"Walk Away" – Michael Bolton

Chapter 1

A year has now passed and the two are still apart, Sami not willing to forgive him for the lies he told and Ej still trying his best to win her heart. He would corner her in the hall just to get a chance to speak to her, left her messages begging her to answer and even sending her roses weekly just to show he cared. Neither had been able to go out since the wedding that never was, just couldn't bare to be with anyone else. But none of it mattered, she didn't trust him and he was running out of ideas.

IT'S OVER NOW, GOTTA FACE IT ONE LAST TIME

WE'LL NEVER MAKE IT WORK, HEAVEN KNOWS WE TRIED

LIVING THIS LIFE, HOLDIN' ON FOR SO LONG

I KNOW IT WON'T BE EASY, BUT IT'S TIME TO BE STRONG

"Just leave me alone! If you ever loved me, you'll walk away!" She yelled in anger, the night before as she met him in the hallway, and then went into her apartment, leaving him headed back to his head down and looking for a drink. He slid down his door and stared around the room, trying to figure out where he went from there, the next morning he was still there. Sitting on the floor waiting for an answer, it would have been their one-year wedding anniversary and yet he had no ring on his finger.

"Happy Anniversary." He said and knew it was time for him to move on.

WALK AWAY, WALK AWAY

DON'T YOU WAIT A MINUTE LONGER

WALK AWAY FROM THE LOVE WE KNOW IS WRONG

WALK AWAY, WALK AWAY

DO IT NOW WHILE I CAN FIND THE STRENGH TO SAY

LEAVE ME NOW, BEFORE MY HEART WON'T LET YOU

WALK AWAY

After a year of begging, after a year of pleading for a second chance he decided to give her what she asked for. He was going to leave, and he needed to do it today. For the first time all day, he got up and headed to his room. Knowing he needed to pack up at least a suitcase and write a letter to his Samantha, telling her goodbye and that she should move on. He knew even if he got the chance to talk to her face to face that he wouldn't be able to do it, after that he decided to call the movers the following day and headed out of his apartment, slipping the note under her door and then heading to the elevators. He stopped as they opened and looked back at her door, remembering all that they were and he always hoped they could be again.

YOU AND I, NEVER WANTED IT TO END

JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY, TO START LIVIN' AGAIN

OH, LOVE OF MY LIFE, I DON'T WANT TO LET YOU GO

LEAVE BEHIND THE MEMORIES, A FOREVER THAT WE'LL NEVER KNOW

"Goodbye my love, there will never be another." He said and disappeared from sight, heading for the life that lay ahead of him. Italy to run the Dimera Empire as his father seen fit, praying that it would distract him from the memory that would haunt him for the rest of his life, the wedding day that caused Sami so much pain.

YA KNOW WE CAN'T GO ON, YA KNOW THE REASON WHY

THAT DON'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER, WHEN IT COMES TO SAYING

GOOD-BYE

WALK AWAY, WALK AWAY

DO IT NOW WHILE I CAN FIND THE STRENGTH TO SAY

LEAVE ME NOW

BEFORE MY HEART WON'T LET YOU GO

As much as Ej's heart was breaking as he walked out of the apartment building, he knew it was for the best. Walking away from Sami was what he had to do. She needed space and he was just making things worse by staying. He just hoped that he wasn't sealing his fate in the process.