AN: So this morning I was looking at my four reviews before I had to go to band camp and was wondering why people weren't reading my story, then I realized that they are reading it, just not reviewing…okay. The I realized…I don't care. I like to write and I love reviews yes, but even if I have one review or one fan, I'm good, so keep on doing what your doing and enjoy.

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Chapter 5

Alexis took in a deep breath and then said, "He's Sonny's bodyguard."

Sam nodded, "He mentioned Sonny."

Jason's eyes furrowed together trying to understand what Alexis was doing as she continued, "Well Sonny was your friend, he betrayed you and you stopped talking, but I guess he still cares, so he sent Jason to see how you were doing." Jason's fingers clenched in anger from her lies.

Sam thought and then shook her head, "It doesn't ring a bell, or a triangle even."

Alexis patted her hand and stood up, "Well you need to get some sleep, you almost died." Sam watched her leave then leaned back into her pillows thinking.

Alexis walked out and was met by Jason who was stone-faced and he crossed his arms and asked, "Why did you lie?"

Alexis sighed and asked, "Can we do this somewhere else please?"

Jason shrugged and walked over into a corner and then repeated, "Why did you lie?"

Alexis looked at him, "Jason, you have the chance to give Sam the life you wanted to give her, to protect her, let her forget you, Sonny everyone who could possibly get her killed, let me give her the life she would have had if she had grown up in my household, please."

Jason shook his head lightly and said, "If she remembers and knows that you lied to her she will never forgive you."

Alexis ran a hand through her hair, "She might never remember, Jason, so let me be her mother and stay out of her life, save her from being shot, again." Jason looked at her and shook his head again and walked out.

Sam, a few days later, walked into Alexis's house and looked around then at Alexis who was smiling and then said, "Well?"

Sam shrugged, "It's nice."

Alexis slumped her shoulders, "Nothing?"

Sam shook her head and looked away sick of seeing her 'mother' disappointed because she couldn't remember and then said, "Where is my room?"

Alexis pointed around the hall and said, "Over there." Sam nodded and walked away putting her hands in her pockets. Alexis sighed and sat on the couch when Ric walked in and she looked up at him, "Oh, hi."

Ric walked over and sat next to her, "Hey." He nodded to Sam's room, "Any change?"

Alexis shook her head, "No, nothing."

Ric nodded and then asked, "What about Jason? Has he-"

Alexis interrupted, "No, he hasn't he listened to me for once."

"It's for the best anyway."

"Is it?"

Ric looked at her and said, "Of course it is, you are just being her mother, and that's who she needs right now."

Alexis nodded and smiled a bit, "Thank you Ric." She gave him a kiss and leaned against him and sighed happily.

Sam, meanwhile, was looking through her pictures and found a picture of her and Jason, she looked at it thinking hardly as she sat on her bed, she decided to go to him and talk to him but before she could follow through, little Kristina ran in and jumped in her arms with a yell of, "Sam!"

Sam held her and thought then decided that this was Kristina, the little girl Alexis had told her about and said, "Hi, what's, um, how are you?" She asked unsure of how to approach this.

Kristina pulled back a bit and smiled a bit shyly then asked, "How was your date?"

Sam shrugged, "Um, good, it was good."

"You didn't come straight home." Kristina stated sadly.

Sam thought then said, "I got in a little accident."

"Are you okay now?"

Sam nodded, "Just perfect, but you never answered my question."

Kristina shrugged, "I missed you."

Sam hugged her, "It's okay, I'm here now." She then put her sister onto the ground and said, "I hate to say it but I've got to go and do something for a little bit but I will be back soon."

"Are you gonna get into another accident?"

Sam smiled a bit but shook her head, "No way." Kristina nodded and Sam took her hand and led her into the living room and over to Ric and Sam then said, "I'm going out for a bit."

Alexis stood up, "Already? You just got back home."

Sam shrugged and said, "I just want to see around town." She then walked out, not wanting or caring about anything else they had to say.

"Be careful!" Alexis yelled after her and sighed when she heard the door slam.

"She promised she wouldn't get into another accident." Kristina quoted and Alexis smiled down at her daughter and kissed her on the forehead.

Sam was walking down to the pier and saw a dog, she watched as he walked up to her and she smiled and patted him on the head, then suddenly she held onto her head and winced in pain as a memory flashed through her mind:

Sam was in a small town jail talking to a dog, "I'm in the wrong profession. You know that? I should be in politics. In politics, you fall a little behind on your debts, you raise you taxes. You blame the other guy. You don't end up in a place like this. Right? Oh, it must be a drag belonging to that sheriff. And how do you keep from dying from boredom in this podunk town? Listen, pooch, what I'm about to do, it ain't going to be boring. Ain't going to be pretty, either, but it'll sure beat this run of bad luck I've been having. My apologies in advance."

Sam shook her head and had to sit down, the dog long gone, as another memory hit her hard and fast:

The sheriff walked into the jail again and saw Sam hanging from a noose, "Dang it! Looky here, little miss." He turned away and then to the dog, "You got yourself all riled up --," Sam jumped down and hit him across the face, "oh!"
Sam took off the 'noose' from around her neck and looked at the dog, "Your boss is going to wake up with a really bad headache and a couple of shiners. I'd stay out of his way if I were you." He barked and Sam patted him, "Come on, buddy. Yeah, I'd take you with me if I could. But where I'm headed, it ain't even fit for a dog. Bye." Then she left.

Sam looked up and around and said aloud, "What in the hell?"