Part 3

"We're still married aren't we?" EJ deducted from where Stefano was going in his letter in his head and voiced out loud. Sami looked at him and nodded her head at him.

"You both are also still married, that foolish annulment never happened and the marriage licenses you both filed with your other spouses were fakes. The papers you both received declaring your marriage over were fakes.

The marriage licenses you both filed in your latest go around marriages were never filed. I had my people at the courthouse pull them so you wouldn't be charged with bigamy. As I'm sure Elvis is thinking right now, if he does contact the courts office and looked up who he was legally married to it would not say the trollop.

Jenkins also has all the paper work to prove to you both that you're still married and that you will stay married. Let me start back again Elvis you are head of this family and you need a woman like Samantha by your side. One that will be your equal and partner in every way an isn't afraid to fight for her family. One that brings you passion and is not afraid to get her hands dirty.

One that belongs as the female head of this family and the only person that does is Samantha.

She's your soul mate, your true love and you both are so scared of that all powerful consuming love so instead you just keep marrying beneath you and then falling into bed with each other. "

Sami read as Will started laughing out loud at just how right Stefano was. EJ stared him down which silenced him quick making Sami think that she needed to learn how to do that.

"So he's dead, you're still married? What's stopping you from just getting divorced now?" Will asked not getting it.

"You have a lot to learn William." EJ stated as he stood up. Taking his reading glasses off and tossing them on the desk.

"This is just the set up and we're getting to the grand finale, even from the grave my father is about the blackmail us. " Sami looked from EJ to Will to the paper she held in her hands and started reading once again.

"Elvis, Samantha you are the heads of this family. That is my last wish and I made it so. Elvis the company and everything I have, everything I groomed you to be is yours as long as you and Samantha remain married for a period of time of my choosing. "

"There it is. " EJ stated as he went over to the bar and poured himself two drinks one for himself which he quickly downed and he brought the other one over to Sami and placed it in front of her.

"Samantha, Countess Whilimena and all subsidiaries are yours. I give it to you my favourite daughter-in-law. The only one who deserved to bear my last name and be a real Dimera. It is yours to nurture, grow and succeed so you can pass it down to Sydney and Alice ... "

"Wait for it... " EJ butted in nodding his now re-filled glass to Will to pay attention to what Sami would say next.

"As long as you and Elvis remain married for the same period of time. " Sami finished, as EJ nodded knowingly to Will. Sami put down the paper and drank the scotch EJ had left in front of her in one gulp before moving on to page two.

As perverse as this game was, Sami thought of this as watching a train wreck and wanted to know what else and other hoops Stefano had planned and calculated for them. She grabbed the second page and started reading again.

"Now, knowing how smart the both of you are and how volatile you could be.
I wouldn't leave you without an escape clause. The exception is that you don't know what the period of time is. The statue of limitations on my conditions has a time limit, however you won't know what it is. If you choose to divorce after a period of time, you may end up keeping everything Elvis or you may not.

It all depends on how many years I chose as the magic number for you and Samantha to stay married that would satisfy me from the grave. It could be one year of marriage or twenty five.

You won't know and I can't tell you now and don't turn the house upside down looking for a piece of paper with the number on it, it doesn't exist. A note of advice to be on the safe side, I wouldn't get divorced at all, it would be a huge gamble to take."

"Something I can tell you to make you look at this more of a blessing of your family is that Jenkins has another set of documents for you and Samantha to look over. I found this out shortly before your halted wedding, it was going to be my wedding present to you both but then while Elvis was recovering from his latest gunshot wound courtesy of his lovely volatile bride I chose to hold onto this tidbit of information until it was required of use to me and you both were in a better place. They are DNA reports..."

Sami trailed off again reading ahead and being shocked at what she was seeing.