I circled the top of my wine glass with a finger, Jason stared me down I knew my answer already I just wasn't ready to say it out loud. It would set a different past, a different fate for me. A decision that could make me or break me, when you over analyzed it.

But my answer was already set in stone, "Yes"

"Come again?"

"I said yes"

"You should stay the night, morning and evening." Jason said, making me laugh.

"You're so hopeful that it almost makes me feel bad for leaving. But I have plans to stay home and sleep all night, morning and evening." I replied, standing up out of my seat. Jason came around and I thought he was going to kiss my lips instead he dove for my cheek.

"Call me when you wake up"

"Why are you so happy?" Carly asked, suspicious of my upbeat behavior she had been watching me all day.

"Because I woke up today" I said quickly, no one was going to break my mood today, I had a date with Jason at his house after my shift here.

"That's not it, did you get laid?"

That caught me off guard. "No I didn't and if I did it would be none of your business, and like you said before you and I aren't friends so stop asking me questions"

That shut her up...for five seconds. "Okay, okay maybe I'm-"

"Maybe?"

"Okay I am, but if you haven't noticed Sonny won't let me leave the house and he has his goons here twenty four seven, it's unnerving to say the least"

"When you say his goons, are you including me?"

She laughed, "No, you're my goon"

"I'm not any body's anything." She was beginning to do just as I said she wouldn't.

"Hmm, if you say so"

"I do"

"Whatever" She pulled on one of her curls, "You know Sonny right?"

I picked up the remote from her lap, flipped through a dozen before sighing. Carly was staring me down until I answered her "You mean that mob guy who I work for? Sonny Conrinthos? Yeah I know him"

"You know what I mean Sam. Look, he's been acting weird lately..." She trailed off.

"And?"

She bit on a finger, "We haven't had sex in a week"

Alright I did not want to have this conversation with Carly, especially not about my boss. It would be kind of hard trying to have a normal conversation with him all the while thinking about how he wasn't banging his wife lately "Well a week isn't that long"

"It is when your average is five times a week"

"Maybe he's sprung out I mean being in the mob is stressful" The more I thought about it, it dawned on me that if Sonny hasn't been doing the deed with Carly and what Carly was saying is true about their sexual activities. There had to be a problem going on and I hadn't been told what it was. Had Dante not been dealt with yet? Shit and he had seen my face.

"What are you thinking about?"

I couldn't lie if she caught me some of the trust she did have on me would be gone "That the org may be in trouble"

"I knew it"

"No you didn't" I say, "Don't ask Sonny about it, he won't tell you. He'll just try harder to keep it away from you. If I find out and I feel as if it's in your best interest to know I'll tell you"

"That's bull-"

"Mom, I need help on my homework!" Morgan called, running into the room with a mathematics book.

I stood up and headed to the kitchen, I had a call to make.

Jason answered on the third ring, "Can I call you back?"

"No you can't, what's going on with Dante?" I asked, watching the bottom of the kitchen door so I would know if any creeping shoes passed by.

"He disappeared" Jason said regretfully.

"As in what, were you chasing after him and he got away?" This wasn't good at all.

"No, I came by and he wasn't there the guys said he hadn't been around for any of his shifts. He knew we were coming after him and he fled. I'm leaving tonight to-"

"I'm coming with you"

I heard a gun cock, "No your not" ziiiiiip!

"Are you packing right now?"

"Uhh no"

"You just made the top ten of the lamest liars"

"Really thanks for the heads up and you just made the top ten for the lamest jokes"

Feet appeared at the bottom of the door, "I'll talk to you later Jason"

"I'll call before the night is over"

"Bye babe" I stuffed the phone into my pocket, and began walking to the door before I was grabbed roughly by the neck by a sweaty but firm hand.

"Don't move Samantha" A drowsy voice said in my ear, his breath was cold as aspen. A chill rode down my spine, sticking like glue. I felt frozen in place, a statue. For a moment I had panicked, I didn't move. But I had remembered Carly, and her children.

A cold steely gun jabbed me in my side, "I won't hesitate to pull this trigger"

I wouldn't bother begging for mercy, he wouldn't give it to me. Plus that wasn't why he was here, he wanted more than my death.

"Where's that Jason of mine?"

"You're in a relationship with Jason?"

He chuckled sleepily, "Of the sort"

I shrugged, my shoulders raising like boulders and dropping "Oh, well him and I need to talk since I thought I was his girlfriend"

"No one likes a fibber" He said, his hand clutched my neck harder.

"I'm not" I checked the bottom of the doorway again and the shoes had disappeared, was Carly going for help?

I had my answer seconds later, when Franco let go of me, swung around and grabbed her before she could smack a pan against his head. She squealed, "Let go of me you jackass!"

I lunged for his throat and hands, pulling back with my hand, his fingers were so clammy that it didn't take much to apprehend the gun. But he kept his grip on Carly.

With my fingers I dug in to his throat, "Let go you creep!"

"Why?" He spat, "When this is so much fun"

I held the gun to his head, "."

He loosened his hold on Carly, his body relaxed some and I began to pull back. Franco had a little trick up his sleeve, he pushed me from behind him, I flew to the floor hitting my back hard. Carly was screaming, and if Morgan was still downstairs it wouldn't take him long to come and try to help. Franco was in perfect align of my range, I aimed and shot into his back. He fell on top of a hysterical Carly. Sonny and I seriously needed to talk about the security in this place.