Chapter 3:
EJ was about to run after him but then looked at Sami shaking. He grabbed one of the sheets that was lying on the bed and covered her with it. He knelt down next to her, tears filling his eyes and reached out to her to hold her in his arms but Sami held back in shock. EJ was taken aback by her reaction but immediately understood.
He went infront of her on his knees and looked her in her eyes. Tears in his eyes he called to her.
'Samantha, it's me EJ, look at me please sweetheart' he begged her 'he's gone, you're safe, I'm here'.
Sami looked up at him shaking and EJ held his arms out to her and she lent forward in his arms. He hugged her tight in his arms and cried as EJ held her tight and as close to his heart as possible. Tears came down his eyes, tears of relief that she was safe in his arms and tears of mixed feelings, feelings that he didn't know where still buried deep down inside of him. He kissed her forehead and helped her up, still covering her with the bedsheets. He grabbed her robe for her and gave it to her. He turned around until she put it on so not to make her feel uncomfortable. He led her out on the sofa. As she lied down still not saying a word, he made her a cup of herbal tea to help her come down. He grabbed the mug and went over to her.
'Here Samantha drink this, it will make you feel a bit better' EJ told her stroking her face.
Sami took the mug from him and started drinking the tea EJ made for her.
'Why does this keep happening to me?' she cried. EJ looked up at her with regret all over his face. He remembered about the night Johnny was conceived and the pain of the memory came rushing back.
Sami looked up at him immediately realizing what she just said and how it pained EJ.
'I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that, I wasn't referring to that...' started Sami but EJ stopped her.
'I'm soo sorry Samantha for what I had put you through, I can never apologise enough, I would do anything to take it back Samantha, please you have to know that', tears started coming down his cheeks again as he remembered what he walked in on earlier and thinking back of that awful night when he was a total different person.
'EJ, we both know it wasn't like that between us that night. You saved me tonight from that bastard. When I said earlier again I was referring to when he had raped me' Sami told him.
'He had raped you before?' EJ asked her.
'Yes a long time ago, I was still very young but I hadn't seen him since then', Sami told him, the shock starting to wear off now.
'Samantha, what happened tonight? How did he get in here?' asked EJ.
'I don't know. I went in the bedroom and I heard a noise and as I turned around I saw him standing there' Sami explained to him giving a shudder.
EJ stroked her hand. 'It's over now Samantha' and he hugged her tightly.
'Why don't you go and take a shower? I'll wait for you out here don't worry' he told her.
'EJ...thank you' Sami told him getting off the sofa and planting a kiss on his cheek.
EJ smiled back at her as she headed off towards the bathroom...