you. And she didn't get them killed did she? She actually rescued them despite the danger to herself and earned the enmity of a DiMera." Derrick revealed.

"My God! You think that it's the DiMeras who are after Sami." Kate exclaimed.

"They seem to be the logical choice." Derrick replied and then changed the subject. "You'll have to stick your claws into another victim Kate, from now on Sam is off limits."

"Well in that case I hope the DiMeras get her." Kate said venomously.

Derrick grabbed her arm and Kate shivered at the coldness in his eyes. Derrick was extremely dangerous and she had underestimated him.

"You had better hope that they don't come near Sam because if they do I'll come after them starting with you. Ever wonder why the Wells don't have enemies?" Derrick alluded chillingly. Kate shivered again as she realized Derrick meant that they had all be eradicated.