Chapter Ten

Author's note- I didn't want to leave any loose ends. So I will continue to show what happens to Sam and how in the end that intersects with what happens to Jason and Carly.

"That Jason Morgan sent us on a wild goose chase!" fumed Alexis to Nikolas as they drove away from the villa

Nikolas was at the wheel of the rental car.

Alexis continued, "He sends us to that villa promising my daughter will be there and what do we find?"

"Nothing."

"Exactly! There was no trace that Sam had ever been there. Ya, someone had been renting it but what proof do we have that it was Sam beyond the word of a hitman?"

"None."

Nikolas let his aunt spill her frustrations while he concentrated on their next move. He punched one key on his cell and speed dialed his pilot.

Alexis cried, "We have to find Sam, Nikolas. We can't go home without her. What if she fell off the boat? She could be in the middle of the ocean waiting on someone to find her. Waiting on Jason who is already back in Port Charles or waiting on her family who are wasting their time listening to that cold hearted-"

Into the phone Nik said, "Rent a helicopter and be waiting for us at the heliport. We'll be arriving shortly."

He clicked off the call and said to Alexis, "We'll fly over the site her boat was found on our own. If she's there we'll find her. But do you think it is even a possibility she was at the villa and decided to leave on her own?"

"Well, according to Jason," she said his name like a curse " Sam was at that villa and unhurt. Why wouldn't she call me? Sam would know that if Jason knows she was missing then I would find out too. She wouldn't let me worry like this."

Alexis cell phone rang, "Hi."

"Honey, great news!" said Ric " Sam is fine. She called here and said her boat broke down but that she caught a ride with a passing ship. So no worries."

"I don't understand..." said Alexis "I want to talk to her myself. Did you tell her to call my cell?"

"I didn't think of that." said Ric "Come home, hon, I am sure she will call again soon."

"Did she say where she is?"

"At a hotel on the beach, I think."

"There are a hundred of those! Which one?"

"I don't think she specified."

Alexis emotions warred inside of her. She was thrilled her daughter was safe but upset she couldn't see her for herself. "I'm not leaving this island without Sam." she said to Ric. Then she asked about Kristina and Molly, and after a few more minutes hung up.

Ric called Sam as soon as he was done talking to Alexis. "She isn't giving up."

Sam's voice was without emotion. "Tell her I caught a flight to Europe. Let her think I am somewhere happy... tell her I decided I need time away... maybe she won't even miss me... Jason doesn't."

Ric said, "So, this plan didn't work. Don't go to extremes now. You can still win him back. And then both of you can go away to Europe together."

And leave Sonny to me, Ric thought

"It's too late..." said Sam "I don't have the strength to keep going on like this..."

"Sam!"

She hung up the phone.

In the arms of the Angel

far away from here
From this dark, cold hotel room,

and the endlessness that you fear


You are pulled from the wreckage

of your silent reverie


In the arms of the Angel; may you find some comfort here

Sarah Mclachlan lyrics

Later when Nikolas and Alexis were in the helicopter the pilot said, "My god!"

"What?" asked Alexis. They had searched for hours and were now heading back to the heliport. The hotels were out the window to the left of them. They banked close to them to land on the roof of a tall building that was the heliport.

Nikolas saw what the pilot was looking at. On top of one hotel was a lone figure. But it couldn't be... Nik thought.

The figure was standing on the ledge of the hotel roof.

"She's going to jump!" the pilot said

Alexis eyes turned and took in the dark haired female form, her short dress whipping in the wind, that looked as if she was about to commit suicide.

"Land this thing!" cried Alexis. " That could be my daughter!"

The pilot swooped away from the building and in minutes had them landed on the heliport. As soon as the rotors stopped moving, Alexis flung open her door and ran for the rental car without a word.

Nik told the pilot, "Call the authorities and report what you saw immediately."

The pilot pulled a cell from his pocket. As Nik climbed out of the helicopter he heard the man say, "I pray that woman is alright."

She has to be, Nik thought to himself. We didn't come all this way to lose one of our own.

In this sweet madness,

oh this glorious sadness

That brings me to my knees


In the arms of the Angel...

Sarah McLachlan