Chapter 4
Jason opened the door and was surprised Max stood there with an unreadable expression on his face. ''Max, what can I do for you?'' he asked, a bit confused when Max stepped inside the penthouse and closed the door. Jason turned around and stared at him, until he started talking.
''I need a couple of days off,'' Max said, and Jason frowned. ''I have to go and see someone and I need a couple of days off,'' Max said again, and Jason sighed.
''Well, you know you can get a couple of days off – I – I mean I cant stop you from going there,'' Jason said shaking his head, and Max nodded. ''Where do you need to go?'' he asked, and Max shrugged. Jason knew Max didn't want to tell him, and he nodded. ''Ok, you don't have to tell me,'' he added, and Max smiled.
''I just don't – I just wanted you to know and agree with me taking a couple of days off – it's a little last minute,'' he said, and Jason nodded. ''But I know I'll be back in 3 days, so I just wanted to see what you would say – thank you Jason,'' he added, and then he turned around and opened the door.
''Wait, Max,'' Jason stopped him, and Max turned around, a question on his face. ''How's Sam?'' Jason asked, and Max shrugged.
''She's been borrowing my car a lot lately – I don't know what she is doing and I don't really care if she's not doing anything stupid, but I don't have any wheels,'' Max said with a smile. ''But I guess she's doing good – still a little under the weather because she tells me she's fine, but I heard her this morning,'' Max rambled, and Jason didn't understand half of what he was saying.
''I'll take care of the wheels, and what do you mean under the weather? You never told me she didn't feel good,'' Jason said, and Max looked at him and shook his head with a frown.
''Why is that any of your business? I mean, if she wanted you to know, she would've told you,'' Max said, and Jason sighed and nodded. Max was right. ''And what do you mean by 'I'll take care of the wheels'?'' he said, and Jason shrugged.
''I'll make sure she can come around without your car – I mean you need to be able to get here as soon as you can and I don't want you being at home when there is some emergency with the business,'' Jason said, and Max frowned, then shrugged and opened the door.
''Sure, I'll see you in 3 days, boss,'' he said, and Jason nodded. When Max was gone he started calling around, seeing if he could manage to get Sam a car by the end of the day.
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Sam sat in the waiting area after telling the nurse she was there for her appointment with Dr. Lee. She was still waiting, and she was getting nervous. Suddenly she heard her name being called out and she looked up to see Jenna standing at the other side of the hall. Jenna started walking toward her and Sam closed her eyes for a second. Why did she have to be here at the same time Jenna was? It didn't matter, because here she was. So she looked up at Jenna when she stood in front of her and smiled. It was a fake smile, but Jenna didn't seem to notice and Sam was grateful for that.
''Hey, how are you doing? I was planning on coming to see you tonight – I haven't seen you in a while,'' Jenna said, and Sam nodded. She didn't understand what Jenna was saying because she could've come by, but she didn't. Sam didn't care anymore.
''I've been relaxing at the cottage – what are you doing here?'' she asked, and Jenna smiled.
''I just had an appointment with Dr. Lee. That's the OB here, and she's really nice – what are you doing here? Is everything ok?'' Jenna asked, and Sam heard the concern in her voice, but she didn't understand. Jenna didn't come see her like Jason hadn't come to see her, and now she was concerned?
''Check up,'' Sam simply said, and then the nurse came to get her and she was relieved. ''I'll see you later,'' she lied, and she followed the nurse to the exam room.
''The doctor will be in to see you in a minute,'' the nurse said, and Sam was glad it wasn't Elizabeth. She didn't know what it was, but she had gotten a weird vibe from that woman. The nurse walked out of the room and closed the door behind her, and Sam sat on the examination table waiting for the doctor to come in. It didn't take her long, and when Dr. Lee walked in she smiled and shook hands with Sam.
''I hear you think – or know – you're pregnant,'' the woman said, and Sam nodded. ''Let's just check shall we? If you could change in there,'' she pointed to another door in the room, and handed Sam a hospital gown. Sam walked in the little changing room and came back when she had changed. She never liked those hospital gowns, she thought, when she sat back down on the table.
''I just want to check some things out, and we can talk some later, if you could just lie down,'' Dr. Lee said, and Sam did as she was told. She was nervous, but when Dr. Lee started the examination she couldn't help but think about a baby. She wanted to have kids since she was a little girl, and ever since she'd gotten the news about her not being able to get pregnant, she had been devastated. She didn't even notice Dr. Lee was done until she heard her name.
''I'm sorry, I was just…'' she said, and Dr. Lee smiled and nodded. ''I was told I couldn't have kids anymore,'' Sam suddenly said, and Dr. Lee frowned.
''There's nothing wrong as far as I can see, but I can do some more tests to see – maybe do an ultrasound if you'd like – we wont be able to see much at this point, but I can tell you what I think about it – let me just call in the tech,'' she said, and she walked out of the room before Sam could say anything. Not a minute later she came back with the equipment and tech, and she gestured for Sam to lie down again. ''This is going to be a little cold,'' Dr. Lee said just before she applied the gel on Sam's stomach. Sam flinched at the cold and smiled when Dr. Lee looked at her, and then she looked at the screen. What she saw, she didn't know, but Dr. Lee knew and she smiled. ''See, nothing wrong here,'' Dr. Lee said, and Sam breathed a sigh of relief. Dr. Lee looked a little longer and then handed Sam a paper towel to clean her stomach.
''So everything is ok? I can have this baby without any problems?'' she asked, and Dr. Lee nodded.
''Yep, not a problem in sight – I want you to make another appointment for in a month, and get some prenatal vitamins. I'll give you some information about the food and liquids you can eat and drink…''
''I know what I can and cannot drink and eat, Dr. Lee,'' Sam said softly, and she thought back on the time she found out she was pregnant the first time around. She shook her head to get the thoughts out and smiled at Dr. Lee.
''Ok, well then there is nothing more I can tell you – I'll see you in a month,'' she said, and Sam nodded. She didn't know if she would be back by then, but she would make the appointment. She wanted to come back so she just figured she would be back in a month.
''Thank you very much Dr. Lee,'' she said, and she shook hands with the doctor. As Dr. Lee walked out, Sam changed back into her clothes. She walked out of the exam room and made her way to the nurses' station to make the appointment with a smile on her face. She was going to have a baby!
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Jason was satisfied about how the day went by. He had already made sure there was a car at the cottage for Sam and he didn't know when, but he knew she would love it. It was a small car, but that didn't matter, because everything you could wish for was in it. And he knew Max would also be happy because even if he hadn't said anything about it, he didn't like it to be stuck at home without any forms of transportation.
''Milo, I want you to go to your brothers cottage and see if Sam's car is there, and if it's not you bring Sam over here so I can have a talk with her,'' Jason said, and Milo nodded and walked away. Jason sat down on the couch and just as he took a deep breath and relaxed, there was a knock on the door. He sighed, got up and opened it, smiling when he saw Jenna standing there.
''Hey, I came by to see how you were doing,'' she said, and he nodded. He stepped aside and she walked passed him inside, and when he closed the door she turned around and sighed. ''I saw Sam at the hospital today, and she said something about a check up, but when she was brought to the examination room Dr. Lee went in there, and I don't know about it – I don't have a good feeling about it,'' she said, and he frowned.
''What's Dr. Lee? I mean what specialty does she have? And why don't you have a good feeling about it? It could be just a check up like Sam said, why doubt her?'' he asked Jenna. He didn't like talking about Sam behind her back – not about anything important like this, but he didn't understand Jenna.
''Well, Dr. Lee is an OB/GYN, and she could just-'' Jason interrupted her, not wanting to hear what she had to say.
''If you're thinking she's pregnant – don't. She can't have kids and maybe this check up was just because something needed to be checked, and nothing more. Now drop it,'' he snapped, and she widened her eyes and held up her hands in surrender. He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. ''I talked to Sam, the first time… Well, lets just say she told me she can't have a baby because of something that happened in her past, and I don't want you to say this to her, ok? You don't know this,'' he said gentler now, and she nodded.
''I won't talk to her about it. She didn't seem to want to talk to me anyway – she seemed a little mad at me,'' she said, and then she frowned but she didn't say anything anymore.
''So – was that why you were here?'' he asked her, a little annoyed with everything at the moment. He didn't like any of this – not seeing Sam and having to listen to Jenna tell him she thought Sam was pregnant. It wasn't something he wanted to hear because he'd love to have kids with Sam, but he knew it couldn't happen.
''Yeah – yeah that was why I was here,'' she stumbled, and he frowned at her. ''I don't know what – Jason I'm sorry, but I don't think Sam will ever forgive you if you don't go over there and talk to her,'' she suddenly said, and he sighed.
''I know, that's why I sent Milo to get her,'' he told her, and she nodded. ''So maybe it's best if you just go home and get some rest or something – so that when she gets here I can talk to her,'' he said, looking down at his feet and she nodded.
''Sure I'll go. I'll see you later,'' she said, and she walked out of the penthouse and closed the door behind her. He sighed and sat down, waiting for Sam.
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When Sam came home from the hospital and shopping for a suitcase, she was surprised to see a car standing there. She didn't know who it was, but she shrugged and stepped out of the car. She grabbed the suitcase and walked into the cottage, to see Max smiling at her. ''Hey, did you see the car?'' he asked excited, and she nodded with a frown. He handed her a key, ''all yours. Jason had it sent here for you, so you could go and leave my car alone,'' he said with a wink, and she smiled weakly. Why would Jason buy a car for her?
''Thanks,'' she said softly, and he nodded. She put the key on the table and sighed. ''I still don't plan on staying here, because I can't get everything straight. If you want I can go to Jason, or call him, to thank him, but I still want to go – even if I have to drive myself,'' she said, and he nodded.
''I didn't think that, and I don't mind. It's not a problem for me to drive you, but maybe you'd like to go alone if you think you're up to it, because I think you'd want to go somewhere when you're there,'' he rambled, and she nodded. She liked the idea of being alone for a while before seeing Kirsten, and even though she loved Max she thought it would be best for her to go up there alone.
''Thanks. I think you're right, so I will just pack my bags and go,'' she said, and he stopped her when she turned and made her way to the bedroom.
''Just call Jason, or text him or something, to thank him. I will tell him you're visiting someone when you call me to tell me you've arrived,'' he told her, and she nodded. She smiled at him and took her suitcase to her room. She didn't look at what she put in there; she just threw some things in there and smiled. She was ready to go – now all she had to do was call Jason.
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Jason stood watching the door and he sighed as he shook his head. He was stupid for thinking Sam would show up. The door had opened and Milo had walked in. ''Boss, I couldn't find her at the cottage and Max told me she would be home soon, but then Sonny called – he needed me to fix something and I couldn't stay there to wait for her,'' he said, and Jason sighed.
''It's ok. I will go over there myself later,'' he told Milo, who nodded and walked out of the penthouse. Jason just stared at the door. He didn't know what he was going to do, but he knew he would have to go over there tonight. He grabbed his phone and started to dial her number, when it rang. Sam. ''Hey!'' he said, and he heard her take a deep breath. ''How are you doing? I heard you were out…'' he stopped talking, and she laughed a little. He didn't know what to say.
''I was, and then I came home and Max told me you bought the car for me. Thank you – I appreciate it, and I think Max does too,'' she said, and he nodded. He knew she couldn't see it but he didn't know what else to do.
''Yeah, I talked to Max this morning and he told me you took the car again, and I wanted you to be able to go everywhere you wanted without having to think about Max all the time so yeah…'' he stopped talking again, surprised with himself because he was rambling like an idiot. He was nervous. ''So how are you doing?'' he asked, and she was silent for a moment.
''I'm ok – I just needed to thank you and I didn't want to come over unannounced, so I did it like this. Listen, I have to go – I'll talk to you later,'' she said, and somehow he heard tears in her voice. He wanted to ask her what the problem was, why she was crying, but she didn't give him a chance. She disconnected the line before he had the chance, and he sighed and rubbed a hand over his face. He threw his phone on the table and sunk down in the chair, cursing under his breath. He would have to give her the time she needed now. He didn't have anything to do or say to make her change her mind about that. He decided it was best if he just waited for a week or so – maybe a couple of days, to give her what she wanted, and then he would go over there and talk to her.