Secrets

[andrea]

Chapter 20

 

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Los Angeles Police Station

 

“Where's -- where's Chester?” Sam asked the first officer, who walked her into the police station, softly.

 

“He's probably on his way. Listen, where’s your shoe, Sam?” the officer asked her seeing that she was missing a shoe.

 

“What shoe?” Sam asked confused as she looked down.

 

“Where is it?” the officer asked again.

 

“It was probably at the house. Chester will bring it over”

 

“We need to get her to booking” the second officer said walking up to them.

 

“One shoe on, one shoe off. Does anybody remember the rest of that?” Sam asked out loud.

 

“The sooner we get this over with, the better” the second officer said.

 

“Yeah, yeah, ok” the first officer said.

 

“Do you want me to handle it?”

 

“No, I got it. You can start on the paper work. I’ll take her into the interrogation room. Just give me a couple of minutes with her, all right?” he said and the second officer nodded to him.

 

“You know, Chester hates me” she whispered to herself.

 

“Maybe I can get through to her” he continued, “Sam, Sam? Come on” he said pulling her into the interrogation room.

 

“Good luck” the second officer said.

 

The commissioner walked into the room walking pass the interrogation room, seeing through the one-way mirror that someone was in there, “What have you got?” he asked closing a different file he had with him, going up to his officer.

 

“Gunshots fired”

 

“What else is new?” He said that because it was something they always dealt with.

 

“The singer Chester Bennington from that rock band, Linkin Park his ex tried to kill him”

 

“You sure about that?”

 

“She confessed”

 

Just then Chester came walking into the station and saw the commissioner, “Commissioner? I want Sam released. I'm not going to press any charges” he said walking up to the commissioner and the police officer.

 

The officer looked at Chester, “Your ex-wife tried to kill you”

 

“It was a misunderstanding” he said. Behind Chester, Talinda slowly walked in stopping at the front desk watching them argue with each other.

 

“Sam was running around town with a loaded gun. She shot up your house with your kid upstairs”

 

“Did Sam shoot at you?” the commissioner asked.

 

“No”

 

“He's lying” he said to the commissioner.

 

“No, there was -- there was a gunshot, but nobody was hurt. I'm going to take Sam home, Commissioner”

 

“No one's getting anywhere until I get a full report from Officer Wagner. Come here” the commissioner said to his officer and they walked back to talk privately.

 

When the officer and commissioner walked away Talinda then walked up to Chester, “Hey. Is Sam all right?” she asked.

 

Chester turned around, “Did you call the cops?”

 

“I heard gunshots through the phone. I was scared. I didn't know what else to do” she told him. They heard footsteps walking closer to them and Talinda saw that it was her partner. She signaled for him to come over to them.

 

“Where's Sam at?” John, Talinda’s partner, asked.

 

“Interrogation” Chester said pointing behind him.

 

“Without an attorney present? I don't think so” he said and started walking towards the interrogation room as Chester followed him.

 

“Hold on, hold on, Chester, you're not going in there, all right?” the commissioner said stopping Chester from going in.

 

“Commissioner --”

 

“Book Mrs. Bennington -- excuse me, Ms. Cardossa -- on charges of attempted murder” the commissioner said and then he walked away with Officer Wagner.

 

Inside the interrogation, John was in there talking with Sam, but in the mental state she was in it was hard for him to do, “Well, I got your booking delayed. Want to tell me what happened?” he asked Sam but she didn’t say anything to John. All she did was look down at the table, “Sam, I'm your attorney now. I need to know what's going on. What happened at Chester’s? Sam?” he tried again.

 

“I miss my son.” Sam finally spoke up.

 

“Ok, why did you bring a gun?”

 

“He needs his mother” Sam softly said.

 

“Sam, please, I need you to stay focus, ok? Why did you try to shoot Chester?”

 

“Draven's getting bigger now. He is”

 

“I'm sure he is, Sam”

 

“He's not scared of me”

 

“Listen to me, you're in a lot of trouble, all right, and I want to be able to help you, but you're going to have to tell me what's going on so that I can get you home and you can be with your son” he said softly touching her hand.

 

Sam freaked at that, “Let go of me!” she yelled standing up.

 

John stood up too, “Ok, ok. It's all right. No, no, no, it's all right, it's all right. Just sit down” he said trying to calm her down. He then turned around and carefully walked out of the interrogation room, closing the door behind him.

 

Seeing John come out of the room, Talinda walked up to him, “How is she?”

 

“Where's Chester?”

 

“Fighting with the commissioner”

 

“Ok, I need for you to go in there and sit with her. I don't want her to be alone” John said.

 

“All right” she said and walked to the interrogation room.

 

“I don't care, it's against the law to shoot at people or carry a loaded handgun” The commissioner said walking back into the room that John was in.

 

“No way to prove that, Commissioner. Commissioner!” Chester yelled out as he walked away.

 

“There were bullet holes in the floor. Sam admitted she was trying to kill you” the first officer said to Chester.

 

“She didn't know what she was saying, Officer”

 

Before it got out of hand and Chester said something stupid John walked up to him, “Chester? Excuse me. Officer, can you excuse us for a second, please?” The officer nodded and walked away, “She's in really bad shape” he softly said so no one could hear them.

 

“That's why Talinda called you. You got to get her released, John”

 

“Chester, I don't think I can do it”

 

“The mother of my son is in there, caged up like an animal. You get her out of here, no matter what you have to do, because I'm not leaving here without Sam”

 

In the interrogation room, Talinda saw Sam sitting in a chair, her back facing her. As she walked in further Talinda heard some scratching noises. She came to the side of the table and saw that she was scratching her finger nail on the table and that she wasn’t looking up just looking down on the table. Sam then stopped scratching the table and rested her head on the table as Talinda went and sat down on the chair.

 

“Sam what’s going on? What’s happening to you?” Talinda asked.

 

Sam lifted her head and looked at her, “Go away Sandra. Leave me alone…”she stood up knocking her chair down but she couldn’t go anywhere since she was handcuff to the table “…we don’t need you. Chester loves me and he always has. I don’t need you to try and take him away from me because you can just go back to being dead to me” she said then she started to smile, “I have a good life. I knew I would if I tried hard. I have everything I ever wanted -- a husband who loves me, a beautiful son…” then her smile turned into a frown “…but I lost them, didn’t I? My family. My son. The pictures they where just lies…”

 

“Is that why you shot at the pictures?” Talinda asked her.

 

“…It hurts too much to look at them. We were so happy. When did everything go wrong?” she asked. Sam then looked down at the floor and picked up her chair. Sitting back down, she went back to scratching at the table. Talinda then slowly walked over to the door, but before she walked out she turned her head looking back at Sam.

 

“I don't know, maybe I can get her transferred to a psych ward” John said to Chester.

 

Chester shook his head, “No”

 

“Chester, you want her to spend the night here?” John asked

 

“Sam's not spending the night here, she's not going to a mental hospital, John”

 

Getting frustrated with Chester, John said to him, “Chester, she tried -- she tried to kill you”

 

“She shot up a few pictures, John” he said back, brushing it off lightly.

 

“Chester, she's a danger to herself and to others. She belongs in a psych ward” John said trying to get the point through Chester but obviously it wasn’t working.

 

“I’ve got a idea” Chester said and told John about how he could get Sam out of the police station without her going to jail or being transferred to a psych ward. Talinda open the door closing it behind her when she walked out of the door. “We're clear on everything?” he asked when he finished telling John the plan.

 

“Yeah, I'll see what I can do” John nodded and walked away to make the deal with the commissioner.

 

Chester walked up to her, “How is she?” he asked.

 

“Not good Chester, she flipped out on me. She’s not faking it. She seriously is having a breakdown and I have a feeling that this breakdown it’s more than just her thinking that my baby is yours”

 

“What do you mean?” he asked

 

“I don’t know it’s just a feeling. I know that Sam can be very manipulative. I'm sorry, Chester, I shouldn't have said anything”

 

“Sam has been through one crisis after another since November. She's just on overload. And it finally caught up to her just when she was turning her life around”

 

“It's more than that, Chester. She needs serious psychiatric help”

 

“I know what I have to do” Chester said.

 

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Chapter 21

 

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‘Rock-a-bye, baby Talinda gonna to die when Talinda dies her baby’ll be ours and when she’s gone from the picture we’ll get to be a happy family’ Sam hummed her own version of ‘Rock-a-bye, baby’ to herself as she was still sitting in the interrogation room. She heard some footsteps coming closer and turned her head as the door slightly open. What she saw was a teenager Sandra, wearing her blood stained cheer leading uniform and there was blood ruining down her face. “No…No not again” Sam said to herself but Sandra heard her, “It’s your fault Samantha, your fault, all your fault that I died” she said to her. “No stop it… stop it” Sam said moving her arms to cover her face but since her one arm was still hand cuff to the table she closed her eyes tightly putting her free hand around her head. After a few minutes, she slowly opened her eyes and saw that there was no Sandra and that the door was closed.

Two minutes later, the door open again and Chester, a not dead Sandra and a person dressed in a business suit came into the room. Chester walked up to Sam and kneeled down and reached out to touch her. “No don’t touch me” she said moving back a little, “Don’t make me go there Chester…I don’t want to go there…Don’t send me there.”

 

“Sam, its okay. You’re not going anywhere but home okay? I won’t let anything happen to you”

 

“Why is he here?” she asked looking at John.

 

“Sam that’s John, he’s your attorney. He's going to bring you home, okay?” he said/asked.

 

“Okay”

 

Wanting to get out of the room Talinda spoke up, “I’ll go get her un-cuffed” she said and then walked out of the room.

 

When she left the room Sam leaned closer to Chester and grabbed his arm with her free hand, “Chester what is she doing here? I don’t want her here. Make her go away.”

 

Out of the interrogation room, Talinda took a deep breath as she leaned against the door. Before she started walking out toward the front desk Talinda’s phone went off. She pulled her phone out of her purse and looked at the number, “Hello?” she answered.

 

“Talinda, hey it’s me Rob.”

 

“Hi Rob.”

 

“Listen, I know this may sound ridiculous but I want to see you.”

 

“I want to see you to but it’s not a good time. I’m actually down at the police station.”

 

“What happen?”

 

“I’m fine. It’s actually Sam.”

 

“What did she do?”

 

“I’ll tell you later, okay?”

 

“Alright. Be careful.”

 

“I will” she said and then closed her phone. She then walked towards the front desk when she saw Office Wagner, “Officer? Can Sam's hand cuffs be taken off?”

 

“No. She's a danger to herself and to others”

 

“Oh come on! At least let her say goodbye to her ex-husband”

 

“Alright fine” he then started to walk to the interrogation room as Talinda followed her.

 

“Sam, she’s here to help you out”

 

“No she’s not. She wants me to stay here”

 

After Sam said that, Talinda and Officer Wagner walked into the room. The officer walked up to Sam and then un-cuffed her from the table. Chester sense that she didn’t want to be touch, “It’s okay Sam” he said making her look at him. After the officer un-cuffed her he walked out of the room. “Sam I want you to know something. Talinda and I are going to leave, John, he’s going to bring you home okay?”

 

“Why can’t I go with you?” Sam asked confused.

 

“Because we have to make it look like where having you transferred to a psych ward”

 

“No…No he’ll take me to that place and not home where I want to be, with you… I don’t want to go there…Chester please don’t make me go there” Sam cried out.

 

“I’m not going to take you there. I promise you I won’t” John said.

 

“You won’t?”

 

“I won’t”

 

“Okay Sam I’m going to go now before the police start thinking somethings up. I'll see you at home okay?”

 

“Okay” she said softly. Chester got up and walked out of the interrogation room with Talinda following him. He didn’t stop walking and walked out of the police station.

 

It took Chester thirty minutes to pull up to his house. As soon as he turned the car off Talinda pulled up into the driveway. He got out of the car and walked to his door, opening it up.

 

Talinda followed Chester into the house, “Sam's better off at Benjamin Rush. She'll have a chance to heal” she said and walked over to the cabinet.

 

“No, leave it, leave it. I'm going to take care of that later” he said.

 

Both Talinda and Chester heard talking and turned towards the door and saw John walking Sam into the house “You can take a nice rest, all right?” he said calmly to Sam, “It worked. The LAPD thinks that Sam's been transferred to Benjamin Rush”

 

“Did you handle the rest?” Chester asked.

 

“Yeah, supposedly she's in isolation -- no calls or visitors for 72 hours.”

 

“Why'd you leave John to bring me home?” Sam asked.

 

“I told you Sam we had to make it look like you were being transferred to Benjamin Rush. You just take it easy and go upstairs to rest, okay”

 

“Yeah, ok”

 

“Ok?”

 

“That sounds good” Sam said slowly.

 

“Ok. I’ll take you upstairs, okay? Thank you for, you know --”

 

“Yeah, it's only going to buy you a couple of days, Chester” John said.

 

“That's all I need” he said walking up to Sam. He carefully put his arm around her and walked her over to the stairs.

 

“All right, I hope you know what you're doing” John said. Chester looked at John and shook his head.

 

“Chester I’m going to go okay? Call me if you need anything” Talinda said.

 

“Okay” he said and then walked Sam up the stairs.

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Talinda walked out of the room and went over to her car, she got in and drove home. When Talinda got home she sat her stuff down and took her cell phone out and called Rob back.

 

“Hello?” he answered.

 

“It’s me Talinda. Sorry I cut are conversation short earlier.”

 

“It’s okay. So what happen to Sam?”

 

“She tried to kill Chester.”

 

“What! Is he okay?”

 

“Yeah he’s fine. She missed him. Rob, Sam's having a breakdown. She thinks my baby is his.”

 

“Why would she think that? Because you came back pregnant?”

 

“I guess so. Are you still willing to come over?”

 

“Yeah I’ll be there soon”

 

When Chester got up the stairs, he took Sam to the room forgetting that she trashed the room. He stopped just outside the room and realized that it was trashed.

 

“What happen to the room?” Sam asked.

 

“You did it because you were upset” he said.

 

“I did? I don’t remember”

 

“It’s okay you don’t have to. You can rest in Draven’s room, okay?”

 

“Okay” Sam said. Turning her around and walked her across the hall to Draven’s room. He opened the door and helped her to their son’s bed. Pulling back the cover for her, he had her sit down.

“I’ll bring you some clothes to change into later, okay?”

 

“Okay” she said. She then moved down and laid on her side having her back face the door. She kept her eyes open as she heard Chester leave the room closing the door. Once she knew that Chester left the room she laid there for a while and then jumped out of the bed and looked around room when she saw the door. She walked over to it and opened it up. She stood there in the doorway and didn’t hear anything so she walked down the hall and stopped at the top of the stairs. Slowly she walked down the stairs stopping at the last step. When she didn’t hear anything, she was about to move when she heard the front door close. She quickly walked fast back up the stairs going back into Draven’s room and closed the door softly. She walked up to the bed and laid back down on it. When her head hit the pillow she suddenly felt tired and closed her eyes falling asleep.

(Dream)

As Sam was just about to fall asleep she heard the bedroom door open. She turned around sitting up and came face to face with Sandra’s father Robert Grace.

 

“Mr. Grace what are you doing here?” she asked.

 

“You know why I’m here” he said coming more into the room closing the door behind him.

(End of Dream)

 

“Noooooo!” she screamed out, sitting up.

 

“Sam are you okay?” the door opened and Chester came in.

 

“No… he…he’s coming back for me… you have to…you have to protect me Chester…he’s going to come back and hurt me”

 

Chester walked over to the bed and sat down, “No ones going to come and hurt you Sam. I’m going to keep you save, okay?”

 

“Okay”

 

“Did you try and go to sleep?” he asked

 

“For a little bit”

 

“Alright. I brought you some clothes to change into. I’m going to leave you again so I can clean up our room okay. I’ll see you in the morning”

 

All Sam could do was shake her head as he got up. He walked out of the room and left her to change, which she did. She then got back into bed and laid back down closing her eyes.

 

At Talinda's house Rob was there. They were sitting on her couch talking with each other, “So Sam thinks that when we were in New York, Chester cheated on her and got you pregnant?”

 

“Yeah?” Talinda said shaking her head

 

“Have you told Sam that Chester didn’t cheat on her?”

 

“No. But I’m sure Chester’s already told her” they sat there in silence for a little bit then Talinda spoke up again, “Have you told Chester that we slept together?”

 

“No. I’m scared he’ll want to kick my ass because you’re his ex-girlfriend”

 

“Chester’s not like that”

 

Again, they sat in silence. Rob was then the one who spoke, “Would you like to go out with me? I know it's probably not a good time but --”

 

“No. I loved to. It’ll be good to do something else and not think about what’s going on right now”

 

“Does tomorrow sound good?”

 

“Yeah”

 

“Okay tomorrow it is. Guess I’ll go now” Rob said. Before he got up, he leaned in closer to Talinda and softly kissed her. He let go and then got up, “I’ll see you tomorrow”

 

“Yeah” Talinda said and watched Rob walked to the door and walk out closing the door behind him.

 

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Chapter 22

 

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The Next Day

 

In the morning after Talinda called Rob, she left her house and headed over to Chester’s to see if Sam was doing better. Once she got there, she parked her car and got out. She then walked up to Chester’s door and waited for him to answer it. When he did, he looked a little happy to see her. ‘Oh no, maybe Sam isn’t doing that good ’she thought to herself.

“Hey Talinda it’s good to see you. You can come in” he said and move to the side to let her in. When she walked in Chester closed the door and led her over to the living room area, “Talinda do you mind staying here for a little while? I’m going over to Sam’s mom's to see Draven. I’ll be back soon.”

 

“Sure. I’ll stay” she said.

 

“Sam should be asleep right now. If she asks were I am at just tell her I’ll be back soon. I’ll probably be back in an half an hour” he said walking over to the door.

 

“Okay” she said as she heard him close the door. Hoping that Sam wouldn't wake up and want to go after her, she walked around the room looking at the pictures around the T.V. After looking at the pictures around the T.V., Talinda walked over to the dining room area. She walked around the room when her eyes landed on more pictures that were on a small table right near the dining table. She walked up to them and picked up one seeing that it was a picture of Sam, Chester and Draven when she heard footsteps run down the stairs.

“Put that down and get out of my house! You shouldn’t be here” she turned around and came face to face with Sam.

 

“I’m here for Chester.”

 

“No, I mean here, in Los Angeles, on planet earth. Your dead, and you’ve been dead for a long, long time, and dead woman don’t steal fiancé or children or knickknacks” Sam said grabbing the picture out of her hands “You can’t have this” she said.

 

“I don’t even want it Sam.”

 

“Of course you do. Chester loves this picture. Of course you want it. But you can’t have it” she said and threw the picture at the small bar.

 

“Sam, don’t get worked up on this” she said trying to calm Sam down from getting further upset and possibly attacking her. She didn’t want that to happen and if it did she do anything to protect her child.

 

“There, its settle. And don’t call me Sam.”

 

“Okay I’m sorry, it's what I’m use to.”

 

“Well, get unused to it. I’m Samantha. Only my real friends can call me Sam. You’re Talinda. Talinda Bentley” moving her head back and forth as she said her name, “I don’t even know you.”

 

“I don’t want to hurt you, Samantha.”

 

“I know what you want, okay? You want to take what’s mine. You want to take everything that I love. All of this…”she moved her hand around to point all the stuff that was around the house “…We worked hard for it! You can’t have it!” she said getting upset.

 

“Okay, you did a fantastic job here. This is a really, really nice place.”

 

“Okay…”she walked over to where their wine glasses were at and grabbed one of them, breaking it so that it was sharp, ‘Oh shit!’ Talinda thought to herself. Sam turned to face her, “…your lying…”she said as Talinda heard the front door open and closed. Talinda breathed in relief that Chester was back “…You were so much easier when you stayed dead. I wish you could’ve just stayed that way!” she said walking up to her as Talinda step back toward the kitchen area. Chester walked behind Sam grabbing both of her arms stopping her from further attacking Talinda.

 

“Sam” he said.

 

“No” she said trying to break free from him.

 

“Stop…don’t…” he said trying to calm her down, “…its okay.” He moved his hand down her arm to go and take the wine glass out of her hands once she sort of calmed down but not taking it out of her hands just yet.

 

Sam then tried to move at Talinda again, “Uhhh” she let out because Chester was holding her back.

 

“Sam. Sam, Sam --” he said trying not to cut his hand as she turned around to face him and also to get him to let go of the wine glass.

 

“Chester, Talinda -- Talinda is dangers! She’s coming after me!” she said letting go of the glass.

 

“Listen nobody’s coming after you, Sam” he said as he set the glass down on the small table close to the dining table.

 

“No, no, no, I’m telling you, she…she made all these years to come after me. She thinks I destroyed her life, but I didn’t, I swear! My brother told me that it wasn’t my fault but it is. I -- I promised you, he said that I didn’t mean to make her crash her car!” she said as he put his hands on her shoulders moving her over to a chair. Talinda just stood there, listening to Sam talk regretting ever keeping her secret for twelve years.

 

“Sit down, sit down…” he said pulling one of the chairs out sitting her down as he pulled another chair out moving it in front of hers. Talinda walked closer leaning against the wall across from there wine glass case. “…listen to me okay? It’s not your fault.”

 

“Yes -- Yes it -- Yes it is. At least -- at least bad things couldn’t have happen to her like it happen to me until -- until I found you then it all stopped” she said sobbing. After Sam said that Talinda thought to herself about what could of happen to her.

 

“Listen to me --” he said looking up at Talinda as Sam shook her head.

 

“It’s was the only safe place” she said still shaking her head while looking down at the ground.

 

“You’re safe, you’re safe with me, okay?” he put his hand under her chin pulling her face up so she would look at him “Listen to me, you’re the mother of our son. No one’s going to hurt you as long as I’m alive. You understand that? I will protect you till the day I die” he said. Getting to be too much for her, Talinda walked over to the small steps, but before she walked down them she looked back over at Sam and Chester to take a quick look at them. She then turned and walked down the small steps walking over to the front door opening it and walked out of the house, closing the door behind her, “Do you get what I'm -- Sam, listen to -- listen to me, ok? Do you understand what I'm saying?” Chester asked Sam.

 

Looking at him, Sam asked, “You'll protect me?”

 

“I will protect you and we're going to get through this.”

 

“I'm safe” she said.

 

“Because --” he couldn’t finish as since she kept saying that she was safe, “You are safe. Come here” he said bringing her close to him, wrapping his arms around her.

 

Once Talinda closed the door she let out a sigh then walked over to her car getting in and drove off back to her house. When she pulled up to her house she notice Rob’s car was in her driveway. After she parked her car, she walked up to her door opening it and saw that Rob was sitting on her couch. She walked over to him and sat down next to him with a heavy sigh, “Have you been waiting long?” she asked.

 

“No I got here ten minutes ago” pausing then he continued, “I take it things didn’t go to well at Chester’s” he said

 

Talinda looked at Rob, “You know, when my husband died, I thought I would lose my mind, but I never lost it like Sam has and she hasn’t lost anyone like I have.”

 

“Did she know who you were?”

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“Oh, yeah, you bet. She went straight for my jugular…” he just looked at her wide eyed “… you know, she was my best friend and I’m suppose to have compassion for her, but I’m truly amazed at how this started just by her thinking I’m caring Chester’s child. And today she was talking about bad things happing to her after my accident, not saying what they were, it’s like she wants me to get mad at her for the whole accident in the middle of a psychotic episode. I think she’s going to get what she wants”

 

“Are you? Are you mad at her for causing your accident?” he asked.

 

“It was just a misunderstanding between us that caused me to getting into the car that night. When I was just over at Chester’s and she was rambling off about things that have happened to her, I did start to feel bad for keeping my secret for so long”

 

“But it's really not either of your girls faults. You did tell her in time”

 

“Yeah, I know, but I told them thinking that I messed up to much and that it would solve some problems between me and Sam. When we decided to try and be friends again I wasn’t sure if she was faking it or if she was being true, now I’m not sure that we will ever be friends like we were in high school” she said

 

At Chester’s, Chester let go of Sam and she sat up straight again, “I don't -- I don't understand what's happening to me or what I'm supposed to do.”

 

“Listen to me, ok? Nothing --” he started out but she wasn’t looking at him. He put his hand on her shoulder making her look up, “Look at me. You just got to rest a little bit, ok, and then I'm going to take care of you.”

 

“But you're mad at me” she said.

 

“I am not mad at you” he reassured her.

 

Sam shook her head, “Yes, you are, and so is Draven. Oh, god. Oh, god. Oh, I don't want him to see me like this. What will he think?”

 

“He’s going to think that his mother's not feeling well and his father's going to do whatever he can to make her feel better. Meantime, Draven is staying at your mother’s house.”

 

“Oh, good. That means he’s close.” Sam then paused, “Chester? I have thoughts. Bad thoughts.”

 

“I know you do.”

 

“And we have to keep Draven safe.”

 

“Draven is safe, ok? Draven is going to be fine. And so are you, I promise”

 

“You're such a good dad” Sam said touching the side of Chester’s face.

 

“It’s okay. Once she gets better you girls can talk things out again” Rob said.

 

“Rob the problem is, is that I’m not sure that she’s going to get better soon. I think she's getting worst and that it’s going to be to late when we realize and someone gets hurt in the end”

 

Rob shook his head, “We need to tell Chester and make him get Sam help and we also need to tell Chester about us” he said and took a hold of her hand, “We can cancel the date and go some other time. Let’s do it right now and go to Chester’s”

 

“Are you sure about that? Are you sure you want to tell Chester about us?” Talinda asked.

 

“Yeah. I want to get it over with and out in the open”

 

“Okay then lets go.” They got up and walked out of the house.

 

Back at Chester’s, Chester had help Sam up to Draven’s room so that she could rest. Once she was on the bed, Chester sat down, “You'll be surrounded by all of Draven's things, all right? It'll make you feel a lot better, help you out” he said.

 

“What if Draven comes in here? He'll be so upset to see me like this”

 

“No, you don't remember, I told you? Draven’s with your mother”

 

“Oh, good. Oh, that's nice. That's good.” She paused looking down since she was sitting up and then looked back up, “Chester? Are you afraid I'll hurt him?”

 

“No.”

 

“Are you sure? I mean, we could lock the door.”

 

“You want me to lock you in?” Chester asked.

 

“No, no” she said shaking her head.

 

“Ok”

 

“I don't know. No. I just -- I don't know. It's all mixed up. I just don't want Draven to see me --”

 

“Ok, you know what we're going to do?” he asked talking over her getting her to stop rumbling on.

 

“Like this”

 

“I know, I know. You know what we're going to do? I'm going to tell Draven that you're resting, ok. He’ll be at your mom’s until your better. You think you can sleep? Because it'll be good for you. Huh?” he said/asked her.

 

“I don't know. I don't know, I just -- it's just all mixed up. You know, I don't know what's real and what's not or what's just in my head.”

 

“I know, I know. Listen to me, ok? You just go ahead and tell me what you want”

 

“I don't want to go to a mental hospital”

 

“You think -- you think I'd send you there after the way you saved my life?”

 

“You remember that, don't you?” She asked.

 

“Every second.” Even if it was painful to do he did.

 

“Me, too. You cried like a baby. And I held you in my arms” she said reminiscing.

 

“I was scared”

 

“I know. You know, you told me things, how you felt. And I'll never -- I'll never forget that, till the day I die. You told me you were afraid of losing yourself. That you would disappear into a black, bottomless pit. That you were angry. And you were -- you wanted to hurt the people that cared about you. And you told me -- oh, god, that when you felt out of control, you felt free”

 

“And that's how you felt, right, downstairs with Talinda, like you can say, do anything, and nobody can touch you, huh?” he asked.

 

“Hmm. You told me. I never really understood it until now. You cried like a little boy. And I held on to you for dear life”

 

“You were my anchor, ok? Now it's my turn”

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Chapter 23

 

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After Talinda and Rob pulled up to Chester's they both got out and walked up to the door hand in hand. Once they got up to the door they walked in and Rob closed the door, “Chester?” he called out.

 

“I’m here” he said just walking down the small step and then walked over to them, “I’m sorry about earlier today with Sam, Talinda” Chester said.

 

“It’s okay. It’s not your fault” she said and looked at Rob then looking back at Chester, “Actually Chester, Rob and I didn’t come here just to talk about Sam. We also came to talk to you about something…else” Talinda said.

 

Chester just stood there looking at them. Lowering his eyes he then noticed their hands were still intertwined. Then he shrugged his shoulders, “So you guys are dating? That's what you wanted to tell me?”

 

“Uh…yeah, that’s what we wanted to tell you…no, actually that wasn’t what I wanted to tell you” Rob paused a little, “I’m just going to get it out in the open. I slept with Talinda when we stopped in New York while we were on tour…your not mad at that, are you?”

 

“Mad? No!” he said. Then there was silence in the room and after a minute or so Chester spoke up again, “Is the baby yours, Rob?”

 

“I’m not sure if Rob is the father” Talinda said.

 

“Oh, because Matthew could also be the father?” Chester asked her.

 

“Yeah.”

 

“And all along Sam’s been thinking that I got you pregnant” he said letting out an uncomfortable laugh and then walked over to the couch and sat down.

 

Talinda followed him and sat next to him, “Sam isn’t thinking things out straight. I know she doesn’t mean to hurt anyone.”

 

Chester nodded, “I know. I’m just scared for Sam.”

 

“Chester, you're not the one who caused this to happen” Rob said.

 

“I know. Your right, I didn’t, but everything was going fine. We just gotten back together and were planning to get married again”

 

“Chester, you need to see Sam through this. A hospital could help her --”

 

“Absolutely not. Sam’s not going to a mental hospital” he said.

 

“I know you don’t, but what happens when you can’t care for her anymore?” Talinda asked.

 

“Once Sam is better, we then can move on to getting married again, like we planned on doing before this happened”

 

“Chester, what if she never gets better?”

 

“I’m not going to talk about that. She’s going to get better. I just know it”

 

“Okay. I’m not going to tell you want to do, but if you ever do need help just let me know and I’ll help you” Talinda said.

 

“Thanks” he said and then got up, “You guys want anything to drink?”

 

“I’ll just have water” Talinda said.

 

“Rob?”

 

“Whatever you get I’ll have too”

 

“Okay”

 

Chester then left to get the drinks. While he was getting them Talinda and Rob moved out onto the patio. Chester come out to the patio and handed them their drinks and then sat down on one of the patio chairs.

 

“How is Draven doing?” Talinda asked.

 

“Okay. He’s staying at Sam’s mom’s house. All that he knows right now is that Sam’s sick and that he staying with his grandmother so that he doesn't get sick.”

 

A half an hour of just talking about other stuff, Chester went back inside to check on Sam and see if she was okay. About seven minutes of being gone he came back outside.

“Sam’s gone. She’s not in her bed. I’ve got to fine her before something happens to her”

 

“Are you sure she’s not somewhere in the house?” Rob asked getting up, “If you’re sure I’ll go back to Talinda’s house and see if she went there” he said.

 

“I’ll go and see if she’s anywhere around her mom’s house” Talinda said getting up also.

 

“Thanks. I’ll just stay here and see if she comes back here.”

 

“She’ll probably go someplace where she feels safe Chester, so obviously she’ll come back here.”

 

“I thought I was making her safe here. Listen if you guys find her call me and I’ll come and get her” Chester said.

 

“Okay” both Rob and Talinda said. They then walked over to Talinda’s car since Rob and she came together. Once they got in Talinda drove to her house and let Rob get out so he could stay there in case Sam came over to her house. After Rob got into the house, Talinda then drove off to Lily’s. Pulling up to the curb she parked her car and got out. Walking up to Lily’s door she rang the door bell.

 

“Talinda, have you seen Sam?” she asked her the minute she saw that it was Talinda.

 

“You saw Sam?”

 

“Yeah, she came over asking me not to send her back to Chester's because he doesn’t love her and that he still loves you. Then she started saying that you were her best friend Sandra. Is that true? Are you Sandra Grace?” she said/asked.

 

“Yes, I’m Sandra”

 

“Oh my god! It’s true. Melinda was right. You didn’t die” she said talking about Talinda’s mom since her mom told Lily that Talinda didn’t die in the accident.

 

“Lily, do you know where Sam is now?”

 

“No, she ran away from me before I got the chance to talk to her more”

 

“Do you know where she might have gone?”

 

“I was hoping you would have known” she said.

 

“No I don’t. Me, Chester and Rob are looking for her”

 

“Chester told me he was looking after her. How the hell did she get away from him?”

 

“I’m not sure Lily -- You know your daughter, do you know where she would go?” Talinda asked her.

 

“I know that she would want to be with Chester”

 

“Chester thinks she would come back to their house”

 

“Well I hope she does and when she does or if you guys fine her let me know”

 

“I will Lily” Talinda said.

 

After that, Talinda walked back to her car and drove back to Chester's. When she got back there she walked into Chester’s house and saw that he was coming down the small steps that lead into the living room and saw that he just got off the phone.

 

“That was Rob. He said that Sam hasn’t come to your house. Where you able to find her?” he asked walking up to her.

 

“No, I didn’t, but Lily saw her and said that she ran away from her before she could keep her there long”

 

Chester sighed, “Does Lily know where she went to?”

 

“No. She hopes that she’ll come back to you”

 

“Okay I’m going to call the rest of the guys, see if they seen her. I’ll be back” he said walking out of the room. Talinda sat down on one of the couchs and tried to think of were else Sam would have gone when something hit her.

“Home” she said to herself. She got up and went into his kitchen finding a pen and a paper and wrote Chester a note.

 

Chester,

I may know where Sam went.

I'll call you if I see her.

 

Talinda

 

Once she finished writing the note, she grabbed it and walked out of the kitchen setting it down on the dining table and walked out of his house. She got in her car and drove off to the LAX airport. When she got there she parked her car in the short-term parking lot and walked into the airport and up to one of the ticket desks “Could I have a one-way ticket for the next flight out to Phoenix, Arizona”

 

“Sure” the lady said and typed something on the computer, “The next flight will be leaving in twenty minutes”

 

“I’ll take it” she said. After paying for the ticket, she walked over to go to the security check points and went threw them. After going through it she then made her way to the boarding gate. When she got to the gate, the plane was already boarding so she got the ticket ready and showed them to the ticket person and boarded the plane. A couple hours later, the plane landed at Sky Harbor International and she got off and walked over to the sitting area and pulled her cell phone out. She dialed her home number hoping that Rob would pick up.

 

“Hello?”

 

“Hey Rob, I know where Sam is. Can you try and get the next flight out to come to Phoenix and meet me at Greenway High School once you get here”

 

“Sure I’ll get there as soon as I can. Are you already there?” he asked.

 

“Yeah I just got here”

 

“Okay I’ll see you soon” he said as they both hung up. Talinda then walked over to the car rental desk and rented a car. Once she got the car, she walked out of the airport and over to the car. She then got in and drove to her and Sam’s old high school.

 

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Chapter 24

 

Sorry about the long wait for this update. Been occupied by school and the other story I've been working on. And again I'm sorry about this update being short. I promised that the next one will be a little long. Enjoy.

 

And to clear this update up. This update it just to let you know what made Sam run away. And where as to why she went there will be clear up in the next few updates.

 

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Once Chester got Sam into Draven’s room and left the room, Sam lay down and fell right asleep. A couple minutes after she had fell asleep, things started to fill her head. Trying to stop them from coming into full swing she toss and turn in her sleep then she stopped turning and got in a comfortable position…

(Dream)

Sam got out of bed and walked out of the room. She stopped at the doorway and notice that something wasn’t right so she walked down the stairs when she heard some voices. So she walked over to the railing that separated the dinning room and the living room when she saw that Chester and Draven were dress in tuxedos and that there backs were facing her.

“Chester? Draven? What’s going on?” she asked. Chester turned around and walked over to her.

 

“Sam, I don’t love you any more. We won’t work out like we use too. I’m sorry” he said and walked away from her when she saw Talinda wearing a wedding dress holding a wine glass. When Chester came back over to her, he acted like she wasn’t there when she called out to him as he picked up his wine glass that was on the coffee table.

 

“To my beautiful precious bride” he said finishing his speech.

 

“Oh, and to my loving and devoted and extremely handsome husband” Talinda said clinking the glass with Chester.

 

“Chester, no. Don’t you dare” Sam said but he couldn’t hear her.

 

“What about me?” Draven asked.

 

“To my best -- no. To my best little buddy in the whole world…”

 

“Draven, Draven, come to your mother. Draven?” Sam said over Chester’s talking.

 

“…Now guess what?"

 

“Draven?” Sam called out.

 

“Talinda has a surprise.”

 

“I love surprises” Draven said

 

“You do?” Talinda asked.

 

“You know what, she wants you to call her ‘Mommy’” he said saying the last part pretty loud.

 

“Nooooo!” Sam screamed out.

(End of Dream)

 

Sam sat straight up and looked around the room trying to calm down her mind from that dream. ‘No Chester would never do that to me. I got to make sure he wouldn’t do that’ she thought to herself and got up. She put her robe on since she was in her pajamas. Once she got it on, she walked over to the door and opened it up and walked down the stairs slowly. When she got to the bottom, she just stood at the last step since she heard some talking and also because she didn’t want to be seen by anyone.

“Once Sam is better we then can move on to get married again like we planned on doing before this happened.”

 

“Chester, what if she never gets better?”

 

“I’m not going to talk about that. She’s going to get better. I just know it.” That was all Sam wanted to hear. She turned around and slowly went back up the stairs. Walking back into the room she was sleeping in, she saw the clothes that she was wore earlier today on the floor. She then took the robe off and changed back into the regular clothes. Once she changed, she walked over to the door but stopped and looked around the room noticing that it was Draven’s room. That’s when she noticed that he wasn’t sleeping in his own room. The worse thought of something bad happening to Draven came to her mind. ‘I have to fine Draven before something happens to him. What did Chester do?’ she thought to herself and then opened the door walking out of his room slowly. Sam then walked down the hall going into her and Chester’s room and grab her car keys and purse that was in the closet. She walked out of the room and slowly made her way down the stairs, ‘I got to get out of here. Chester doesn’t love me anymore. If I leave he can go and get with Talinda like he really wants to’ she thought to herself when she came to the last step.

When she came to the last step she peeked around the wall to see if Chester or Talinda were in the room. Seeing that they weren’t, she made a run for it and quickly walked down the small steps. She then saw that they were out on the patio. Luckily they didn’t see her. Looking to her left for other way out, she saw a door leading to the garage door so she went down another case of small steps that lead to the door. She opened it slowly and then closed it behind her when she went through the door. She leaned up against the door and waited to see if Chester or Talinda saw her. After a couple seconds, she walked across the garage and opened the side door and walked to the driveway. Getting to the driveway, she walked to her car since it wasn’t in the garage, she was glad that Talinda didn’t park her car behind her’s. Starting the car up, she hoped that Chester didn’t hear it and then back her car out of the driveway. Once she got down to the end of the street she wasn’t sure were to go so she turned to the right and kept driving.

A couple minutes later she found herself parking her car at her mom’s house. She just sat in the car for a little while not wanting to go up to her house. Finally getting the courage, she got out of her car and walked up to her door and just stood out there not ringing the door bell or anything. Before she knocked on the door, the door open and there stood her mom, ‘No. She's going to call Chester and send me back there. I can’t go back there’ she thought to herself.

“Sam? Sweetheart what are you doing here?” Lily asked coming out of the house closing the door behind her.

 

“I want to see Draven, mom. But I can’t, I’ll scare him if I see him.”

 

“Does Chester know you’re here Sam? Do you want me to call him to come and pick you up?” she asked touching her arm.

 

“No! Don’t touch me!” she said moving her arm from her “I won’t go back there. Chester doesn’t love me anymore. He never did” she said leaning against the wall sliding down it so that she was sitting on the floor. She then brought her legs up closer to her.

 

“Sam what are you talking about? Chester does love you” her mom said kneeling down next to her.

 

“No he doesn’t. It’s just like dad done to you but it was your fault that you and dad got a divorce.”

 

“No it wasn’t, Sam. Your father and I just fell out of love just like you and Chester did but at least you and Chester found your way back to each other and were able to work things out.”

 

“He did it only for Draven. He still loves Sandra.”

 

“Sandra? Sam, Sandra's dead. She’s been dead for a long time.”

 

“You haven’t heard mom? Sandra’s not dead after all. She’s Talinda.”

 

“What?”

 

“She told me herself.”

 

“Sam, are you sure about that?”

 

“You don’t believe me do you? You never believe me! You never will!” she said getting up running to her car as she heard her mom calling her name, but she ignore her and got into the car and drove off. Not knowing where to go, she just drove until she arrived at a school. Her old high school.

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Chapter 25

 

Note: The reference of rape is touched in this chapter. If you're uncomfortable reading it then skip the italic parts. Other than that I hope you enjoy this update.

 

 

Sam had managed to drive herself all the way to her old school, Greenway High School. She got out of her car and slowly walked around the school. When she came to the area where the lockers were at she kept walking around the lockers until she saw a bulletin board where they posted flyers at. A flyer caught her eyes so she walked closer to it and saw that it was a flyer for the next football game, ‘Sam, were going to Charlotte’s after the game. Meet me at your locker’ Sandra’s voice filled her head. Sam turned her head and started to slightly smile when she saw the lockers that were behind her. She walked over to them, starting from the farthest end, and ran her hand over the lockers. Looking at the numbers she stopped at the last one of the row. She saw that it was the one she used when she went to the school. She tried to open it but it wouldn’t open so she stopped trying and walked backward when she hit against something. She turned around and came face to face with Talinda.

“How did you find me?” she asked softly walking forward.

 

“I came to take you home” Talinda said turning around.

 

“This is home. Well, it used to be” she said slightly turning around so that she wasn’t facing Talinda but just looking around the area she was standing at.

 

“Sam, Chester is really worried about you.”

 

She turned her head looking at her, “You’re a liar. You want to do something bad to me so you could have Chester all to yourself” she said.

 

“No, I don’t want Chester. I’m with Rob now. Draven really needs to see you. He misses his mother”

 

“I miss him, too. I want to go home to see my son” she said softly.

 

“Then come with me, Sam. I’ll take you home to see Draven” she said walking closer to her.

 

“No you won’t, because I can’t see him. I’ll scare him if I do and you’re not even real, none of this is real. I’m having -- I’m having a terrible nightmare” she said turning around facing the bulletin board.

 

She touched her arm lightly making her face her, “Sam, I’m right here. Were standing in the middle of Greenway High School, our old high school, right in front of your old locker” she said pointing at her old locker that was in back of her.

 

“So -- so where is everyone?” she asked crossing her arms.

 

“Sam, there was no school today.”

 

“Why? Because of me? Did I make them not come to school?”

 

“No, no you didn’t Sam. It’s the weekend.”

 

“Really?” she said to herself moving back so she was facing the bulletin board again.

 

“Yeah. You know there’s no school on the weekends” she said standing in front of her obviously hearing what she just said.

 

“I know that” she said moving her arms down.

 

“See, now that's why no ones at school, okay? So let me take you home, Sam. My cars right outside”

 

“No, your car is totaled. The front was smash. The windshield was broken. I saw it. There was blood everywhere” she said turning around and walked back a little so that she was facing her old locker again. Then she turned around to face Talinda.

 

“That was a long time ago, Sam” she moved a little closer to her.

 

“Yeah, yeah, it was a long time ago. And you survived and changed everything -- your face, your name, and you sat and waited until you had the perfect opportunity to come after me”

 

“You’re not going to make me hate you, Sam. It’s not your fault. I was stupid enough to get behind the wheel of the car. Think about what the accident did to me and you”

 

“I’m not listening…”she put her finger on her ears walking a way for her “… what you want is for Chester to send me away so you could have him and my son” she said turning around to face her again and walked up to her.

 

“No, Sam. I’m here to help you, okay? I’m here to help you” she said holding her arms out touching both her arms but she didn’t want anyone to touch her.

 

“Get off of me!” she said pushing her backwards into the locker. Sam saw her slide down the lockers to the floor and saw that she wasn’t moving ‘No, I didn’t kill her, did I?’ she thought to herself and then she slowly walked up closer to her. She kneeled beside her and lifted up her arm checking her pulse. Filling one, she put her arm back down. Sam got up ran back to her car, getting in and drove off until she arrived to Sandra’s old house. Pulling up, she saw that it was trash and looked like it was also abandoned.

Shutting off the car, Sam looked at the house and closed her eyes. When she opened them again she looked at the house and saw that the house was nicely kept up and not trashed at all. When she looked near the door, she saw someone standing there and it looked a lot like Sandra’s father. So she got out of her car and walked up slowly to the front door. As she was walking up to the front door she saw that the house was trashed again and that Sandra’s father wasn’t there. Once she reached the front door, she pushed it opened, stepping into the house and looked around seeing that there was nothing inside except for a couple pieces of furniture. Sam then walked down the hall until she came to a door that was closed. She knew that it was Sandra’s old room, so she opened the door and walked in seeing that there was only a mattress on the floor. As she walked further into the room, she suddenly remember what happened in this room after Sandra’s ‘death’ and saw that the room was slowly changing into what it looked like twelve years ago…

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Continuing Chapter 25

 

Samantha walked into the room and looked at the bed of her now dead best friends’ room. She saw that there was nothing on the bed like Sandra’s father had said there was.

 

“Mr. Grace…” she called out turning around coming face to face with Robert Grace. She lowered her voice and spoke out, “…there’s nothing that Sandra left for me on the bed like you said there was.”

 

“I know. I lied” he said closing the door behind him, locking it.

 

“Mr. Grace? What are you doing?”

 

“You know Samantha ever since I met you the first time Sandra brought you over to our house I have been dreaming about you, about us being together. I wish that was possible” he said walking up closer to her pulling her into a kiss but she pushed away.

 

“You can’t do this Mr. Grace! You have a wife! A family!” she said wiping her mouth.

 

“No, you don’t have to worry about them coming” he said softly and then his voice changed, “Because I want to make you pay for what you did to my daughter” he said angrily grabbing her neck.

 

“Mr. Grace, you’re hurting me!” she choked out.

 

“Why don’t you call me Robert? I'm not hurting you as bad right now as I’m going to later Samantha” he said letting go of her neck and pushed her on to the bed. He then covered his body over her’s and covered his mouth with her. As he did that, she moved her arms in front of her to push him off of her.

 

“Nooo! Get off me!” she said struggling to get up since he was still on her.

 

“Oh, no you don’t” he said stopping her, pushing her back down onto the bed as he covered his mouth with hers again. He then started to move his hand under her shirt. Once he got his hand under her shirt she started struggling more to get him to stop from going up any further since she couldn’t say anything as his mouth was still covering hers. Trying to think fast of what to do, she moved one of her legs up and kneed him, making him let go of her quickly as he doubled over in pain giving her enough time to reach over to Sandra’s nightstand. There she picked up a picture frame as he was slowly starting to get up. When she hit him over the head it knocked him back down and Sam got off the bed and ran over to the door trying to open it but wouldn’t because it was locked. As she was going to unlock the door a hand went over her mouth and her stomach. Robert picked her up and took her back to the bed, “Wrong move, bitch” he said throwing her onto the bed and got back on top of her, “I’m going to make you pay for what you did to my daughter!” he angrily said grabbing her arms with one of his hands to stop her from hitting him while he took his other hand and started to unzip his pants.

 

“Noooooo!” she screamed hoping someone would hear her and come and stop him. Still struggling, Sam was able to get her arms away from his hand but he grabbed them again before she could hit him and held on to her arms tighter. This made her scream even more.

 

After a few more moves, he leaned down to her ear, “I would shut up if I were you” he said still holding her down, “Now why don’t you go and be a good girl and take a shower before you leave.” Sam didn’t look at him and tried her hardest not to cry. Seeing that she wasn’t looking at him, he forced her to do so, “Oh, and one more thing, if you ever tell anyone, I’ll come and kill you. Do you understand?” he said grabbing her chin to make her move her head up and down. Then he let go of her and pulled his pants up and walked out of the room, leaving her to herself.

 

After Sam stop thinking about her rape, she walked around the room slightly crying to herself. She then remembered what she did right after the rape…

 

When he left the room, Sam turned to her side and curled up into a ball and cried all the tears she had left. After she stopped crying, she got up and put her pants back on, then walked into the bathroom. She made sure that the door was locked before she took off her clothes. Then she turned on the shower, getting in and reached for the soap putting it on the washcloth and then scrubbed herself clean, trying to take off Sandra’s father's touch. Once she was finished she got out and just put her clothes back on without drying herself off. She then unlocked the door, opening it and walked down the hall to the front door. As she was about to go to the door, Robert’s voice stopped her, “Remember Samantha, tell anyone and your dead” but she didn’t say anything to him and just walked out of the house getting into her car and drove back home.

After she got home, she walked into the house and was greeted by Lily’s voice from the kitchen “Sam! What did Robert want to show you?” she asked.

 

“Just some picture of Sandra, mom. I’m going to go up stairs.”

 

“Okay sweetheart.”

 

She walked up stairs and into her room, closing the door behind her. Once she had the door close she quickly ripped off the clothes that she had on and walked to her closet taking some new clothes out putting them on. She then walked to her nightstand and took out matches that she had to light her candles and put them in her pocket. Then she walked over to her pile of clothes and grabbed them walking over to the door opening it and walked out and down the stairs, walking by the kitchen. Lily didn’t notice her as she walked into the garage grabbing a bottle of lighter fluid with her free hand. Walking to her car, since the garage door was open, she set her clothes on the hood of the car and opened the door and putting the lighter fluid on her seat. She then grabbed her clothes off the hood of her car and threw them onto the seat. After putting the stuff in her car she walked back into the house, “Mom, I’m going to go to the park. I’ll be back in a while.”

 

“Okay, don’t be to long. Dinners going to be ready.”

 

“Alright” she said turning around and then walked to her car getting in and drove off to the local park. Once she got there, she parked her car and grabbed the stuff that was on her seat. She walked to a garbage can that was way in then back of the park. When she got there she threw her clothes in the garbage can and put some lighter fluid on her clothes hoping that it wouldn’t cause a big fire and hoping that it wouldn’t last so long either. She reached into her pocket and took out the matches, pulling out a stick and lit it, dropping it on her clothes. After dropping the match, she stepped back a little and put the rest of the matches back into her pocket, watching her clothes burn. She stood there until the fire was almost out then she walked back to her car and drove back home knowing that her parents would kill her for being out to late.

 

“Sam why were you out so late?” was the first thing her mom asked when she saw her.

 

“I just needed to have some time to think.”

 

“Oh, I’m sorry Sam. I know you going threw a hard time with losing Sandra. I know that you miss her” Lily said as she brought Sam into her arm hugging her as she just cried.

 

When she finally stopped thinking about what had happen to her, she sat down on the floor at the end of the bed bringing her leg up closer to her and kept crying to herself when she heard some footsteps coming.

 

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[geeko]

finally......after a loooong time....hehehe

....wonder who that is......i think its talinda finally able to follow her.........

[andrea]

Chapter 26

 

First of all after a long time of not updating this story I would like to thanks geeko and sebby (I'm going call you that since it's easier of me to write, hehe) for the reviews. Now that I'm done with school I can truly write in my free time! Anyways thanks for your support in keeping this story alive and making me want to still post it. Here the long awaited update :-P.

 

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“Oh” Talinda moaned when she woke up and felt her head killing her, “Oh.”

 

“Talinda? Sam?” she heard someone say as she heard footsteps coming closer.

 

“Oh god, my head.”

 

“Talinda? Sam? ...” she heard again “...Talinda? ...” she then turned her head and saw that it was Rob as he came to her side, kneeling next to her, “Hey, are you okay?”

 

“Oh, Rob…” she grabbed his arm.

 

“What happened?” he asked her.

 

“Hey, where’s Sam?” she asked not seeing her where they were.

 

“Uh, I don’t know. That’s a good question, but it looks like she found you, though, huh?” he said putting his hand behind her head as she pushed her body forward so he could look at the back of her head.

 

“Oh. I was this close to getting her to come home with me.”

 

“It’s all right.”

 

“But she panicked at the last minute.”

 

“What happened? Did she hit you over the head?”

 

“No, she pushed me against the locker. She didn’t mean to hurt me Rob.”

 

“Okay, come on.”

 

“Rob, she’s out to launch” she said looking up at him.

 

“I would think so now, come on, we have to find her…” he said helping her up, “Are you okay? You're not feeling nauseas?”

 

“No, the baby and I are fine if that's what you're concerned about” she said.

 

“Yeah. How’d you know that she would come here?” he asked.

 

“Well I tried figuring out where she would go and then it hit me that she may not be just in L.A. but that she might also be in Phoenix, so I came here and the first thing I thought about was Greenway.”

 

“Good thinking. Do you know where else she would go?”

 

“There’s a couple places I would think she would go. Hey, does Chester and Sam still own that house here?” she asked.

 

“If they did they might be renting it out, but I think Sam sold it before she came out to L.A.”

 

“Okay, so I think she would either go to her parents’ house or my old house” she said, “She may even be at the park. That’s were we use to hang out at.”

 

“Let’s try your old house” he said.

 

“Okay” she said. They then walked over to where her car was at and Talinda drove since she still knew where her childhood home was still at. When they got there she saw Sam’s car and was shocked to see that the condition of the house she grew up in. After parking her car behind Sam’s they both got out and walked up to the front door, that was were she saw that it was open. They walked in and Talinda took off down the hall when she heard some crying coming from one of the rooms. As she got closer down the hall she saw that it was her old room. She saw that the door was open so she walked closer to the door and saw Sam sitting on the floor at the end of the bed with her back facing her.

 

“Oh god. I’m so sorry, Sandra. It should of -- it should of never -- it should of never happen” Sam said in between her cries turning her head to look at her.

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Chapter 26 Continued

 

“What do you mean it should of never happen?” she asked walking over to her kneeling down.

 

“Well I…” she said getting up walking over to the window across the room as Talinda got up also.

 

“Sam --” Talinda turned and held up her hand stopping Rob from saying anything else.

 

“I came -- I came over here two months after your accident. Your dad wanted to give me some pictures, of me and you, that you left for me.”

 

‘I don’t remember leaving any pictures’ Talinda thought.

 

“And um, I came here and your dad said that the pictures were in your room. So I came into your room, but there were no pictures. Your dad then came into the room and he told me that he always dreamt about him and me together. Then he kissed me and touched me and he…” Talinda then stopped her knowing were she was going with this.

 

“Shut up! You’re a lair” she cried out.

 

“He said it would be a secret…”

 

“My father was a good man. I don’t want you to be talking about my father like that! He was a good man! He would never do that!”

 

“It's exactly how it happen” she cried out.

 

“No, I know exactly how it happened, Samantha. You knew that my father was alone, so you called over here to see if you could come over and my father let you while my mother was at the hospital hoping I would recover! Well, you came here and opened up your bloused and then you kissed him. You asked for it all. It was you, Samantha. It wasn’t my father, it was you!” Talinda said releasing her anger out on Sam not wanting to believe that her father did that to her best friend. All Sam did was shake her head and walked over to the bed, sitting down on it. Talinda turned around wanting to yell at her again but Rob stopped her from doing it.

 

“Talinda, look, we don’t have time for this. Sam is in no shape” he said holding her arm.

 

“Oh so you’re going to take Sam side in this and believe her?”

 

“No I’m not taking sides.”

 

“Well, she’s lucid enough to lay the blame on my father. Somebody has to defend him” she said still upset.

 

“I didn’t want it to happened” Sam said wiping her tears away.

 

“We were best friends Samantha. We did everything together. We were even on the cheerleading squad together! You think that I’m going to believe you on something like this, especially when it's about my father?” she said moving her arms out from Rob’s hand walking closer to her.

 

“I tried forgetting it” she said

 

“Oh damn right you should of forgot it because it never happen. How could you make up something sick like that?” Talinda asked.

 

“I didn’t make it up. It really happened” Sam said crying.

 

“Don’t you dare make this about my father! Make it his fault!” she said as Rob put his hand on her shoulder making her turn around to face him.

 

“Okay Talinda, that’s enough. Come on, Sam needs you.”

 

“She’s a slut” she said turning around to look at her.

 

“No, look, look at me. Your father was the adult. All right, even if he did take advantage of her. He’s the one at fault” he said grabbing her shoulders to make her look at him.

 

“No, Rob!” she yelled at him.

 

“I know that you love your father. I know that you adored him. But no matter how much you loved him, you can not blame Sam for what he did” he said as she broke down in his arms realizing that it could be true.

 

“Oh my god! He did it! When I woke up, my father was acting strange. He did do it. He raped my best friend” she said pulling away looking at him then she broke down again as Rob pulled her into his arms again.

 

“Your father made a terrible mistake” he said letting go of her.

 

“I know he did. But why, why did he have to do it?” she asked.

 

“I don’t know, baby. Look you need to take it easy, okay? This stress isn’t good for the baby. Talinda, don’t throw away your friendship with Sam, it's not her fault. Do you hear me?” as she shook her head “…alright?”

 

“Sam I’m sorry for getting mad at you. I didn’t mean to. I never thought my father would do something like that” she said getting a little closer to her, kneeling down in front of her. She then slowly touched her arm which made her jump.

 

“Don’t touch me! I don’t want to be touch” she said moving her arm away from her, bringing it closer to her chest. Talinda just stayed there for a couple seconds and then got up and walked to Rob.

 

“I’ll go try and talk to her, okay?” he said walking over to Sam who still had her arm close to her, “Sam…” he put his hand on her shoulder. She didn’t jump like she did on Talinda and looked up at Rob, “…Let me take you home” he said.

 

Talinda didn’t hear anything else that Rob was saying to Sam as she walked out into the hall, going down it a little bit. She then stopped walking and leaned against the wall, crying to herself as she slid down the wall and on to the floor. When she stopped crying, she wiped her tries away and pulled out her cell phone for her pocket and dialed Chester’s number but got his answer machine.

“Hey Chester, it’s me Talinda. I just wanted to let you know that Rob and I found Sam and were going to bring her home. Will see you when we get back” she said and then hung up her phone and got up off the floor walking back into the room, stopping in the doorway.

“Okay? So let me take you home” Rob said to Sam.

 

“Yeah -- I want to go home” Sam said shaking her head.

 

“Okay. Will you let me help you up?” he asked her and she shook her head again. Rob then grabbed her arm and helped her up, letting go of her when she was up. They both walked up to Talinda. Then they all walked out of the house and Rob walked Sam over to her car and had her sit in the back seat. Then he turned to Talinda.

“You’re going to be okay?” he said putting his arms around her.

 

“Yeah” she said doing the same.

 

“I’ll drive Sam’s car and follow you so you can return the car” he said letting go of her.

 

“Okay” and Rob leaned down, giving her a quick kiss. After the kiss, Talinda then turned around and got into the rental car. Pulling out onto the street, she drove back to the airport, returning the car and then got into Sam’s car and they all drove back to L.A.

 

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As always reviews are appreciated!

[geeko]

..........both are so moody...........when i was imagining the situation i can see a yo-yo conversation.............hmm.........pretty understandable because talinda's pregnant............

[Ma77h3W]

WOW nice, a lot to read but i love it =]

[andrea]

Chapter 27

 

Thanks geeko and Ma77h3W for the reviews! There's two updates today!

 

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A Couple Hours Later

 

When Chester heard the message that Talinda left for him, after he came back from seeing Draven, he was happy to know that Sam was safe and that she was coming home. Once he heard the garage door open, Chester was about to run out into the garage when he sat back down on the couch thinking that Sam doesn’t need a whole bunch of people hovering over her, since he didn’t know if she was worst then before she ran off. A couple minutes later, he heard the door from the garage to the house open. He stood up and saw Talinda come up the small steps first then follow by Rob who was guiding Sam into the house. Chester then walked over slowly over to Talinda.

“It’s okay Sam. We’re back home now” he heard Rob say.

 

“Sam, I'll take you up to our room so you could lie down” he said to her as she looked at him like she didn’t know who he was. She then looked at Rob and he shook his head as to say it was okay.

 

“Yeah” she said softly.

 

After Sam said yes, he slowly picked up his arm while looking at her to see if she would flinch. When she didn't he put his hand on her lower back and pushed her a little forward to make her walk. Once they got to their room they walked over to the bed and Chester sat her down and then he went and sat next to her. Sam then looked at him.

“I -- I want -- I want to go and take a shower”

 

“Sure. You can go ahead” he said and then got up from the bed and left Sam in the room so she could take the shower that she wanted to do. The minute he walked out of the room he walked down the stairs and into the family room where Talinda and Rob were at.

“Where was Sam at?” he asked mainly looking at Talinda.

 

“I found her in Phoenix. She was at Greenway High”

 

“She went all the way to Arizona? How the hell did she get there when she's in this state of mind?” he asked.

 

“Uh, Chester there something we need to tell you” Talinda said.

 

“What is it?” he asked confused.

 

“Maybe you should sit down” she said as both her and Rob sat down. He then sat down and kept looking at her, “Um, what I’m about to tell you might be shocking.”

 

“Tell me what?” …

 

Upstairs

Once Chester left the room Sam slowly got up from the bed and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind her not locking it. When she got into the bathroom she saw herself in the mirror and quickly looked away not wanting to see herself anymore. Then she turned to her right and took a couple steps toward the bathtub and turned the water on getting it to the temperature she wanted. When she did, she filled up the tub as she took off her clothes leaving only her bra and underwear on, setting the rest of her clothes on the countertop. After she did that, she stepped back over to the bathtub and shut the water off. Then she stepped into the bathtub and sat down in the water. She just sat in the bathtub for awhile and then stood up grabbing a washcloth and a bar of soap. She rubbed the soap into the washcloth and washed her whole body.

When she finished putting the soap on her body, she put the soap and washcloth back. Setting back down in the water, she washed off all the soap. After all the soap was off she stayed in the bathtub when his voice came into her head, ‘You know Samantha, ever since I met you the first time Sandra brought you over to our house I have been dreaming about you, about us being together. I wish that it was possible’ “Stop it…stop, leave me alone” she said to herself ‘I have been dreaming about you, about us being together’ filled her head again. She wanted to make it stop, make the voices go away, make this nightmare she was in go away, so she slowly started to slide her head into the water and kept herself under there. She then started to slip out of consciousness and everything turn dark…

 

Downstairs

“Tell me what?” Chester asked Talinda again.

 

Talinda sighed, “You’re not -- you’re not the only one who was taken advantaged of.”

 

“What happened Talinda? Tell me what happen to Sam?” he asked.

 

“Chester, Sam was rape” she said.

 

“What! When did this happen? Just recently?” he asked standing up.

 

“No. It happened two months after my accident. She must have blocked it out for twelve years.”

 

“Did she tell you who did it?” he asked.

 

“It was my father” she said. Chester could tell that she was trying to hold back on her tears when he saw one run down her face.

 

“Are you sure?”

 

“Yes. We found her in the same room it happened in, my childhood room. She started talking about what happen between her and my father” she paused, “At first I didn’t want to listen, I even yelled at her. Chester I might have made things even worst for Sam” she said.

 

“Is that why she only wanted to talk to Rob, because you made her not trust anyone around her?” he asked.

 

“No, I don’t know why. Um, look Chester, I do a lot of work with a therapist who was working at Benjamin Rush now she’s working in a new hospital, Rose Lawn which is in Inglewood. That’s only an hour a way from here…”

 

Before she could finish he cut her off, “You just want to send Sam away. I’m not going to do that Talinda. She’s my fiancée for crying out loud. I can’t send her away because she never locked me up when I had a breakdown” he said starting to get upset.

 

“Chester, I don’t want you to have to send her away, but she needs all the help she can get even though you’re trying your best.”

 

Chester sat back down not saying anything when he realized something, “Wait a minute, Sam been in the bathroom for a while” he said.

 

“Let me go and check on her” Talinda said as he just looked at her not sure if he should let her go up there.

 

“Alright” he said then she got up and walked out of the room.

 

Upstairs

Once Talinda got up to Chester and Sam’s room she walked in and went over to the bathroom door. Seeing that it was close, she knocked on the door, “Sam are you okay? You’ve been in there for awhile now. I’m just checking to make sure your okay” she said hoping that Sam could hear her and talk back to her. When she didn’t hear anything, she grabbed the handle to the door and turned it seeing that the door was unlocked. Pushing it opened, she walked into the bathroom and saw that the bathtub was full but didn’t see Sam anywhere. Wait a minute did she just say that the bathtub was full?

Once she realized that, she quickly walked over to the tub and saw that Sam was under the water. Quickly putting her hands into the water, she put her hands under her head lifting her head up over the water. She then moved one of her hands from under her head to across her stomach and pulled her over the tub and on to the floor. Slowly setting her head on the floor, she tilt her head back and opened her mouth plugging her nose and put her mouth over hers, blowing some air into her mouth two times. Then she let go of her mouth and put her hands together pushing on her chest twenty times, “Breathe damn it” she said as counted to twenty. She went back and plugged her nose again, putting her mouth over hers again, blowing more air into her mouth and then went back to pushing on her chest again twenty more time, “Come on Sam. Breathe for me” she said still pushing on her chest. Then all of the sudden she coughed and sat up.

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Chapter 28

 

Sam coughed and sat up not knowing what just happen, “Oh, my god. Oh, thank god you're ok.” she heard and felt a hand on her shoulder. Looked to her right, she saw Talinda sitting next to her. Talinda moved her hand from Sam’s shoulder and Sam moved back hitting her back against the sink cabinet. Sam saw a towel come across her face and she yanked it out of Talinda’s hands, wrapping it around her body. She then looked up at Talinda who was now standing up, “I found you under the water, Sam. Why were you trying to drown yourself?” she asked kneeling next to her as she still kept looking at her. Then Sam moved her left hand and slapped Talinda hard across the face. She quickly got up and ran toward the door pushing it open but it wouldn’t open, “Sam…” she heard Talinda call from behind her. She turned around.

 

“Stay away from me” she said panicking, wanting to get out of the bathroom and away for Talinda.

 

“Let me help you open the door” she said walking closer to her.

 

“No! Stop, don’t move!” she said turning around and pulled the door open. It opened this time and she ran out and into Chester. He put his hand on her shoulder and she moved back quickly moving his hands off her shoulders.

 

“Sam, calm down it's me Chester.”

 

“I just -- I just don’t want to be touched. I don’t want to be in the same room -- the same room with Talinda” she said slightly shaking.

 

“It’s okay Talinda’s not going to hurt you. Come sit down with me” he said. She just stood there for a little bit and then moved towards the bed and sat down as Chester sat down next to her, “Sam it's alright, I know what you going through. You can tell me about it.”

 

“No you don’t…you don’t know what it's like. It’s like I’m living in a nightmare that's never ending” she said slightly rocking back and forth crying softly to herself. When she felt an arm wrap around her she didn’t let it bother her and Chester pulled her closer to him letting her cry on his shoulder.

 

“Shhh it’s okay.” Then she pulled away from him and wiped the tears from her face and moved back against the pillows and just looked at him. Looking over him, she saw Talinda standing in the bathroom doorway and she just stayed silent.

 

“Is she okay?” she heard Talinda asked, ‘You hate me, you want to kill me. But I'm going to kill you first.’ she thought to herself.

 

“I’m not sure. She’s calmed down for right now” she heard Chester say. Then he touched her arm, “Sam why don’t you laid down and try and get some sleep?” he got up off the bed and walked towards the closet, coming back out and walked back to her handing her some clothes since she was still in the towel, “Here you go Sam. You can change into these and go to sleep.”

 

She took the clothes not saying anything and stayed on the bed, looking over towards the bathroom and saw Talinda staring at her, “Make her stop watching me” she said.

 

“Okay” he said turning around and looked at Talinda.

 

“You know what I have to go anyways.”

 

“Are you sure?” he asked.

 

“Yeah, I don’t want to make her anymore upset” she said walking towards the bedroom door, “Plus Rob will want me to go home and rest, but listen I’ll call you later, ok?”

 

“Uh-huh”

 

“Don’t bother” Sam said sarcastically. Talinda didn’t say anything and walked out of the room as Chester sat next to her.

 

“I’m going to leave the room so you could change and get some sleep. I’ll be back tomorrow morning to check on you, okay?”

 

“Yeah, I’m just tired” she said then he got up and walked out of the room leaving her alone. She looked down next to her and saw the clothes Chester gave her, seeing that they were pajamas. She picked them up and got off the bed and walked into the bathroom and put on the pajamas. After getting the pajamas on she walked back out into the bedroom and lay down on the bed. She just lay on the bed not falling sleep. A few minutes later, she felt like someone was in the room so she turned to her left and sat up a little seeing Robert Grace standing next to the bed smiling. All she did was scream.

The bedroom door opened and Chester came in, “What’s wrong Sam!” he asked her. Sam looked to her right seeing that he was sitting on the bed, “Its okay. He’s not going to hurt you, okay?” he said putting his hand on her shoulder. She didn’t say anything to him because she was still scared from seeing Robert, “Just lie down and get some sleep. I’ll stay with you until you do, okay?” he said moving his hand away.

Knowing that Chester was going to stay with her, she laid back down closing her eyes feeling Chester move some of her hair. Feeling safe she fell into a deep sleep.

 

The Next Day

Before Sam opened her eyes she felt someone get on to the bed, “Sam? You want to get up and come down stairs?” she heard who ever was on the bed asked. She opened her eyes and saw that it was Chester and sat up, “Hey you want to come downstairs and get something to eat?” She shook her head yes and Chester got off the bed as she did to. She walked over to him, “You can change if you want to” he said and she turned around and walked into the walk-in-closet and picked something to wear. When she finished she walked out of the closet and into the bathroom to change. After she was done she went back into the bedroom seeing that Chester was still in the room waiting for her. She walked over to him and he held out his hand for her. She took it and the both of them walked out of the room and downstairs.

Once she got downstairs, Chester took her over to the dinning table and she sat down on one of the chairs. Chester walked out of the room and a couple minutes later he came back out with a plate and gave it to her. She then started eating realizing how hungry she really was. While she was eating she heard the door bell go off, she saw Chester walk over towards the door. A few minutes later, she saw that it was Talinda and Rob as they walked through the living room and back outside onto the patio as Chester followed them.

When she saw Talinda she wanted to hurt her. She wanted to blame her for her father raping her because if she never crashed her car she wouldn’t have been raped. And also, Sam wanted her baby. She put her fork down and got up walking into the kitchen. Looking back behind her, she checked to see if they were coming back into the house. They weren’t, so she walked in and over to the drawers she thought had what she was looking for. She grabbed the handle and started opening it but it wouldn’t open. She then grabbed the next handle, yanking it out, thinking that it would be jammed also. She ended up pulling the whole drawer out and it fell onto the floor making a loud noise. She put her hands on her forehead and looked down onto the floor seeing a chef’s knife. Slowly kneeled down she picked it up, looking at it. She turned around looking towards the opening to come into the kitchen to see if anyone was coming.

[andrea]

Continuing Chapter 28

 

Seeing that no one was coming she put the knife down and quickly picked everything that fell out of the drawer back into it. She picked up the drawer and put it back into the cabinet. Then she picked up the knife and walked out of the kitchen keeping it close to her side going back to the table. Sitting back down, she moved the chair as close as possible, with out hurting herself, to the table and set the knife across her lap, carefully, holding on the handle with her left hand so it wouldn’t fall off her lap or cut herself. She then put a napkin over the knife and her hand so they wouldn’t see it. After she did that she looked into the living room and just as she did they walked back into the house and up the small steps coming into the dinning room, “I’ll stay here with Sam. I want to talk to her actually” Talinda said and then Chester and Rob walked away probably into the kitchen and Talinda sat down.

“I don’t know if you want to hear me but I’m going to talk anyways. I understand why you don’t want to trust me Sam. I wouldn’t if I were you. I just hope that you can forgive me for getting upset with you, with what happen between you and my father” Talinda paused “I had always thought that my father would always be my hero but I guess that he wasn’t as perfect and honorable as I thought he was”

 

“They never are” she said not looking at her

 

“I guess you do want to listen to me” Talinda said pausing again, “I loved my dad because he always made time for me, and we would do so many great things together. We would go bike riding and we'd go to the movies and we were always laughing and teasing each other. Of course you know all this because I told you when we were best friends. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I didn't want to believe that my father could be weak and wrong. And there's a chance that maybe I misunderstood certain things that he did.” Sam closed her eyes wanting to block out Talinda talking about her father, ‘Spare me. You believed what you wanted to believe.’ she thought when she opened her eyes, “And that Rob was right. I blamed you for throwing yourself at him but you didn’t and my father was the adult and he should have known better.” ‘Right. You think I'm suddenly going to forgive you?’ she thought to herself again as Talinda got up and walked over to the railing and turned around “This is going to take some time for me to process and to forgive some people -- you and my father and myself. But there's one thing that I know for certain -- I'm sorry. I am truly sorry for everything, Sam. And I know it'll take years for you to believe, but I'm hoping that you will someday.” ‘You think you're sorry now? Just wait.’ she thought as Talinda walked up closer to her “You've been through a lot of trauma. But you're a survivor. You'll be ok.” she said.

 

“Stop!” she said putting her free hand on her forehead.

 

“Okay” Talinda said walking a little further away from her. She turned around so that her back was facing her, “I don't know if you can hear me, Sam, I don't know if you even want to, but I owe you. I'm partially responsible for your pain and I want to make up for it.” ‘You will. I'm going to make sure of it.’ she thought, ‘And I have news for you Sandra, no ones going to miss you when your gone, especially your baby’ she kept thinking to herself. Talinda kept talking but Sam didn’t hear anything she was saying. Sam took the napkin and moved the knife off her lap still holding it. She slowly got up and slowly walked up to Talinda sticking the knife out, moving it to her right hand. Raising it over her head, Talinda turned around quickly and grabbed her arms.

“You don’t want to do this” she said using all her strength to push her back.

 

“I have no choice” Sam said trying to push forward.

 

“Come on, Sam. I don't want to hurt you.” she said still holding her arms moving in a circle with her so that Sam was now in front of the railing.

 

“You're not going to hurt me or my kids or destroy my family” Sam said trying to push the knife close to her. Then she yanked her arms out from Talinda's hold cutting her arm as she let out a yelp. Talinda looked down at her arm to see the cut and then looked back up at Sam stepping back.

 

“I don't want to destroy anything, Sam.” she said taking more steps back.

 

“You’ve been after me for months. You came back pregnant and shoved it in my face. Telling me that you still have a part of Chester with you, well you know what bitch I’m not going to take it anymore.”

 

“What are you talking about? This baby isn’t Chester’s. It’s my dead husband’s” she said.

 

“Ha, married? Yeah right. You could never get a guy in high school. So don’t go playing that bullshit on me” Sam said walking closer to her as the both of them move in a circle.

 

“I met him in college”

 

“That’s a likely story” she said.

 

“Come on Sam, you don’t want to hurt me. Let me help you. We can work this out” Talinda said.

 

“Are you kidding me” Sam laughed “That was a trick Sandra you don’t want to help. All you want to do is lock me up and throw away the key” she said

 

“Come on, I would never hurt you or your family, especially your son.”

 

“You already have” she said taking smaller steps towards her getting closer to her.

 

“Come on, Draven loves you. He’s a part of you, you and Chester together. They both love you.” Talinda said. Sam thought about them slowly lowering her arms. Taking her chances, Talinda went and grabbed her arm with the knife bending it down. Sam’s arm started hurting from the way her arm was being bent that she let go of the knife. When she dropped the knife, Talinda let go of Sam’s arm and went to grab the knife but Sam quickly got up grabbing a candle holder off the dinning table. She turned around as Talinda was getting up and hit her over the head. Talinda let out another yelp, grabbing her head as she hit the floor cold.

Once Talinda hit the floor Sam looked down on the floor and saw the knife right next to her. She bent down and picked it up, looking down at Talinda and back at the knife. Then she walked around her and got down on her knees.

“You want my family. You snuck into my life and turned them all against me. I won't let you destroy my family. I have to protect them. I have to protect them. I have -- I have to -- I have to protect them” she said then lifted her arms. She was about to stab her right then and there but she stopped in mid air when something came to her…

(Flashback)

“What are you doing this summer?” Sam asked Sandra when they were at her house.

 

“My family and I are going to Tucson. I’m was hoping to ask my mom if you could come with me”

 

“Did you?” she asked.

 

“My dad said no when I asked her”

 

“That sucks” she said when they heard a knock on Sandra’s door.

 

“Hi girls” Mrs. Grace said when she came in, “Samantha are you going to stay over tonight? It’s Friday.”

 

“Yes I am Mrs. Grace.”

 

“Call me Melinda” she said.

 

“Mom? Is dad here?” Sandra asked.

 

“Nope he’s away on a business trip and you know what that means right?” she asked both of them.

 

“Party time!” Both girls said laughing.

(End of Flashback)

 

Remembering the fun times Sam had with Sandra, she looked down at her on the floor knocked out seeing that she was a different person now, “I’m sorry but you leave me no choice” she said striking her arm down fast.