Redemption Part Two

It had taken all of his will power, all of his inner strength not to march across the hall and kill EJ Wells right then and there. But Lucas Roberts restrained himself. Sami needed him. Sami needed his support even more then he needed to kill EJ.

Lucas rode in silence with Sami in the ambulance, she had cried most of the way to the hospital, the medics were finally forced to sedate her after her blood pressure began to sky rocket.

After they arrived at the hospital the paramedics immediately rushed Sami off to get checked out. Lucas had tried calling Roman and Marlena, but could not get a hold of either of them. He soon concluded that given Steve and Kayla's state of health he assumed they were probably visiting them in the ICU. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw Roman and Marlena talking to Bo. "Thank God…" He muttered. "Roman! Marlena!" He jogged up to them. "Thank God I found you."

"What's wrong Lucas?" Marlena asked. "Is everything thing okay with Will?"

"Will is fine." Lucas said. "It's Sami."

"Sami?" Roman asked. "What wrong?"

"She's um…In the emergency room." Lucas struggled to find the words. "She was um attacked…She was raped…" He found himself wanting to cry. "EJ raped Sami..."

All three of them paled. "What?" Bo cursed. "That son of a bitch!"

"I stopped by Sami's apartment after it happened…She was in the bathroom…She was hysterical." Lucas rambled on. "She was so bad the way here they had to sedate her." He shoved his hands in his coat pockets nervously, "I did not get much out of her when I found her…Just that EJ raped her."

"Oh God my sweet girl…" Marlena put a hand to her cheek.

John Black noticed his wife, Roman, and Bo talking to Lucas, all four looked worried. "What's going on? Is everything okay?" He placed a hand on Marlena's lower back.

"No." Bo spoke up. "Lucas has just told us that EJ Wells raped Sami."

John's eyes narrowed. "What?"

"I came by Sami apartment a little while ago." Lucas spoke up, "She was half naked and crying in her bathroom. She told me EJ raped her. She's in the examining room right now."

"I'm going to call the station and make sure EJ has been arrested. And if not I'm going to bring down that son of a bitch myself." Roman cursed.

"Doc why don't we go down to the ER and see how Sami is doing?" John said. He looked to Lucas. "Thank you for being there for her today Lucas Marlena, Roman, and I all really appreciate it."

"If only I got there sooner." Lucas said, barely above a whisper. "Damn it. I knew EJ was bad news!" He cursed. "I knew it…Ever since he came to Salem that bastard has been trying stuff with her ever since he moved here!"

Bo patted Lucas on the back, "No one blames you Lucas. You were there for her when she needed you."

"If I hadn't been so stupid from the beginning…I never should have married Carrie…I never loved her the way I love Sami…I should have believed her after my mother drugged her and made it look like she slept with Brandon. I should have understood why she went off and did something as crazy work for Tony…I just wish I could have protected her this time…"

"This time?" Bo asked clearly confused.

"Alan Harris. I thought he was my friend. And then he did that to Sami…The bastard raped her. She was 16...16…If I never would have introduced them she never would have been raped back then, just like if I had not been so damn stupid now EJ never would have gotten his hands on her."

"Lucas you don't know that." Bo said.

"She does not deserve this."

"No she doesn't." Bo agreed. "Sami is strong Lucas. When she gets knocked down she gets back up stronger then ever."

"Believe me Bo; I do not need to be told how strong Sami Brady is." Lucas promised. "But you didn't see…After all the years I've known her…I've never seen her like this…I cannot even describe the state she was in…" He closed his eyes. "I don't even want to think about it…"

"Think about what?" Hope walked up behind Bo and Lucas. "What's going on?" She looked back and fourth between Bo and Lucas. Both men looked sick to their stomachs. "Is everything okay?"

"No." Bo answered. "It's not…EJ Wells raped Sami."

"What? Is she okay?"

"We're not so sure yet. Physically she'll be okay…" Bo could not bring himself to finish the sentence.

"But emotionally not so much." Hope finished. "Oh no…Poor Sami…Was EJ arrested yet?"

"I don't know…" Bo pulled out his cell phone. "I'm going to make a few phone calls and see what is going on…"

"I'm going to back to the ER to see if they are done with Sami." Lucas said.

"Everyone is going to realize something is up…I'll start telling everyone what is going on."

Lumilumilumilumi

"How's she doing?" Lucas asked as he walked up to Marlena and John.

"She's still in the examining room." Marlena said. "They should be finishing up with her soon."

"Where is Roman?"

"He went with Abe to arrest EJ." John told him.

"Are you the family of Samantha Brady?" A young female doctor asked.

"Yes." Marlena answered. "I'm her mother. How is she doing?"

"Well I am Dr. Heys, I will be Samantha's doctor for the remainder of her stay." She explained. "Physically Sami is doing pretty good. She has a few bruised ribs and some bruising on her face…There is bruising on her inner thighs, and she has a tare in her vaginal tissue, which is very common in rape cases. There is strong evidence of rape and we did find DNA evidence. Now she should be able to leave within the next few days. We still need to run some tests. We need to make sure she has not contracted any STDs, and if she has we will start treatments right away. I'm going recommend she see a psychiatrist before she leaves, and continue to see one after she goes home."

"Can we see her?" Marlena asked.

"Of course. She's in room 213." Dr. Heys said.

Lumilumilumilumi

Roman and Abe arrived at EJ's apartment with another officer. "I cannot wait until I get my hands on that bastard!" Roman cursed.

"Roman are you sure you want to go in there?" Abe asked.

"That man raped my daughter and I want to slap those cuffs him and bring him in myself." Roman answered.

"Just don't do anything to jeopardize this case." Abe warned. "EJ deserves to go to jail for what he did to Sami." He knocked on the door. No answer. He motioned towards the officer. "Break down the door."

Lumilumilumilumi

"Oh Sami…My Sweet Girl…" Marlena rushed to her daughter's side as Lucas and John lingered by the door for a few moments before joining Marlena at Sami's bedside. "How are feeling sweetie?"

"The sedative they gave me still has not worn off so not that bad…" Sami said. "Was he arrested?"

"Not yet baby girl. You dad and Abe are at his apartment right now." Marlena told her. "I'm so sorry this happened…"

"When can I get out of here?" Sami asked.

"They want to keep an eye for a few days…They need to run a few tests, and once they those results you'll probably be able to go home."

"Tests? What kinds of tests?"

"They need to test for STDs honey."

"Oh God…" Sami whispered running her fingers through her hair. "I did not even think of that…" Her eyes brimmed with tears. "What if he gave me something?"

"Oh honey…" Marlena gave her daughter a comforting hug. "I'm sure everything will be fine."

Sami clutched the back of Marlena's shirt, "Why did he do this to me mom?" She sobbed into her mother's shoulder. "I trusted him…I thought he was my friend…Mom…He raped me…Why did he do this to me?"

Marlena held her daughter tightly, "It's going to be okay sweetie…We are going to make everything better…I promise." She stroked her hair. "And in a few days you get to go home…"

"No!" Sami quickly pulled away from Marlena. "I am never going back to that apartment."

"Sweetie…" Marlena tried.

"No Mom! I am not going back there. Not ever. And you cannot make me!"

"Okay honey…" Marlena rubbed Sami's back. "Everything is going to be okay…You don't have to go back to your apartment…"

Lumilumilumilumi

Roman and Abe burst into the apartment. "Where is he?" Roman growled.

"All rooms are clear. Mr. Wells is not here." An office told Roman and Abe.

"Damn!" Roman cursed. "Damn it all…"

TBC…?