Chapter 20- Chamomile or Death Wish

"You're really gonna live with us?" Scout asked as she and Wiley watched Willow and Sam carry some boxes into Willow's new room.

"Just for a little while," Willow said.

"I think that's the last of your boxes," Sam said.

"This used to be my room," Scout said. "But Wiley was lonely, so I had to move in with him."

Sam laughed. "Wiley was lonely?"

"Awe well I hope you don't mind me taking over your old room," Willow said.

"She only spent one night in here…" Sam said. "And it wasn't even for the entire night."

Scout smiled. "We can have sleepovers and tea parties!"

"Tea parties!" Wiley lifted his arms in the air.

Willow knelt a little to their level and winked. "I love tea parties. Just be sure to have lots of Chamomile for me."

"That's my grandma's favourite," Scout said.

"Mine too," Willow said.

"Sam!" Lucas' voice called up from downstairs. "Dad and Lex are here!"

"Scout, Wiley…" Sam said. "Why don't we let Willow unpack and we'll go see Grandma and Grandpa."

"And then we can have a tea party?" Scout bounced up and down on her feet.

"Sure," Sam said.

Sam held Wiley's hand as they followed Scout down the steps. Scout ran into Alexis' arms and Julian scooped up Wiley. But Wiley reached for Alexis. "Me want Gamma."

Julian passed Wiley to Alexis and they sat on the couch. Alexis pushed away some tears welling in her eyes, then hugged Wiley tightly. Sam squinted her eyes.

"Can I go see Danny?" Leo asked as he hugged Sam.

"Sure," Sam said. "He's up in his room."

Leo darted for the stairs.

"Grandma, Grandma." Scout tugged on her shirt. "We're gonna have a tea party with Willow. She likes chamo… chamo… just like you!"

Alexis smiled a little. "Just like your mom too. She just doesn't remember."

Sam rolled her eyes. "Not that I'm not happy to see you guys… but what's up?"

Alexis scrunched her face. "I was going to ask you that."

"You sent your mom a text inviting us over," Julian said.

"Uh, no I didn't."

"Can we start my tea party now?" Scout asked.

"Why don't you go with Uncle Lucas and start brewing the tea?" Sam suggested.

Alexis set Wiley down and he followed Lucas and Scout to the kitchen.

"Can I see your phone?" Sam asked and Alexis handed it to her. "So weird… Mom, why are you crying?"

Alexis pulled out a Kleenex and wiped her eyes. "Finn died today."

"Oh, Mom, I'm sorry," Sam said. "I know you were close."

Julian lowered his gaze.

She nodded. "He really helped me through our AA meetings."

"So, that's Hayden and Finn…" Sam said, pulling up the text messages on Alexis' phone.

Julian cleared his throat. "Violet is staying with Elizabeth right now. She wants to raise her, but Chase wants her too."

"Speaking of Elizabeth… Has Molly called you?" Alexis asked. "She wants us to go to Ric and Elizabeth's wedding at the end of the month."

Sam nodded, still staring at her mother's phone. "Same. No offense to Molly, but I'd rather scratch my eyeballs out."

"I feel you there," Julian said. "I can't stand Ric."

"I know, but I should at least go to support Molly," Alexis said. "Kristina's planning to go."

Sam pulled out her own phone, but there was no sign of that text being sent from her phone.

Knock. Knock. Sam handed Alexis her phone back and made her way to the door. She checked the peephole and Drew was standing on the porch. "Hey," she said opening the door.

He walked in. "Hey. Is this a bad time?" he asked looking at Julian and Alexis.

"No, what's up?" Sam asked.

"I was just talking to Jason about Michael," Drew said. "He thinks he's a new patient for Valentin's plan."

Sam nodded. "I figured something like that."

"We called the police, but Chase is the new commissioner and he's not arresting Nelle."

Sam's eyes grew wide. "What?"

"I thought Chase hated Nelle," Julian said.

"Plus, it's his job to arrest her," Alexis said.

"I know." Drew set his hands on his hips. "He's acting strange too. And what's worse… did you hear who the other prisoner is that escaped Pentonville?"

"No. Who?" Sam asked.

"Dr. Cabot."

Alexis gasped.

"Jason and I think they did a procedure on Michael and Chase today," Drew continued. "They may or may not have done one on Nelle, or she's just joining in on it."

"Or she's just crazy enough to think Michael really wanted to marry her and give her his shares," Sam muttered.

"I wanted to talk to you though," Drew said. "I really think we need to work with Jason since we're the only patients that know the truth."

"Absolutely not!" Alexis cut in. "Sam, it's only going to mess with your mind again. You can't risk it."

Sam nodded. "I'm actually with Mom on this. I've been avoiding Jason and Elizabeth as much as possible. I mean, we run into them a lot, but I try not to talk to them. At least until Andre figures out how to restore our memories without destroying our new ones. I can't risk the mind mapping to push me to Jason again. I can't do that to the kids."

Drew nodded. "I can respect that. I'll work with Jason on the outside, then fill you guys in as much as possible."

"Daddy!" Scout ran in and crashed into Drew's arms.

"Hi Princess.

Lucas carried a tray with a teapot and teacups on it, Wiley at his side.

"Are you here for my tea party?" Scout asked.

"Uh…" Drew looked around. "If I'm welcome to, sure."

Sam nodded.

He kissed her cheek. "Count me in."

"Willow!" Scout ran over to her as she came down the stairs. She took her hand and dragged her over to the couch. "Sit with me."

"So, what kind would everyone like?" Lucas asked as he poured some hot water into a teacup.

"Chamomile for me," Alexis said.

"Me too," Willow agreed.

Sam squinted. "I'm not much of a tea drinker."

Alexis sighed.

"I'll just make some coffee. Do you want some too Dad?" Sam asked.

He nodded. "Please."

The front door swung open and Sonny and Carly walked in.

"Carly, shouldn't we have knocked?" Sonny asked.

Sam groaned. "Carly, what are you doing here?"

Carly glared at her. "What are we doing here? You're the one who texted Sonny and told him to come. I was afraid you were going to try stealing my husband again, so I came too!"

"Carly…" Sam said through gritted teeth. "Not in front of Scout and Wiley."

Julian scrunched his face. "You got a text from Sam too?"

"As did I." Jax and Josslyn walked in behind Sonny and Carly. "What's going on?"

"Uhhh…" Sam paused. "I'm not sure. What did the text say?"

"Just that you needed me and Josslyn to come over and that it was urgent," Jax said.

"I didn't send a text," Sam said.

"I sent the text." Nelle appeared at the doorway smiling and holding a folder with Michael at her side.

Josslyn facepalmed and whispers filled the room.

Sam groaned. "Scout, can you take Wiley upstairs?"

Scout whined, "But it's my tea party."

"Actually, I'd rather they stay," Nelle said. "And where's Danny?" She peeked around the room. "I thought he'd be here too. Scout, I don't really like tea. I'd rather have some Death Wish Coffee."

"What do you want Nelle?" Carly crossed her arms.

Nelle grinned. "Michael? Would you like to do the honours?"

"We're here to take Wiley," Michael said.

Willow's eyes grew wide. "You can't take Wiley!"

"Excuse me?" Lucas' mouth dropped and he scooped up Wiley off the couch. "I have full custody. And as long as you're with her you're not getting anywhere near him."

"Oh, yes we are," Nelle said and slipped out a piece of paper handing it to him. "The new DA worked it out. We're taking Wiley home."

Lucas skimmed the paper. "You can't be serious…" He handed it to Alexis. "Tell me it's not legit."

Alexis read it over and groaned. "I'm sorry Lucas, it's legit. They have temporary custody until you go to court."

"Who is the new DA?" Julian asked.

"Alessandro Marchesi," Nelle said. "You may have heard of him."

Sam swallowed hard and everyone stared at Nelle.

"Now you're taking custody of your son?" Carly set her hands on her hips and she furrowed her eyebrows at Michael. "Now? When you're with Nelle? Where was your support when I tried to get custody!?"

"Nelle, Jonah, and I are a family," Michael said in a robotic voice.

"Is this the reason you invited us here?" Carly shouted. "Just to gloat to me and Sonny that you're taking Wiley!?"

Nelle smiled.

"But why did you want me and Josslyn here?" Jax asked.

"That is the best part," Nelle said. "You see, I discovered last year that Carly wasn't the only child adopted in the Benson family. That's right. I was adopted too."

"Okay…" Drew raised an eyebrow. "What does that have to do with Jax?"

"It's obvious isn't it?" She locked eyes with Sam. "I am Sam's daughter."

Julian laughed. "This woman is insane. I wouldn't listen to a word she says."

"Scout," Sam said. "Please go upstairs to Danny."

"Oh, please don't send Scout away." Nelle knelt in front of Scout. "Guess what, Scout? You and me… We're sisters."

Scout's mouth dropped a little.

Drew walked over and scooped Scout up in his arms. "Come on, let's go see what your brother is up to." He glared at Nelle then carried Scout upstairs.

Sam crossed her arms.

"Okay, there is no way you're Sam's daughter," Alexis said, standing next to Sam. "Sam has two children, both of whom are upstairs. She had a baby years ago that didn't survive."

Nelle raised her hand. "That baby was me. Helena took me and gave me to the Benson family."

Sam breathed in deeply and clenched her jaw.

"This is insane…" Sonny said. "Jason held our baby. He confirmed she was dead."

"He was mistaken," Nelle said. "Because I was replaced with a dead baby. Much like how Jonah was replaced with a pathetic dead infant."

"He was not pathetic!" Willow shouted from where she sat.

"Yeah, and you were the one who replaced him!" Carly said.

"You look nothing like me or Sam," Sonny said.

"That's because I'm not your daughter," Nelle said and turned to Jax. "Jax is my father. Can't you see the resemblance? Helena just made Sam think that Sonny was my father."

Jax scrunched his face. "What?"

She turned to Josslyn next. "Think about it. My kidney saved you, Joss. That's because we're sisters."

Josslyn looked at her father.

She turned to Alexis next. "But Josslyn isn't the only family member I so generously saved out of the goodness of my heart." She placed a hand over her heart. "My stem cells saved my Aunt Kristina." She placed a hand on Sam's upper arm. "You must have felt our connection at Pentonville."

"You mean when you cut my stomach or my arms?" Sam finally said.

Alexis turned to Sam. "Nelle was the one who did that?"

"Oh, Grandma dearest, I would never do something like that," Nelle said. "I was so sad when they moved you out of our cell before I could tell you I'm the little girl you carried for nine months."

"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Jax asked.

Nelle handed the folder to Sam. "It's all there. The adoption files, a DNA test to both you and…" she turned to Jax and smiled. "Dad."

Sam flipped through the pages and swallowed hard.

"You should have Spinelli look into this," Julian said.

Jax reached for the folder and looked through it. "It… It seems legit."

"Thank you!" Nelle grinned. "Now, it is getting late. We must get Jonah home." She reached her arms out for Wiley, but he clung to Lucas.

"You can't take him!" Willow shouted. "He belongs with Lucas. This is his home!"

Lucas looked to Alexis. "They can't take him, right? Tell me they can't take him!"

Alexis sighed. "I'm sorry, Lucas. If you put up a fight it'll only look bad on you. I'd advise to let them take him and I'll get right on it tomorrow to fix it."

Lucas groaned.

"I'll keep an eye on them," Drew said as he returned downstairs. "They'll be at Monica's and there's a lot of people there."

Lucas squeezed his eyes shut, then kissed Wiley's forehead. "I love you. Don't worry, Daddy and Grandma will fix this." He walked past Nelle and handed him to Michael. "Go with Daddy Michael."

Willow placed a hand over her mouth and started crying.

Wiley started screaming. "No Daddy! Daddy!" He kicked against Michael and tried to wiggle out of his arms. "Daddy!

Lucas pushed away some tears falling from his eyes.

Nelle smiled at Sam and then Jax. "Goodbye Mom and Dad." She walked to the door with Michael and a wailing Wiley. She turned back and smirked. "You'll be seeing me real soon." They left and closed the door behind them.

"Okay, what in the world was that?" Jax threw his head back.

"How can Nelle be my sister?" Josslyn said. "I didn't even know you had a relationship with Sam."

"There has to be some mistake," Julian said.

"I don't know about that!" Carly said. "She's a manipulative lying slut. It obviously runs in her mother's side of the family!"

Alexis wrapped an arm around Sam. "Are you all right?"

"I don't know what's worse," Sam said. "My baby dead or having her grow up to be Nelle… but if Nelle is my daughter… she needs some serious help."