Authors Note: Thank you to everyone who supported me and I've realized something…I committed to writing this and I'll be damned if I stop and do that you all my loyal fans. So here's the next chapter and hopefully there will be many more to come.

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Chapter 8

Sonny bent down next to the unconscious girl, "Sam, Sam!" He put a hand on her neck and checked her pulse then muttered a curse word and lifted the fragile brunette and ran her back to Jason's door, he couldn't exactly knock and didn't have time to talk to the guards who were yelling at him so he kicked the door open, "Jason!" He gently laid Sam down on the couch as Jason jogged down the stairs completely unaware.

Sam's father, Cody grabbed her, "Samantha. Give me a kiss."
Sam looked at him then said surprised/angry, "Hey."
Jax came up, "Hey, hey, hey, let her go!"
Sam looked at Jax, "No, no, no, Jax, it's my father."

"Sonny I thought we-" he stopped short seeing Sam then knelt quickly by her and looked back up at Sonny, "What the hell happened?"

Sam pulled Jax's hand back, "Don't shake his hand. He'll steal your wallet."
Cody cocked his head to the side, "Oh, that's not very nice."
Sam continued, "He smells money and he wants to cash in."
Cody smirked, "Yeah? You got a very keen nose for the money yourself."

Sonny ran a hand over his face, "I don't know I was getting into the elevator and I saw her there, you said she doesn't remember anything but…she knew me, she called my name out."

Jax continued, "Sam would much rather liberate speedboats than work for a living."
Sam turned to him, "Now, wait a second."
Jax ignored her, "She has no respect for the corporate environment."
Sam tried to interrupt, "The what?"
Jax looked at her, "And," he looked back at Cody, "She has greatly misrepresented her family to me."
Sam shook her head, " No, I did not."
Jax shrugged, "You know, your daughter lies when the truth would do."
Cody smiled, "Well, it takes a lot of talent to tell a good lie."

Jason was silent and turned back to his ex(?)-fiancée and brushed some hair out of her eyes then checked on her pulse when Sonny said, "I did that, it's strong."

Sam shook her head, " No, you raised me to be a thief."
Cody nodded, "Yes, I did, yes, I did, and I am proud of it -- damn proud of it. You are an eighth-generation bandit."
Sam shrugged, "You know, stealing from strangers is one thing, but you are the only McCall who ever ripped off his own kid."

Jason nodded absentmindedly and said, "Call 911, we need to get her to a hospital."

Sam was on the boat with Jax, "My mother took off when I was a baby and my dad raised me -- sort of. I mean, I learned all sorts of scams from him -- pitching a fit to pass bad checks, pretending to be lost to scam cab fare. I even made $700 as a kid picking pockets at a state fair."
Jax nodded, "I'm impressed."
Sam shrugged, "Some of the stuff we did was legal, though. He actually taught me how to swim and how to sail. That's about it. He paid for my first dive lessons with a stolen credit card. Anyway, I'm going to spare you with the details, ok? A while back we hit the big, big time and I could've been set for life. And I went to a boat show. I knew better than to leave him with the cash. Whatever. He split, and -- and by the time I found him, he'd squandered away every single dime on cheap women, cheap booze, and slot machines. End of story. Any more questions?" She finished trying not to show her tears as Jax embraced her.

Sonny paused, and Jason looked at him, "What are you waiting for?"
Sonny sighed, "You know how Sam feels about hospital's maybe we should-"
Jason stood up, "We don't have time to wait, Sam could be in serious trouble here."

Sam woke up slowly after being found unconscious on shore by Nikolas and Emily and started insisting that she was fine, "Really I don't need to go to a hospital."

Almost as if on cue Sam mumbled, "No hospitals…"

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Sonny turned it off and faced Sam, " Well, that changes things."
Sam shrugged lifting her equipment, " For you, maybe. Not me."

Sonny nodded, "See that? She looks like she's waking up." He bent next to her, "Sam?" He noticed her eyes were closed and turned back to Jason and said smiling, "She's remembering."

Sam looked at Sonny while being held against Ben, "Go ahead, do it, sonny! Shoot the bastard!"
Ben kept the gun by her head, "Your friend's not going to shoot me. He's afraid of putting a bullet in you. I'll kill her, just like I killed her father when he double-crossed me."
Sam elbowed him, "You liar!"
Ben grabbed her, " Shut up! Now stand up –"
sam fought, "Get off of me!"
Ben pulled her up, "Get up! Now, sam and I -- we're going to walk out of here, and you ain't going to do a damn thing about it."

"Get off!" Sam yelled from her memory and lashed out, striking Sonny.
Sonny fell back in surprised and stood up slowly rubbing his cheek while Jason tried not to smile and he said, "Yeah, she's defiantly remembering something."

Sam made a move to distract Ben and fell to the floor, Ben tried to shoot Sonny but Sonny got there first. Sonny looked at the body, "He's dead."
Sam stood slowly up, "Are you sure?"
Sonny turned to face her, "Yeah, I'm sure."
Sam nodded shakily, "Did you hear him say that he killed my dad? I mean, he was lying."
Sonny gave her a hug, "Right. Hey, hey."

Jason sat on the side of the couch and said, "Sonny, she can't be remembering…"
Sonny looked at him like he had six eyes, "What? Why did the doctors say she wouldn't because they can be wrong you know-"
Jason shook his head and slowly stood up, "I mean that in a way…I hope she doesn't start remembering."

Sam tried not to cry, "I mean, Cody isn't dead. He was just . . .he was lying so. . ."
Jax walked closer to her, "Sam. . ."
Sam continued, "It would distract me . . ."
Jax held a hand up, "Sam. "
sam couldn't fight the tears, "So I wouldn't fight him, right? Jax, please . . ."
Jax stopped her finally, "Sam. .Sam, sam. I'm sorry. Your father's gone."

Sonny shook his head once Jason had finished explaining, "No, you…why would you make that deal with Alexis?"
"It's the best thing for Sam, Sonny, for her to forget me."
Sonny shook his head, "You are the best thing that has happened to her, she lost her child, you were there, she lost her brother…you were there, who does she have there for her now?"

Sam reminisced about her father, "There was this one time. . .we. . .we ripped this boat off this really rich guy in Rhode island, and it was. . .and this storm came out of nowhere, and it was freezing, we had to put the sails down, and the rain was coming down really hard, and it was really windy, and my hair was all over the place, and I couldn't see and my dad, he cut this fishnet, see and he tied me hair back in a pony tail right in the middle of the storm, and I could see, but it was like. . .that's a really stupid thing to remember."

Jason sighed, "She has her mother, Alexis-"
"Now Alexis is the mother of my daughter but she loves to control, and she will try to control sam, and in turn…you." Sonny said stopping Jason.

Sam walked to the door, "I'm going to find jax."
Sonny stopped her, "No, you're not. No, you're not."
sam crossed her arms, "I'm not allowed to go out there and look for jax?"
Sonny shrugged, "It's not a smart move."
Sam nodded, "Because you hate him. You know, I'm actually starting to think he's right -- that you are nothing but a cold, calculating mobster who would love to see jax dead."

Jason shook his head, "Alexis doesn't tell me what to do, I pushed Sam away-"
Sonny finished for him, "To protect her, I know that's what you think but Alexis pushed and pushed at your guilt until you decided that the only way to protect Sam was to push her away, but I told Alexis this and I'll tell you, no matter what you do, Sam could-could drown tomorrow or choke on a chicken wing, you need to enjoy each other while you have the time."

Sam continued her comment, "As he should be. As i am. Jax owes you his life. You reached into his side and you took out a bullet, even though you hated him. You're a good person, no matter how hard you try and pretend otherwise."
Sonny shook his head smiling a bit, "I'm not good. I'm very, very bad. The only reason I saved candy boy's life was you."

Sonny sighed, "Listen, I wasted my time with many women, Lily, Brenda, Carly, even Sam, Carly, Reese, Carly again, so I know what I'm talking about here."
Jason took in a deep breath then sighed again and looked back at Sam.

Sam looked down at the knife Helena had pointed at her then back at the woman, "You don't want to kill me."
Helena smiled, "You left me no choice. See, death is what happens to overly confident little girls who intrude where they don't belong."
Sam reached behind her and grabbed her own knife, "Well, get prepared because I am not going to go down without taking pieces of you with me."

Jason turned to face Sonny, "I love her."
Sonny nodded, "I know."
Jason sighed and sat on a chair, "I went to her hospital room and talked to her while she was unconscious, I've never been good at that but I told her how I was wrong to push her away."
Sonny sat on the table in front of him, "What changed?"

Jax sighed, "That's the scary part, sam. You're so desperate for this treasure you've aligned yourself with a psychopath you know nothing about. Well, I know Helena. And you may lie and cheat with the best of them –"
sam nodded, "Thank you, I appreciate that."

Jason ran a hand over his face, "Alexis asked me to not remind Sam, to let her forget me…and she's right, I should. If she doesn't remember me, she doesn't remember her baby, or Danny-"
Sonny nodded, "Good plan, but you forgot, I was the baby's father, she remembers me then she remembers the baby then she remembers you."

Jax shrugged, "You know, maybe you need to do us both a favor. Next time I, you know, try to save you from something like a bar fight or -- or the astronaut or from yourself, you give me a swift kick towards the door and remind me of this night."
Sam nodded, "Sure. No problem. I'm sorry I -- I couldn't live up to your lofty standards, and maybe there is some woman out there who can. Maybe not because I -- I highly doubt it, but who knows? You know, what the hell do I know?"

Jason stood up, "I didn't forget, the best thing for Sam is to forget us both."
Sonny followed him, "And who are you to decide? Who is Alexis to decide that for Sam for that matter. Alexis decided to move Sam away in secret, she chose to arrest you over and over again for things she couldn't have unless she was D.A. which she unfortunately is, Alexis is now decided that Sam can't remember you or me…when does Sam get to decide?"

Sonny looked at Sam, "Look -- um -- I don't want anything romantic. This-"
Sam nodded, "I know. I know, I got it." She kissed him passionately and they ended up having sex.

Sam openedher eyes and took in a deep breath and looked wildly around the room, her eyes resting on Sonny, while both men stood up and Sonny said, "Sam, how are you?"
Sam shrugged, "I'm okay." She stood up and walked over to him slowly, Jason and Sonny just watching her. She leaned into his and kissed him.

AN: Sorry about the Sonny/Sam stuff, but this is her life in PC so I've gotta add it even though I am a dedicated JaSam fan.