Chapter 4
SAMI: E.J.? What about E.J.?
LUCAS: I don't like the way he's been treating you. Especially the way he's been treating you over the last month or two.
SAMI: The only reason he's doing that is because I shot him in the head.
LUCAS: Do you even remember why you did that, Sami?
SAMI: Yeah. It was because he had stolen Sydney from me, made me think she was dead, conned me into marrying him, and was threatening to run away with my children.
LUCAS: Exactly.
SAMI: Lucas, how did you know about me shooting E.J.?
LUCAS: I read about it on the Salem Spectator Forum. They get all of the up-to-the-day information on what goes on in Salem.
SAMI: Okay. Anyway, the only reason he did those things was because I kept Grace from him, and didn't tell him about her until after she died.
LUCAS: And do you remember why you did that?
SAMI: Because I didn't trust E.J.
LUCAS: Well, you were right not to. But, do you remember why you didn't trust him?
SAMI: No, not really.
LUCAS: Because he committed the Gloved Hand crimes. Because he tried to kill John. Because he raped you...twice. Sami, E.J. is a sick, twisted, manipulative s.o.b.!
SAMI: I know. But, I'm never going to give him the chance to hurt me again.
LUCAS: Good. Because I'll tell you, Sami, sometimes he makes me so angry that I could kill him.
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E.J.: I'm not going to take anymore of this, I tell you! I'm going to get out of here!
REAGEN: No, you won't.
E.J.: I'm not bluffing!
REAGEN: Oh, see now you've given yourself away. Only someone who's bluffing ever says they're not. So, go on then. Try to get out of here. I hope you can.
E.J. tries to stand up, but he automatically falls down.
E.J.: Ah! My foot!
E.J. looks at his right foot and sees that it has a bullet hole in it.
E.J.: I've been shot!
REAGEN: Thank you, Captain Obvious.
E.J.: Who shot me?
REAGEN: I did.
E.J.: And who the hell are you, anyway?
REAGEN: I told you, you'll know soon enough.
E.J.: What? Too afraid to face me? Be a man!
REAGEN: Oh, but I'm not a man.
E.J.: Well you sure look like one to me!
REAGEN: I think you'll find that, when one has been kidnapped, it is not such a wonderful idea to insult one's captor. Especially if one wants to live to see the next day.
E.J.: All right. I'm sorry. Could you, please, show me who you are? Please? Not that I really care, I just want to know who's holding me here against my will.
REAGEN: Indeed. Know your enemy. All right then. Welcome to the first day of the rest of your death.
The figure takes off the Ronald Reagen mask. For once, E.J. is speechless. He can only react with a look of shock.