Part 11

Sami arrived at the Pub shortly after leaving the restaurant and saw the normal crew sitting around. Nicole was sitting alone at one table. Her mother and John were sitting with her uncle Bo and Hope at another.

Her grandmother was behind the bar while Lucas sat there she realized. It was too late now for Sami to turn around and run out. She was appreciating Paulo a little bit more right now.

"Hi Grandma." Sami said coming to greet her.

"Sami, Lucas was just telling me that you and Will went to have lunch with EJ. " She smiled coming from behind the counter to hug her. "I bet he was" Sami thought to herself.

"Yeah, just finished. I'm just going to get the kids now to take them home. "

"Sami? " Bo addressed her from behind.

"Hi, Uncle Bo. "

"Is that guy with you? " He asked pointing out Paulo.

"Yes, well for the children. EJ wants to make sure they're protected until the person who really killed his father is caught by the police. " Sami said stressing the really part of her sentence.

"So you have EJ protecting you now Sami is that it? " Lucas chimed in and Sami noticed Nicole looking up from her food. "He's replacing me with Will and now he's going to swoop in and save you too. You forget he's got a wife? "

"No, I know better than anyone the fact that EJ has a wife. " Sami smirked and waved at Nicole as Nicole narrowed her eyes at her.

"We need to talk about Will Sami, why don't I come by the apartment later and we can have dinner. " Lucas suggested.

There was no way Sami was going to get out of this now. Lucas wanted to go over to her apartment where she no longer lived for a dinner date.

EJ was right she played musical chairs, throwing in Lucas to fill in the Rafe role and she didn't even love either or them. They just were default settings to hide her from Stefano's rightful deduction that her feelings for EJ were too much it scared her away and now she was still married and given a do-over she wasn't going to make the same mistakes again. She was done with the default settings, she just had to inform Lucas of that.

Now she was also even more grateful for Paulo. Although she'd never let EJ know that.

"That's not a good idea Lucas, we do need to talk but may be tomorrow. I have a meeting tonight for Stefano's will. "

"Stefano's will? What does that have to do with you? " Nicole asked while standing up to pay her bill, Sami noticed with anticipation.

"Well he was my father-in-law and he was the grandfather of my children. I was asked to be there and I will be. " Sami tried to say without giving too much away.

"Trying to grab your kids inheritance and Countess W while you can? " Nicole snickered.

"If I were you I'd pay cash. " Sami sniped back to Nicole who was handing her grandmother her credit card.

"What does that mean Sami? "

"Just a little bit of friendly advice. " Sami suggested with a smile and shrug. As her grandmother then came back and was telling Nicole that the card was declined and not working.

"What did you have to do with this? " Nicole accused Sami.

"You're having Rafe's baby, you moved out and want nothing to do with EJ. His father just died and their finances are on lockdown until the will is read. Did you really expect EJ to let the town slut run around with a Dimera credit card?

"You bitch, I'm pregnant. I need money. You put him up to this didn't you? " Nicole accused.

"Yes, I called up the Dimera accountants and ordered them to cancel all your credit cards" Sami said sarcastically, yet nobody knew it was the truth. "And yes, you are pregnant...by Rafe remember? He's the one who you should be getting child support from. Or if you need money, here's a concept go get a job. " Sami smirked.

"You want nothing to do with EJ anymore, remember? That should include his bank account. " Sami said while turning around to bid goodbye to her grandmother, "bye grandma, I'll come by to talk to you tomorrow where we have less company. "

She said while they hugged and Sami proceeded to say bye to Lucas and that they'd talk tomorrow, side stepping Nicole who still looked mad to go get the kids with a smile on her face of getting to see her handy work affect Nicole, too bad EJ missed it.