Chapter 44- Frozen Sisters

"You were never my Jason," Sam said as she leaned against Drew's chest in the waiting area. "You were always my Drew. And you always put me and the kids above all else."

"You and Danny and Scout are everything to me," Drew said. "And I'd be happy to include Willow in on that too."

Sam looked into his eyes and kissed him again.

Drew sighed. "I only wish Oscar could be here too to be part of our family."

"Like I always tell Scout… he's our guardian angel."

He smiled a little. "I suppose if we never parted when we were young, we never would have had Oscar and Willow."

"I think you're right."

The elevator doors opened, and Nikolas, Ava, and Spencer stepped out.

"Father, I have not been mind-mapped," Spencer said.

"You obviously have since you have V-Town posters all over your room at Kevin's," Nikolas said. "You hate Valentin."

"Maybe I was wrong about him," Spencer said. "The Incredible V has great plans for the future."

Nikolas groaned. "And those great plans involve oppressing everyone, especially all Cassadines outside of himself and Charlotte."

"Just give V-Town a chance, Father."

"We're going to see Dr. Maddox," Nikolas insisted.

"I'll wait here," Ava said.

Nikolas took Spencer's arm and prodded him down the hallway.

Sam sat up a bit but still sat close to Drew. "Don't worry, Andre works wonders. He'll restore Spencer's mind."

Ava exhaled deeply. "I hope so."

"I thought Nikolas wasn't going to show himself in public," Sam said.

"He wasn't going to because he didn't want Valentin to target Spencer, but they got to him anyway, so Nikolas doesn't see any point in hiding anymore."

"That's good," Drew commented. "Then he can be there for his son."

GHGHGH

"How were the kids?" Sam asked Alexis as she and Drew arrived.

"Good… other than Scout jumping from the finished treehouse to the ground. It gave me a panic attack."

Sam chuckled. "That's good that they finished it."

"Did Danny enjoy it at all?" Drew asked.

Alexis nodded. "He always has fun with Julian and Leo. How did the procedure go?"

Drew and Sam locked eyes, then linked their hands together.

"He remembers everything," Sam said. "And… we're officially back together."

"Oh, that makes me so happy." Alexis teared up and hugged both of them. "We need more good news in this family."

"Yeah, well I'm holding out for you winning the election next week," Sam said. "That's more good news this family needs."

Alexis sighed. "I sure hope so. You know they've come up with some crazy rules for this election. Polls close at 3pm and it's the first day of school for the kids."

Drew scratched his chin. "That is strange."

Alexis nodded. "Leo has already expressed that he wants to stay home that day. He wants to join in on every avenue of the election."

"Well, Danny, Scout, I don't think we could have done it without you," Julian said as he walked in with the kids.

Danny smiled.

Julian leaned forward and fake whispered to Danny so all of them could hear. "Your grandma would have ended up in the hospital if she saw you dangling from the branch with one hand."

Alexis' shoulders sunk and her eyes grew wide, but Drew and Sam laughed.

"Sounds like you had a good time, Danny," Sam said.

"How would you like to go mini golfing, Danny?" Drew asked. "Just us two guys."

Danny shrugged, but smiled a little again. "Okay."

Sam ran her hand through his hair. "That sounds like a fun time. Scout and I can have a girls evening with Willow."

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"What do you think we should do with Willow this evening?" Sam asked Scout she helped her out of the car.

Scout scratched her chin. "Sleepover in your room!"

Sam laughed. "I don't know if Willow will want to, but maybe."

"And we can tell stories and play with my stuffies and play Disney music all night long!"

Sam held her hand and led her up to the door. "Let's see what Willow says."

She pushed opened the door and her chest went heavy.

"Come on, honey," Harmony said as she sat next to Willow on the couch. "I know you want to get to know Sam more, but you still don't know her yet. You shouldn't live with someone you don't trust. She's focused on her little ones. She can't focus on you like I can. You should come home with me."

"But you're living at the V-Town Centre…" Willow said barely above a whisper.

"Are you leaving?" Scout stuck out her lower lip.

Harmony and Willow whipped their heads around.

"Scout, sweetie," Sam said. "Why don't you go upstairs and pick out all your favourite stuffies and set them out on Mommy's bed?"

Scout lowered her gaze and walked over to Willow. "Please don't leave. We're sisters." She hugged Willow, then ran upstairs.

"Please, Kali…" Harmony said.

"It's Willow…"

Harmony cleared her throat. "Willow… don't let Sam pressure you into staying."

Sam laughed. "Me pressure? That's what you keep doing."

Harmony turned to Willow. "Forget about Sam. What do you want?"

Willow breathed in deeply and exhaled slowly. "I want you to leave."

Sam smiled.

Harmony sighed. "You have to know that there's not much more time. Soon you won't have the choice to choose the All-Loving V. There is going to be consequences for those that don't choose him."

Sam gawked at her.

Harmony hugged Willow. Willow loosely hugged back.

"Please, choose wisely and choose quickly." Harmony grabbed her purse and headed out the front door.

Sam sighed and sat next to Willow. "Are you okay?"

Willow stared at her lap. "I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry?"

"For letting her in. I don't want her to get near Scout."

"It's not your fault. She's the woman who raised you. It's understandable that you'd want to give her another chance."

She shook her head. "I don't want to join V-Town."

"Good. Because you deserve better than that."

Knock. Knock.

Sam headed to the front door and opened it to find Michael standing there, out of breath and white in the face.

"Michael?" Sam asked.

"I—I… Willow… she was sick…" he said.

"Yeah…" Sam said. "She's better though."

Willow walked closer to the door and stared at Michael. "What are you doing here?"

He locked eyes with her. "You were sick…"

Sam rubbed Willow's arm. "The mind-mapping could be wearing off… but it could also be a trick."

Willow wrapped her arms around herself. "What do you want, Michael?" she repeated.

"You were sick…" he said again.

"Well, well, well…" Nelle appeared beside him. "I figured when you took off you would come here."

Sam gritted her teeth and stepped in front of Willow. "Nelle. Stay away from my children. And get off my property. NOW!"

"You will regret the way you have treated me," Nelle said. "You had the chance to be my mother instead of this little twit." She eyed Willow up and down.

"OUT!" Sam shoved her and she fell on the porch.

Nelle's eyes grew wide. "This is assault! Michael," She held her hand up to him. "Help me up."

He looked at Willow, then took Nelle's hand pulling her to her feet.

"We are leaving. You are not to come see this twit ever again!"

Michael nodded turning rather spacey again.

"Get out!" Sam slammed the door shut. She turned to Willow and sighed. "Willow, I'm sorry about Michael. But I couldn't let Nelle come into the house."

"Don't be sorry…" Willow smiled. "You were awesome."

Sam smiled back. "For what it's worth, I think Michael does still care about you. The mind-mapping must have worn off somewhat. Then when Nelle showed up, he became her robot again. They've almost become like Carly and Jason. Though I think Chase is also like Jason now too."

Willow sat back on the couch. "You said Carly and Jason were mind-mapped too… Do you think Nelle, Michael, and Chase are replacing some of the patients?"

Sam sat beside her. "I never thought of that. Nelle does seem to be continuing what Carly started… Carly was supposed to be the Authoritarian whose purpose was to control everyone and bring the children in. If Nelle has replaced Carly, she seems to be doing the job better and in a shorter amount of time. I'm not sure if Michael or Chase would be the Bondsman… they both kind of fit that category. But as CEO of ELQ, Michael could be the Counterfeit Leader. I don't know who the other three patients could be. But after that V-Town service… they may have just dropped the Patients 1-6 altogether and just made it a bigger project."

"Kind of scary…" Willow said.

"Yeah… on a lighter note, how was work?"

She nodded. "Good. I'm going back tomorrow to finish up. Apparently, there's going to be a new principal. I haven't met her yet though."

"Mommy… Willow…" Scout came down the stairs in her yellow pajamas and fuzzy pink slippers carrying Dotty the dalmatian. Annabelle the second followed her. "Can we start our sleepover?"

Sam bit her lip so she wouldn't laugh.

Willow raised an eyebrow. "Sleepover?"

Scout settled between them. "Yeah. In Mommy's bed."

"Oh… um…" Willow said.

"Scout, why don't we pick out a good movie and watch it here?" Sam suggested. "How does that sound?"

"Can I sit in the middle?" Scout asked.

"You sure can," Sam said.

"Okay." Scout looked up at Willow. "What's your favourite movie?"

"I like Frozen," Willow said.

Scout's face lit up. "Me too! Maybe we can be Anna and Elsa for Halloween!"

Willow laughed. "Maybe."

Sam smiled. "Okay, Frozen it is." She grabbed the remote and pulled up Disney+.

Scout snuggled up against Willow. "You're bestest big sister ever in the whole wide world."

Willow wrapped an arm around her. "Well, you're the bestest little sister ever in the whole wide world."

As Frozen Heart started to play on the TV, Sam's own heart warmed watching her girls together. Now, she just hoped Danny would join in on the sibling bonding.