Chapter 14

''Don't let them touch me mommie,'' Lila repeated, as she clung at Sam. Sam held her breath and tried to calm her down with soothing words.

''Lila, calm down baby,'' she whispered, and Lila sobs broke her heart every time. ''You want to come to bed with mommie?''

''Yes,'' Lila said still sobbing, and Sam lifted her in her arms and took her to her bedroom. She laid her down on the bed and laid down next to her, pulling her against her and caressing her hair.

''Do you want to tell me what you dreamt about?'' Lila nodded, but she had to calm down before she began talking.

''They were after me again – but this time there was no Karen to save me mommie,'' she said, and she began crying again. Sam felt tears in her own eyes – it didn't make any sense yet but she would find out. She hugged Lila tightly, and after some time she calmed down again. She nestled herself closer to her mother and fell asleep soon after that, leaving Sam awake trying to figure out what happened in her oh so young life. She wanted to kill the people who had been after her little girl, but she didn't even know where to start.

The last thing that popped in her head before she fell asleep was: 'but this time there was no Karen to save me mommie.'

Sam woke up with a shock and saw Lila looking at her. She smiled at Sam, and Sam smiled back. ''Morning mommie.''

''Good morning baby, did you sleep better?'' Sam asked, and Lila nodded enthusiastic.

''I had a really nice dream and then you were having a nightmare,'' she said serious, and Sam looked at her in surprise and shock. She had a nightmare?

''What – did I say anything?'' Sam asked her daughter, but she shook her head.

''No, but you were screaming,'' she told her, and Sam wrapped her arms around her. God – she couldn't even remember what she had been dreaming about, but she knew Lila had been scared because of her.

''I am so sorry baby,'' she said, and Lila nodded against her chest. '' Why don't we go get some breakfast?'' and again, Lila nodded.

When they came downstairs Sam saw Karen sitting on the couch. She frowned, how did she come in?

''Sam,'' Karen said, and she didn't even acnoledge Lila. ''I have to go away, and I don't think I will come back here.''

''Where are you going? Lila needs you,'' Sam said, even though she didn't like it. But Lila did need Karen, and she knew it.

''I know and I am sorry, but I have a client somewhere else who needs me too,'' Karen said, and she got up.

''Ok, well I hope you come back,'' Sam said, even though it was really weird – but she didn't want her daughter to think Karen – the one who raised her, to dissapear somewhere and never come back. Karen just nodded and left, without even looking at Lila.

''Lila, you want some toast?'' Sam asked her daughter, and she nodded. ''Are you going to miss Karen?''

''No, why?'' Lila asked Sam, who was confused now. ''Karen just brought me here, after she saved me from the bad men.''

Sam was confused, to say the least, but Jason was more. He had just found out about what happened to Lila – she had been locked up in a cellar, and nobody knew. Karen had been lying about raising Sam and his daughter, and he wanted to know why.

''Max, can you find Karen and bring her here? I want to ask her some questions,'' Jason said to the guard, who nodded. ''And I also want to hear whatever you can find on Sonny, I want him found and I will deal with him,'' Jason added. Max nodded and walked out of the room, leaving Jason to think about what he had just found out. He had sent someone to do a check on Karen and Lila – also on Manny who still hadn't made a move after the time in the park, and what he had found out about Karen shocked him.

She wasn't who she said she was – she had been lying about raising Lila and being married, because she hadn't been married at all. Lila had been kept in a cellar, that is all he had found out about her, and Karen had taken her with her when she found her.

She hadn't been lying about having a P.I lisence, but he didn't like the lied about Lila. She had been searching for Sam for some time and when she found her she did come right here to Port Charles.

Manny hadn't been found, but he was sure they would find him eventually.

Sonny hadn't been found either – all he had heard was that he was missing and probably dead. He didn't care if Sonny was dead, he had something to do with the disappearance of Lila, and if he wasn't dead already, Jason would kill him with his own bare hands.

He didn't like being alone in this hospital bed, and just when he thought of getting out, Sam and Lila walked in. he smiled, laid back on the bed and looked from Sam to Lila.

''Hey, girls, how did you sleep?'' he asked, and Lila wanted to come lie with him. Sam put her up, and she smiled at Jason.

''Mommie and I both were having a bad dream,'' Lila said when she was in his arms, and he looked at Sam confused.

''Lila was dreaming – and I took her with me in bed, but then I had a nightmare,'' she explained reluctantly.

''What was your dream about Lila?'' he asked her, and she began telling him.

''The bad man wanted to do something to me and I didn't want that,'' she said, but she didn't tell anything more.

''Sam – are you ok?'' he asked Sam, who nodded. ''I have Max on finding Karen – she lied.''

''I know – Lila told me,'' she said, and Lila nodded. ''She told me Karen had saved her from the bad men.''

''That's why I have Max on it. I also have someone on finding Manny, and Sonny,'' he said, and she nodded. She remembered her dream now – it had been about Manny killing Jason and Lila, and she had tried to stop him in her dream only to find out she was tied to a chair.

''I love you, Jason,'' she suddenly said, and he looked at her. Then he smiled.

''I love you too – and you too Lila,'' he said, and he kissed Lila on her head. Now it was time to make sure his family was safe and happy.