Carly placed the flowers in front of the makeshift grave for Connor… it still didn't feel right that he was gone.
'It's not their deaths that are the hardest… it's the days without them that you live on and they don't that's harder to handle.' Carly thought, standing up carefully and brushing the dirt off her knees. Carly rested her hand on her stomach, a tiny baby bump noticeable… one of the many signs that her pregnancy was becoming obvious.
"Trevor… was the one who sent those cannibals after us. Well, he was after Johnny… I'm not sorry Trevor's gone, all he's ever done is hurt people who he thinks betrayed him." Carly says, tears in her eyes. She blinked them away, looking out towards the ocean and saw the docks, being reminded of the time out at Cape Catfish where she and Connor talked.
That day was chaotic… but the two of them by themselves, out of the city… it was peaceful. Until several Altruists ambushed them.
Unknown to Carly, Sam was watching her. Sam had been walking around because the caravan felt empty without Trevor.
Carly turned around as Sam approached, Carly not expecting to see Sam.
"Hi… Sam." Carly says, Sam seeing the eyes she'd seen in the picture before throwing it out earlier.
"You ever think sometimes that… the wrong people die?" Sam says.
"Connor didn't deserve it… if you think anything like Trevor, though, you think Johnny does, right?" Carly says.
"Not exactly…" Sam says before looking right at Carly. "I think you should… after all, who's the bitch who killed my father?!" She says.
"Your father… sent armed cannibals after me. Than when that failed, he sent the damn Scorpions after Johnny and Packie-" Carly says before turning her head to the side, Sam seeing the scar. "-see what Mr Lucia did to me on Trevor's orders, Sam?! He cut my fucking neck because I wouldn't let him kill his own kid! His own kid who he raped when she was just 7 years old!" She finishes, looking at Sam again, who found herself shaken, having not known that Dash went through hell.
"I was raped when I was 11… but you could've just beaten my dad up! Don't you get the fact that now, because of you, I'm orphaned?! I've got nothing left!" Sam says.
"You still have family out there… your older sister, Ashley." Carly says, Sam nodding.
"But no parents… now I have to tell everyone that my mom killed herself after I was raped at just 11 and my dad was killed by someone who was supposed to be my surrogate cousin." Sam says.
"You didn't know Trevor like we did!" Both heard and looked, seeing Johnny as he walked over, standing next to Carly and holding her hand.
"What would you have done if Trevor held a gun on you and threatened to kill you because he thought you betrayed him?!" He asks.
"He was my father and he acted like my father! Just because he caused you two a bit of trouble, doesn't mean he did anything to me! Do you know who else murders their family?! No one! No one but you is that pointlessly cruel, Carly Jade!" Sam shouts.
"He tried to kill the one I love, then he tried to kill me! I didn't know the damn truck would blow up, Sam!" Carly says, Johnny pulling Carly back and standing in front of her as Sam reached for her knife, Trevor's threat from a month before his death still in Johnny's mind.
"If you ever and I mean EVER get Carly pregnant, I will kill that mistake and you two along with it!"
"Drop it!" Sam heard, looked behind her and saw Adam.
"Stay out of this! You told them what my father was planning!" Sam shouts.
"To keep them from getting killed, Sam! Trevor was too damn dangerous!" Adam says, Sam turning and looking at him.
"My dad did something, you know. He told me about you lot but you know why he told me everything he knew?" Sam says.
"He was saving you… walk into the fire unknown, you'll get burnt." Carly says, remembering when Trevor had told her that exact same thing when she was 5.
"No, I was lost a long time ago he-" Sam says before looking at Carly again. "-was saving you… now, I'll do my best… but I strongly advise you to keep out of my way… you'll find the world a very, very small place when I'm angry with you." She says angrily.
Sam left, walking back up the hiking trail… but when she glanced back at Carly, she looked closer, seeing an Alexandrite ring on Carly's ring finger.
"He'd kill you both! Stay out of my way or Trevor won't be the end of it!" Sam shouts before carrying on.
"You alright?" Adam asks.
"When she was reaching for her knife, I thought-" Carly says, stopping herself… but Adam figured out why Johnny had protected Carly. Because now, it wasn't just her and Johnny under threat anymore.
"Please tell me you didn't-" Sammy says as Sam stopped the quad bike outside the caravan.
"No, she's still alive… but I told her what's in my heart… partially." Sam says.
"Sam, there's no easy way to handle this but would killing them solve it? And what if it's not just Carly that you'd be killing?" Sammy says, Sam thinking but laughing that last part off.
"You know, Sammy? Thank you, because now I know exactly what I do next… if that last part is true, even if it isn't… killing them would make things better, because I'd be finishing what my father was determined to do." Sam says.
Back in Los Santos, Carly was in the passenger seat of Adam's car while she and Johnny were waiting for Adam to call Gordon.
"I think she knows." Carly says, Johnny lightly stroking her hair to try to calm her down.
"No one could've known he had another kid, he kept it so secret." Johnny says.
"Who knows how many kids Trevor spawned while he was alive… and he was determined to-" Carly says, her and Johnny jumping back when they saw a small girl by the car, Franklin standing next to the girl. "Frank, you scared us." She says before noticing the girl's blue and orange eyes, Carly and Johnny getting out of the car. "Hi there." She says, the girl almost a foot shorter than her. The girl simply nodded, slightly raising her hand and giving a slight wave.
"Oh… Immy doesn't talk much." Franklin says, Immy noticing the tiny baby bump that Carly had.
"Wait… are you and her-" Johnny says.
"I'd say we're just friends but we all know where that got you two. And despite the looks, she's a year older than you, Carly." Franklin says.
'What the hell… are those knife scars?!' Carly thought, seeing several of Immy's scars. Immy seemed to know what Carly was thinking, like she'd had people ask before and before Carly had the chance to speak, Immy gave a slight nod. "That… please tell me they're gone?" She says, Immy shaking her head.
"We don't know where they are… and if I ever see Ian, I'm killing him." Franklin says. Carly nodded, brushing stray tears away… but Immy knew the look on Carly's face.
"Sam found you?" Immy asks, Carly nodding and rubbing her stomach protectively, still thinking about Sam reaching for her knife. "She'd never hurt your baby." She says.
"I'm not so sure about that. She was really pissed off when she found me at Connor's grave." Carly says, Johnny lightly hugging her.
Immy just looked down, Franklin deciding to tell Carly and Johnny.
"Immy was… at 7, her whole life was ruined… her whole family, everyone she loved, was killed right in front of her… then she was kept in a cage, moved around, beaten, stabbed and cut… for just short of 4 years." Franklin says, Immy looking away with her eyes looking at the ground.
Carly once again found tears running down her face and just let them fall, Immy reaching up and brushing her little hand against Carly's face, brushing the tears away.
A while later, Immy walked into the caravan, Sam looking up at her.
"Oh, hey." Sam says, Immy looking a bit angry. "What's-" She says.
"You were threatening Carly earlier, weren't you?!" Immy says, startling Sam.
"I… was only speaking what's in my heart… hatred for the girl who killed my father and orphaned me. I don't care about her boyfriend being threatened, I don't give a damn about her being threatened too, she killed my father and to me, that's all that matters. That's what I truly feel." Sam says.
"Well, if you looked close enough, you'd seen that it's not just her that her fiance sees you as a threat to, Sam." Immy says.
Sam walked outside, trying to clear her mind after Immy left.
"If you do what you're planning, I won't be able to live again, Sam." Sam thought she heard someone say, then remembered Trevor telling her about Connor.
"Fuck you… if you support them, fuck you! You're dead, fucking get over it and leave us all alone!" Sam says.
"Who the hell are you yelling at?" Ashley asks after climbing out of the Jeep, startling Sam as Sam hadn't known Ashley was there.
"I know what you're like… so who are you siding with?" Sam says.
"Right now, I think you need to try to find some sense of peace… which is what we've all been trying to find." Ashley says, Sam trying not to break down into tears.
"He's gone, Ash… don't you want to hurt the people who killed our dad?" Sam says.
"Hurting them won't bring him back, Sam." Ashley says, also crying. Despite not having seen him for 11 years, Ashley was heartbroken over Trevor being gone for good.
"It's hurt you as much as it has me… so are you with me or not? Are you gonna get revenge like Ashley Allison Philips always would, or are you gonna side with the person who killed your own father and broke your heart?" Sam says.
"I won't choose sides and yeah, I am heartbroken… 11 years went by without a damn word from him and you know what it felt like, not having him in your life for that long!" Ashley says, Sam jumping back when Ashley kicked the fence hard enough to break it. "I wanted the dad we knew back, the one who would never hurt anyone he loved! Not the one who hurt our cousin and almost killed her!" She yelled, Sam trying to calm Ashley down as both hugged.
"She's not blood related to us and she killed him. He tried to hurt her but she tried to and succeeded in killing him. If there's anyone who changed, it's her… but you already know that, of course, otherwise you wouldn't be trying to blame everything on the man who raised you and made you who you are." Sam says.
"Raised me… for 13 years… I had to grow up without either of my parents too, Sam." Ashley says, both sitting down.
"Well at least one of yours is still alive somewhere, you're not legally considered orphaned… you're not taking sides because you don't want to lose me or that bitch… didn't Dad ever tell you one or the other, not both?" Sam says.
"I also said that family is family, no matter if they're blood related or not, Sam… I didn't realise how much I hurt you three girls until Carly sought comfort and love from Johnny." Both heard Trevor say.
"You didn't hurt me, Dad… Carly hurt me by killing you… everyone's turning against me, don't you turn against me!" Sam says.
"I hurt you by putting my own feelings ahead of you and not thinking about you, Sam. If my death is anyone's fault, it's mine." Trevor said in Sam's mind.
"You're all mad… traitors, the lot of you! If Carly isn't the one to blame for your death, it doesn't matter, because I still hate her! I hate that she can have things I never can, that she is having things I never can, that she still has a mom and dad, EVERYTHING! I HATE HER AND I'LL KILL HER AND EVERYONE SHE KNOWS AND LOVES!" Sam says, yelling at the end.
"You don't know, do you? Amanda turned out to be the mom from hell towards Carly." Sam heard but not from Ashley… from Packie. "I know about hellish parents, my dad used to abuse me and my brothers on a daily basis, Sam." He says.
"Didn't know, don't care. I've made my decision on two things. One, if you want something done, do it yourself and two, nothing and no one is worth fighting for because no one will fight for me." Sam says.
Packie left, leaving Sam by herself.
Meanwhile…
"What are you doing here? Who are you?" Carly asks after opening the door, seeing Sammy.
"Sort of… Sam's boyfriend." Sammy says.
"You have any weapons on you?" Carly asks, Sammy knowing why she asked him that.
"I don't carry weapons, they make me sick." Sammy says.
Carly let Sammy in, Sammy looking around the house in a bit of shock at how big the living room alone is.
"Nice place." Sammy says.
"Thanks… I guess you know why Sam's madder than hell." Carly says.
"Yeah… you're part of the reason she's now an orphan." Sammy says.
"I didn't even know he had another kid… until I had Lester look up information on Trevor. Then I found out… but Trevor should've-" Carly says, Sammy seeing past the look on Carly's face and seeing the heartbreak in her eyes… for the man she knew as Uncle T, the one she wanted back.
"I see the same look in different eyes sometimes… you miss him still, but it's not just that that's hurting you." Sammy says.
"I hate that he felt like he had any right to hurt me by trying to kill Johnny! And Connor didn't deserve to die, he didn't do a damn thing to Trevor, who blamed me, who wanted to sacrifice me to the cannibals, knowing the entire time that he was responsible for Connor being brutally murdered!" Carly says, tears falling and a mix of emotions in her voice.
Anger, sadness and heartbreak.
Sammy pulled Carly into a hug, surprised at how truly tiny she was, even compared to him.
"I loved Trevor… but he wasn't the Trevor I knew when he did what he did." Carly says, Sammy lightly rubbing Carly's back to try to calm her down.
Johnny and Jack walked into the house to find Carly asleep on the couch, Jack seeing Sammy.
"She gonna be okay?" Jack asks, looking at Carly.
"You two… sometimes it takes a loved one, sometimes someone she truly trusts… but occasionally, all it takes to get someone to let their feelings out is the right words being spoken." Sammy says.
"Carly bottled it up, tried to pretend she was okay… but she misses the man she knew as her uncle. None of us knew what he was planning until after Connor was dead and Carly was kidnapped twice." Jack says.
Johnny brushed Carly's hair back, seeing the scar on her neck. It was smaller and went from behind her left ear to halfway down her neck… but it still reminded him of the one Gionna has.
Sammy left, heading back to Sandy Shores and saw Sam asleep on the couch in the caravan.
"If the situations were reversed and Carly was killed instead of me… it would've broken everyone who loves her." Sammy heard Connor say.
'None of you deserved what happened… I'm sorry, Connor.' Sammy thought as Sam opened her eyes.
"You were trying to clear your mind?" Sam asks, sitting up.
"If it were reversed… and if you were gone, it would've broken Trevor." Sammy says, Sam nodding because she knew where he was going with this.
"I need… to think this over… but right now, I don't want to be alone. Stay with me?" Sam says.
"Not going anywhere." Sammy says.
Both walked into the bedroom and lied down on the bed, holding each other before falling asleep, Sam's head on Sammy's shoulder.
There wouldn't be peace for a long time… but both wanted some comfort for tonight.