Chapter 4

Sam was rushing around the montecito looking for the Actor, she searched Mystique, she searched the Casino floor and then went to his room, she shuffled around abit before she knocked on the door, she waited a few minutes and was just about to leave when he answered, "Sam... is it?" He looked at her and then raised an eyebrow.

"Hi..." She laughs nervously "umm... you no, we kind of got of on the wrong foot, so... lets try again... Hi, I'm Samantha Marquez"

"I'm going to be your casino host for this week... am I right?" he laughs "you no, I wouldnt mind playing blackjack"

"really... great, how much would you like me to get for you" Sam smiles.

"lets say... A million" he grins and she bits her lip and walks off and giggles and smiles.

Last night, after the dinner with John McClarren, Delinda came home about 2.00am, she was tired and went to sleep straight away, "Delinda..." Danny nudges her. "D" he rolls her and she wakes.

"Danny... my head, I feel sick" Delinda tried sitting up.

"Is it the baby?" he wondered and placed his hand on her stomach.

"I dont no, I dont think I can get up" Delinda lied back down.

"shh, I'll ring in sick today, then I'll ring a doctor" Danny goes to get the phone.

"No its fine... you go to work, and I dont need a doctor" Delinda lied back down.

"ok, I'll come back at dinner and check up on you... you sure about the doctor" Danny smiled.

"yes, I'm ok... I'll... I'll just get some sleep... and... I think am going to be sick" Delinda tried getting up and Danny helped her towards the kitchen sink but she was sick over the floor. "oh, I'm sorry..."

"you get back to bed, I'll get you a bucket and I'll clean this then I 'll get to work" Danny took her to bed.

Maria had packed her suitcase and was just about to leave the Montecito when John walked past, "Philip" she stared into his eyes.

"Maria... I'm called John by the way" He looked at her and grinned.

"wheres the Actor" Maria moved closer to him.

"The Actor, I'm a little confused" He smiled and was just about to walk of.

"did you kill him, please dont tell me you killed him for his identity" she tried holding in that she was about to cry. "who have you framed this time" he walks of and then Mike came over.

"hey" he put his hands in his pockets "look... just tell me the truth was it..."

"look, it wasnt me... I swear, you have to help me" Maria began to cry.

"Maria, dont cry... I, its just... I cant help, its Cooper" Mike put his hand on her shoulder.

"It was him I swear, it was that Actor" she points at John who had just sat down to play a game of blackjack with Sam stood behind him.

"I'll be back in a minute" Mike walks over to Sam and tries pushing her over to a corner.

"hey what you... what you doing... this better be good?" Sam folds her arms and lets him speak.

"that Actor" Mike chews his lip.

"yeah what about him, hurry up" Sam began to get annoyed.

"I want you to watch him... keep an eye on him, make sure he dosent do anything weird" Mike asks her.

"anything weird, anything... what do you mean anything weird?" she gets confused.

"just tell me, everything he does... aswell as outside the Montecito" Mike itches his eye.

"what... no, I have other clients... I'm not being a stalker" Sam begins to walk of and John bumps into her.

"I'm sorry but I have to shoot of for filming" John smiles and then walks of and Sam watches him walk away.

"follow him" Mike stares at her in the eyes.

"what no..." Sam looks at him and he stares at her again. "I said no" and he carries on staring "Fine" she storms after him.

"Thank you Sam" he smiles and the Piper comes over.

"Hey" Piper smiles and then looks at Sam. "whats with her"

"oh nothing, that Philip Actor guy has just gone for filming and shes gone following him" He smiles.

"Philip?" she looks confused "there is no Actor called Philip"

"oh I mean" he coughs "John, John McClarren thats it"

"where did you get Philip from and anyway he told me he is filming in the Casino today" she points "look there setting it up"

"what... then" he tilts his head and then chases after Sam.

Maria saw Mike run after Sam and then was just about to go after him when Cooper came over, "Maria, I thought you had left"

"I am, or was just about to" Maria picked up her belongings.

"I dont want to see you here again" Cooper looks at the door and she begins to leave.

It was 9.13pm and Mike, Sam and Maria were at a restaurant looking at some pills they found in the back of Johns car today, they followed him to his car and he took out some pills and then went to the filming and they are wondering what they are for.

"well... they dont have any labels on but I think if you sprinkle some of this on your food it will poison you" Maria picked up the pills and looked at them.

"well he obvioulsy isnt poisoning himself" Sam looked at the other pills.

"didnt Danny say that Delinda isnt coming in today because she is ill, and he thought it was the baby... well, she went out for a meal with him the other day... and he asked you right" Mike looked at Sam.

"yeah, and Piper" Sam looked at Mike but didnt make eye contact.

"well, what if you invited you and Piper for a meal because he wanted to poison you or, simply, to get you into bed" Mike got a toothpick and started picking his teeth.

"yeah, but he also invited Danny" Sam looked at both of them.

"right, well I'll tell Danny about Delinda tomorrow morning, but I'll check his criminal record again tomorrow and see if theres any more clues" Mike stands up and heads for the door.