Sami's eyes opened as she heard the buzzing of her phone on the nightstand. She hadn't slept heavily since having Will as a teenager. With his being her first child and the screwed up circumstances, she put herself in as a teenager, she had been irrationally afraid of something happening to him and so she had kept an ear out constantly at night. It had served her well with the twins because as soon as one of them whimpered, she often awoke, getting to the one who had awakened before that whimper turned into a full-blown cry to wake their twin.

She looked at EJ still sleeping the untroubled deep sleep and smiled as she grabbed her phone.

It was a text from Tom Williams, the alias she used for Barney.

I got all my work done. Thanks for asking ~ Barney

We should get together for an early breakfast ~ Sami

The new Pier Side café sounds good ~ Barney

Sami looked over at EJ one more time to make sure he was sleeping as she sent off a simple, 'Okay'. Barney had located the assassin and wanted to meet with her immediately at an old warehouse near the pier. It was one they had used for meets of a delicate nature before, having only to worry about the occasional rat scurrying across the floor. So shifting out of EJ's arms, she got up and quickly dressed, hoping she would find out what information Barney had and come back before he even realized she was gone.

Tiptoeing through the house she went into the kitchen to leave a quick note in case either EJ or Will woke up or if this was one of those times the twins decided to wake the household before she returned.

Jumping into her car she drove, until her phone rang.

"I'm surprised you called… " She spoke to Barney on the other end.

"You're being followed." He interrupted her.

"What? How do you know?"

"I'm following you."

"Barney, why are you following me?"

"You sent me after an assassin who works for Stefano Dimera. I've been watching your back since then."

"Barney… " She began to tell him, it wasn't necessary.

"Look, it's a silver Jaguar. A little flashy for one of Stefano's goons."

A silver Jaguar? Isn't that… ?

"Barney, it's not a goon."

"What? Who is he?"

"I'll tell you all about it when we meet up."

"And what about the tail?"

"Let him come, too."

EJ awoke to the sound of shuffling. He turned his head toward the noise as he became aware that Samantha was not beside him, but instead was getting dressed. He was about to ask her where she was headed before pulling her delectable body back to bed, but the quiet way she crept from the bedroom left no doubt that she was trying to make a quick getaway.

It didn't mesh with everything that had happened between them in the last twenty-four hours. They had declared their love for one another, spent time with their children and then made love until the wee hours of the morning. He listened at the door as she left, running quickly to don his clothes, taking the monitor to Will's room and wrote the boy his own note, before going after Samantha.

He caught up to her with little trouble, but found himself even more confused as she headed to a warehouse on the pier. Parking a few buildings away, he moved quickly, but stealthily along to find out where his very own brand of 'trouble' was off to. It wasn't until he was almost at the warehouse that he noticed the near silent footsteps behind him and by then it was too late, two guns were trained on him and EJ knew there was no way he was getting out of that one without getting shot. So he bided his time, hoping that an opportunity would present itself. To EJ's surprise the men walked him toward the warehouse into which Samantha had disappeared and when he entered, she walked to him, placing a kiss to his lips in greeting.

"Guys, you don't need the guns." She spoke to the two men behind him and they surprisingly listened. Grabbing his hand, she turned him to face the shorter of the two and said, "Barney, I'd like you to meet EJ Dimera."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Dimera."

"Likewise," EJ answered politely before turning to Samantha. "What's going on?"

"You couldn't let me handle this on my own, huh?"

"I don't even know what this is, darling."

"This is my way of helping you."

"Helping me?" He asked skeptically.

"I certainly wouldn't do it for that bitch Nicole." She answered, rolling her eyes, "Barney's a friend of mine and I asked him to find the man who shot the mayor."

EJ arched an eyebrow at her, "And how's he going to do that?"

Barney stepped forward, then, "Already did. Dimeras aren't the only ones with contacts in this town. He's been hiding in the West Point Inn."

"That hole in the wall?" Samantha asked, her scrunched up nose the cutest thing he had ever seen.

It said a lot about her power over him that was he was in an old warehouse with gangsters who had just taken him from his car at gunpoint and he still thought about things like how cute her nose was.

"Precisely, you pay cash, no one asks any questions, but a few of the guys that operate out of there saw someone new come in. It's a less than savory place so that's not that strange, what was strange was that he was in top of the line threads. That's how we found him. He hasn't moved out of the apartment yet."

EJ watched in awe as Samantha cut in, "I want him tied down and I don't want anyone to know about it. Warn your guys that the police are coming through."

"You gonna use Dimera guys to hold him?" The man called Barney eyed him distastefully as if the name Dimera was an offense to him.

"I prefer not to use anyone from the Dimera organization on this since we don't know who's loyal to Stefano. And Barney, this guy might be a little better than the average thug so we need people of equal skill watching him until we call the cops."

"Why don't we just put a bullet in him?" He asked, "You know I hate the fucking cops."

EJ looked back and forth between them as Samntha gave the man a pointed look.

"Fine," Barney sighed, "I got three guys that can do it, but it's going to be expensive.

"Money's not a concern."

"Good. Anything else, Sami?"

"No. Just let me know when the police have him." She said, and turning to EJ she extended her hand for him to take.

EJ was still processing all that had happened in there as they left the building. It was a bit surreal seeing Samantha in that type of setting, with backdoor connections.

As soon as they were outside, he gave her a pointed look, "Something wrong EJ?

"Just find it ironic that Samantha Brady," he emphasized the last name, "makes a better mob boss than I do."

"Hey! I had a life before I met you EJ Dimera."

He chuckled, before grabbing her and pulling her in for a kiss, "And what a life it might have been."

As she turned toward her own car, he demanded, "Ride with me."

"My car…"

"I'll get someone to pick it up and drop it off at your place."

She bit her lip nodding and EJ took a moment to shoot off a text before they walked to his car. No other words, were spoken until EJ veered off their route stopping at a deserted park.

"EJ, what are you doing?"

"I need you," he whispered into the quiet of the morning.

There was no time for subtlety as he leaned over to kiss her lips. It was a possession, deep and raw. EJ pulled back after a long moment and growled, "You, Samantha Brady, are a unique combination of saint and sinner."

"We both know I'm no saint." She countered pulling him in for another.

"But you are," he shot back as his hands dipped down the front of her jeans. "Daughter of Commander Brady with an army of mercenaries at your disposal. Mother of four, with connections to the underbelly of Salem and the love of a big bad Dimera. You, my dear, are a mass of contradictions."

He watched as she bit her lip as he played with her.

"Lift your hips," he commanded as he pulled her jeans and underwear down in one fell swoop. "It turns me on knowing that there's a bad girl inside of you just waiting to come out to play. Play with me, darling."

"EJ!" He reveled in her scream. The clench of her around his fingers as the morning light illuminated the car had him fit to burst. EJ pulled his fingers slowly from her as she came down.

He groaned, eyes drifting closed as want and need overwhelmed him, but his siren was having none of that.

Fingers gripping his hair in a tight grasp, she whispered against his lips, "I need you inside me."

"With pleasure," he responded, sitting back. It had been a while since he had sex in a car, a thing he had done as a boy when there was nowhere else to go.

Shifting the seat of the car as far back as it could go, he watched as Samantha climbed over him straddling his thighs. Deft fingers unzipped his pants. She didn't waste any time, rising to her knees, she sank onto him, her heat enveloping him in that excruciating delicious grip that he loved. EJ laid back enjoying the view as she rode him, hips thrusting over and over again.

"Samantha!" He cried out as he came, her answering howl filling the car in the face of her own orgasm.

They both dropped listlessly and the almost immediate blaring of the car horn caused them both to jump. Laughing EJ lifted Samantha off so that they could put themselves back together before they went home to their children.

EJ looked around a bit in wonderment at all the heavily and not so heavily pregnant women in the doctor's office. As a Dimera he had actually never been to a doctor's office outside of a hospital stay, Stefano always commanded that doctor's come to him. A few of the women had partners with them and a few were alone, sitting patiently in uncomfortable chairs waiting for their name to be called.

"Samantha, your appointment for 9 a.m. and it's 9:15 a.m. Are you sure you don't want me to make a house call?"

"Alright, Mr. Silverspoon," He heard the teasing in her voice. "Today you learn how the other half lives, and at a doctor's office a fifteen minute wait is actually pretty good."

"Samantha…"

"EJ, it's fine. I actually like Dr. Campbell and I trust her. Not too sure about any doctor who used to be on Stefano's payroll. I don't want to wake up not remembering I was pregnant and my fetus has been implanted in another woman."

"Samantha, my father may be powerful but I don't think even the great Stefano Dimera could pull that one together."

"You never know."

"You know I'd never let anything happen to you." He assured.

"That I do know," Samantha reached up, cradling his cheek in her palm.

"Samantha Brady," her name was called and he saw a blush come to Samantha's cheek as the nurse looked at them with a small smile on her face.

"If you could take off your clothes and get situated on the bed using the covers, Dr. Campbell will be with you in just a moment."

As soon as the nurse was out the room, she started undressing and even in that setting, the sight of her naked body aroused him.

"EJ!" She scolded when she turned around and saw him. "Stop that!"

"Stop what, darling?"

"Stop looking at me like that! We're in a doctor's office."

"Samantha, you just took off your clothes. You can't seriously be expecting me not to react to that."

"EJ!" She blushed, jumping onto the bed and covering herself.

He chuckled at his blushing vixen and said, "Alright, I'll behave for now."

EJ sat in the chair at the head of the bed and slipped his fingers between hers.

"Are we going to see the baby today?"

"Yeah," she sent a smile his way, "that's the ultrasound machine over there. Not that there will be much to see. Despite how big I've gotten I'm not that far along."

"You're perfect."

"I'm hardly perfect." She contradicted, rolling her eyes.

EJ grabbed her chin, forcing her eyes to meet his as he spoke, "Do you need me to remind you what your body does to me." He watched as her eyes darkened in lust, but just as he was about to lean forward, the doctor opened the door, so he whispered, "We'll have a bit of show and tell later."

"Good Morning. I apologize for the delay." The woman extended her hand in greeting to him, "I am Dr. Campbell."

"EJ Dimera, the father."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Dimera." She turned to Samantha then, "So Sami how are you doing?"

"I'm doing good. No morning sickness this time."

"Good, your blood test came from University Hospital as requested from the emergency department. They also ran a full panel so there will be no need to do that again and everything is normal. Are you taking prenatal vitamins?"

"Yes. The same ones I took with the twins." Samantha answered as EJ took it all in.

"That's fine. I'm going to do a full examination now and then it's onto the ultrasound."

EJ had remained silent until then, not letting go of her hand even as the doctor examined her. When they finally got to the ultrasound, his eyes focused on the gray screen. It all looked like a blurred mess to him, but as she started to explain, he swore he could see his baby.

"Alright," the doctor said, smiling at them as she turned up the volume. The rapid sound sounded like music to his ears.

EJ couldn't help the gasp that escaped, it was his first time hearing something so wonderful. They had made that. A baby. It was a part of himself and Samantha, a product of their love.

He caught the words as the doctor said them, "Only one."

"Are you disappointed?" Samantha asked him.

He would have been thrilled with twins, but he was equally thrilled by the prospect of another child with Samantha so he said, "I could never be disappointed having a baby with you. I love you."

He placed a kiss to her palm, before turning back to the doctor and asked, "Now, how many pictures of our baby can I get?"