Chapter 8

2 weeks later.

Sam had moved into the penthouse to help Jason regain his strength. He had been weakened by the treatment, and he was having regular headaches the first week.

The second week was better, and the headaches seemed to come less often.

''Jason, I'm going to look at that apartment I was telling you about,'' Sam said, and Jason looked at her.

''Are you sure?'' Jason asked her, and she looked at him. What did he mean by that? ''I mean you have been feeling a little under the weather since last week,'' he said, and she nodded.

''Yeah, but Jason – I need this for me, I can't stay here forever,'' she said, but she didn't want to say it. She wanted to stay here forever. ''You remember me telling you about that little girl?''

''Yeah – Lila,'' Jason said, and he thought about that conversation with Sam.

Flashback:

''Jason I met this little girl a couple of days ago,'' Sam suddenly said, and Jason looked at her. She seemed to be far away in thought, and she looked sad.

''A little girl huh?'' he asked her, and she nodded and began telling him about her.

''Yeah – she was this little girl, four years old,'' she said, and smiled at the thought of the girl. ''She had brown hair and eyes.''

''What?'' Jason softly said, seeing the connection between her own little girl. Now he knew why she looked so sad. He remembered her telling him about her little girl she lost, and he felt her pain as if it were his.

''Yeah – I thought the same. When I first saw her she was running towards the water and later she told me she loved the water. Jason – her name…'' her voice faded, and he waited patiently for Sam to continue. ''Jason her name was Lila.''

''Oh god, Sam,'' he said, and he wrapped his arms around her as she cried.

End of flashback.

''Her mother asked me to meet her in Kelly's today,'' Sam said, and he could hear the surprise in her voice.

''Are you going?'' he asked her, knowing the answer already. She would go, even if it was only to see that little girl.

''I don't know,'' she said, and he looked at her. He saw tears in her eyes, and he wrapped his arms around her waist.

''Go. You want to see that girl again, so just go,'' he said, and she looked at him with a smile.

''You know what I want huh,'' she said, and he laughed. ''I love you.'' She didn't mean to blurt it out, and he looked at her. He leaned forward, and his lips touched hers. She closed her eyes, and kissed him back.

Their tongues were fighting for control, and she moaned when she lost her battle. She didn't mind, she loved it when Jason took control.

''Jason,'' she moaned. ''We can't do this right now.''

''Why not?'' Jason asked, and he kissed her neck. She sighed.

''I have to look at that apartment, and have to…'' her voice faded when he softly took her earlobe with his teeth and kissed it after. ''I have to go meet Karen.''

''I know – I know. Sorry,'' he said while stopping and taking a step back. He wanted her so bad, but he knew he had to wait. She was stressed out as it was about this meeting with the woman, and he didn't make it any better.

''Jason – I'm sorry,'' she said when she saw the look on his face. He shook his head.

''No – don't be. Listen I have an appointment later today, with Robin,'' he said and she looked up at him.

''You want me to come with you?'' she asked him, and he nodded.

''If you want to, I would like that,'' he said, and she smiled and nodded.

''I don't think it's going to take long,'' she said, referring to checking out the apartment and seeing Karen. He let go of her completely, and he looked her in the eyes.

''I will wait here for you ok?'' he said, and she nodded. She smiled one last time and got out of the penthouse, grabbing her coat on her way out.

He looked at her while she walked away, and he knew there was something different about her. He just couldn't say what it was.

He thought about the little girl she lost – he knew only what she told him, and it wasn't much. He wanted to remember so bad. He had decided to do the treatment again a week ago, but Robin had said he had to wait a little more. He did that, and now he had made an appointment with Robin again, feeling better than before. He decided to take a shower to cool down. He walked upstairs and jumped in the shower, feeling the cold – and later the warm water running over him.

''Sam, glad you could make it,'' Karen said, and smiled at Sam. Lila wasn't here, and Sam looked at Karen with a smile. ''I dropped Lila off at her uncle.''

''Ok – why did you want to meet me?'' Sam asked, getting right to the point. She liked Karen, but she was still surprised she had called to meet her.

''I have to tell you something, and I think you're not going to like it,'' Karen said, and Sam frowned while sitting down.

''Tell me,'' she said, after ordering a drink. She looked at Karen, who was very uncomfortable all of a sudden. Now Sam was getting worried about what it could be, and she looked at the woman and waited for her to tell what was going on.

''You see – when I adopted Lila, I knew where she was from and what happened before she was in the program,'' Karen began, and Sam's heart began to pound. ''Her mother didn't want her – that was told. But before I got Lila, I checked some things out.''

''Like what?'' Sam asked softly, afraid of what the answer might be.

''I looked up some information about her mother – I know I shouldn't, but since I am a P.I I couldn't help myself,'' Karen told her, and stopped when she saw the tears in Sam's eyes. She knew this had to be hard for her to hear. ''I couldn't find much, which only made me look harder, but I had to give up when Lila became sick.''

''She is sick?'' Sam asked her, her voice not more than a whisper.

''No – not anymore. Sam, I found something on Port Charles, where Lila's mother was living at the time of birth, and I began…'' her voice faded, as she saw Sam realized what she was saying. Her breathing became shallow, and before she knew it Mike was next to her to hold her up.

''Are you telling me – God, are you telling me that your Lila… Is my Lila?'' Sam asked between her deep breaths, and she saw Karen nod before everything went black.