How To Turn A Woman

"Sophia, my love. Please forget this."

"Forget? They are my children too Benji, you can't ask me to forget. James and Joseph have been missing for two months and you've done nothing! Don't ask me to let this go. We are going to make them pay." The change in her was inconceivable. Only a person who had been with her for the past weeks could still recognize her and even Benji had difficulties seeing her wife in this vindictive valkyrie.

"We don't know who took them. We need to find James and Joseph first, it's the only thing that matters", Benji argued preparing for the war of words.

"We've tried everything and I'm certainly not counting Salem Pds efforts as something. They are absolutely useless and I'm pretty sure they've made it impossible for us to find out the person or people responsible for this."

"Sophia, please-"

"No, don't you dare to do that. We are doing this regardless of are the boys found or not."

Celeste stepped into the room and saw two young boys sleeping on their beds.

"Is this wise?" she asked from her daughter handling a syringe.

"This is the only way they have ever hope of returning to their home", Lexie replied.

"But it's been two months. I'm not a doctor but a medically induced coma-"

"Has it's risks", Lexie interrupted Celeste, "They only have to endure this as long as I had to endure them drugging me."

"I must insist you to stop this. These children are innocent. Would you want someone doing this to Theo?" Celeste argued.

"You insist? Mother, you've interfered with my plans for the last time. Your call to Roman didn't help the first time and most certainly wont help this time. These boys will be dead before the Salem PD has the chance to find them. Do you hear me mother? This is the only time I'll warn you." Celeste took a step back. She didn't recognize the creature in front of her. Something had changed Lexie and practically shoved her into madness. Alexandra needed help and the only person capable giving it to her, scared Celeste more than her daughters condition.

"Honey I'm home!"

"It's about time. Where have you been Brady?"

"I was out looking for those two boys who went missing two months ago", Bo answered and went to kiss his girls. Hope was holding Ciara in her arms as she asked:

"Benji and Sophia must be worried sick for those boys. Are there any new leads?"

"None. No one saw how they were taken and no one has seen them since. It's like they've disappeared from the face of the earth", Bo said as he took Ciara from Hope.

"Why would anyone want to take them?" Hope asked from herself as much as from Bo.

"Maybe because they are DiMeras."

"That can't be it." Bo saw his wife shaking her head in disbelief.

"Remember that Benji is Stefanos son and you never know with the DiMeras."

"Do you really think that Brady?"

"I don't know. I'm just happy that you and this little princess here are safe."

"We aren't going anywhere", Hope replied with a reassuring smile on her face.

"You have some interesting friends Mr. Wells."

"I'm sorry about that. The situation with Samantha is complicated", EJ said.

"To say the least. But she did make this an interesting evening", Kandice replied with a wicked smile on her face. She brushed her hair away from her eyes and EJ could see the flicker of interest in her gaze.

"Kandice. You are a gorgeous, brilliant woman but-"

"But you are in love with this Samantha person", she stated the obvious, "Please, don't try to deny it."

"Yes, I love Samantha."

"So why aren't you with her then?"

"It's complicated", EJ received a glare of impatience and continued, "I did something unforgivable to her."

"She seems to have forgiven you or she wouldn't have attacked me at the restaurant. Stop beating yourself up and forgive yourself. Before it'st too late."

"It already is", EJ stopped her and instructed the driver to drop him of at Mythic. As he was about to turn to apologize it was her turn to interrupt him:

"Don't you dare to apologize. Look, she's still waiting for you to wake up and see the light but she wont be waiting forever. When you wake up, and you will wake up, she might not be there waiting and I promise you, you will regret letting her go. What ever you did, it doesn't matter. She's willing to forgive you and move on. You are taking the easy way out and running. The heroes stay. Take this from someone who knows."

"May I ask what happened to you?" EJ gazed her with a thousand questions in his mind.

"You may ask but I wont answer. Thank you for the dinner. I'll instruct my father to trust his account to your hands. After all we just became friends."

"Did we?"

"Yes we did", Kandice said with a hint of laughter in her voice, "That's more than most men can say. I don't usually bother to sit through a dinner with them. Not when there's more interesting activities we could be engaging in." The way she said it made EJ suddenly feel like he had chosen a too small suit and tied his tie too tight. EJ jumped out of the limo as soon as they stopped. She was scaring him and he was glad to see her leave but at the same time he couldn't help himself admiring her. Kandice was a woman who knew what she wanted and how to get it. She didn't bow to anyone who didn't deserve it. Kandice was everything Samantha could be if she would just allow herself to be.