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Fandom: General Hospital Jason and Sam Morgan

Title: Best Laid Plans Within a Web of Lies

Summary: Mature content. A Jasam story- filled with espionage, angst, relationships, love and lies. Did you ever wonder who Samantha McCall was before she met Jason? Has love changed her? Can he trust her? Her husband's love and trust in her will be tested. R&R.

Best Laid Plans Within a Web of Lie

March 18, 2014 22:47 EST Port Charles, NY

"I love you" is all she said after revealing all the lies she had told him. Jason remained stiff and quietly staring out the balcony at the skies. She had seen him this way towards their enemies. She couldn't help but feel the hurt she had cause him and now all she wanted was to hear him say something.

She wiped the tears from her face and approached him with fierce intent "yell, scream, get mad, say you hate me, say something! Jason! She punch at his chest and sank into his arms when he wouldn't fight.

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Samantha McCall was a con artist her father Cody taught her well. She learned quickly the risks in the con world. Never let your heart lead you. The worst betrayal was from her mentor and father. His eyes sparkled whenever he saw her. As she grew up she realized she wasn't her daddy's beloved little girl. She was his ticket to the next pot of gold. She started running away at least quarterly since she was 12 years old. When she became scared, afraid, or hungry she would return home. She also noticed Cody didn't come looking for her with each time she ventured out becoming longer and was increasingly inattentive to her brother's needs.

Cody walked out on them saying it was his turn to run away. At age 15, Sam found herself caring for her older brother Danny who was autistic. She was always very protective of him. Sam ran scams pick-pocketing, gambling, and eating meals at the soup kitchen. They did okay but Sam regretfully broke her promise to Danny. She couldn't pay the bills regularly to keep the house lights and electricity running. She had to move Danny from the only home he knew since his mother's death. Danny didn't like change but he trusted Sam.

Sam found a more lucrative way to make ends meet by posing as a charitable organization standing outside Malls and grocery stores. She was representing a well known soup kitchen. The founder, whose name Sam was using, soon found out. The woman took pity on Cody's children knowing the grifter used to bring them by for breakfast and dinner. She also noticed when Sam would give her bowl to her brother to make sure he wasn't hungry. She arranged to have Sam work with her at the soup kitchen and offered Sam and Danny room and board above the soup kitchen where she also resided. Ms. Catherine "Kat" Stonebridge was delighted to have Sam and Danny stay with her. Sam had a tough exterior but Ms. Stonebridge was slowly breaking down the barriers by challenging her to have faith in people. Sam was finally feeling like staying in one place though she wouldn't admit it she loved the structure Ms. Stonebridge tried to instill. Danny loved being in one place too and he soon trusted that Sam had found the best place for them. He also felt Kat's patience towards him.

Kat taught Sam how to cook basic meals and keep the bi-weekly budget for the non-profit charity. Sam felt that she had earned Kat's trust and it felt good. Sam began to drinking tea with Kat one night before bed and it stuck. It became their ritual though For Sam it was more about the warmth and infusing fragrances. Kat had fresh chamomile, spearmint, and peppermint from her garden. Sam didn't know the difference between the herbs unless she took a whiff. Sam loved vanilla tea it engulf the kitchen. Every night, Sam would make the tea and place it on the kitchen table waiting for Kat to appear while she cleaned up the rows of tables and leftover bowls. Sam loved listening to Kat success stories of families reuniting or surviving life's hardships once given the chance. Kat confided in Sam that she once knew a little girl whose parents left her at a soup kitchen. Sam waited for the profound deliberate pauses at the end of every story. Sam would figure it out and tell the woman you were the little girl. The sage woman would flash a grin over her tea cup.

Kat's vice was smoking an early morning cigarette before having coffee. Sam became a mother's hen always taking away the cigarettes and giving her friend a pack of chewing gum. Kat never promised to quit but Sam was so circumspect that it became a waste to buy her expensive habit. Sam hated waking up early but Kat would get her up and on the move before the feeding lines started at five o'clock every morning. Kat would say if I can give up my smokes then you can lose some sleep. Sam would tell her she was comparing apples to oranges. They would have their morning coffee then handle the masses until late morning and repeat with the same care for their dinner crowd. Kat told her about the regulars and would show genuine concern to every man, woman, and especially to the children that came for her meals. Sam recalled all the times Kat would notice her giving up her bowl to Danny to make sure he was full. Kat tried to give her extra but Sam continued to do the same. Sam hated feeling hungry but at least she knew what she could handle. She didn't want Danny feeling any discomfort if she could help it.

Sam would always tell Kat to go take a nap. One evening, Kat didn't wait for Sam's prescription she admittedly said she was tired. She said she would be back down in time for her tea. When Kat didn't return to the kitchen like clock work Sam was concerned and decided to bring it to her room. Sam found her silver hair friend tucked in bed so peaceful. As she gets closer, Sam's heart literally broke knowing in that moment Kat would not ever wake up. Kat was the closest person she had grown to love beside Danny. Naturally Sam thought to run but while she grieved for her friend she stayed. She kept running the soup kitchen in honor of the elderly woman that believed in her. She had told herself Kat wouldn't mind her keeping the place open for the greater good. After some time, Sam is arrested for impersonating Kat while the woman laid six feet under. It was only a petty crime in her book anyway. Yet her youthfulness and elaborate scam caught the CIA's attention.

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Langley's audacious handler became very interested in Samantha McCall. Her assignments were based on her street smarts, ability to think fast on her feet, and a great decoy as a beautiful young civilian. She would over time break into medium to high level security to obtain files or encrypted computer data from various Pharmaceutical companies. That is, trial runs especially in stage II or III mostly experimental drugs. The FDA would never approve treatments or allow human testing at such early stages it was unethical and mad science. Yet, an underground world of amoral profit hungry syndicate, The Black Market, was a different matter. Furthermore, financial industries were infiltrated for special interest funds that later became useful for blackmailing and bioterrorism activity. Sam knew she was in over her head when she began her own investigation to find out why the CIA was involved in a cover up.

Unbeknownst to her for nearly two years her handler was a rogue CIA operative. Once she made this discovery she realized how isolated she really was from making any friends or acquaintances. She wished Kat was still alive to help her. Then she wouldn't be in this mess. She tried to think of a plan to stay out of sight but she needed to protect Danny. She did not know who she could trust. She knew the risks in betrayal both in the eyes of her handler and the con world. She moved so frequently no place ever felt like home. So Samantha McCall did what she did best. Run

A/N: So what do you think? Feedback will keep this muse going. As I mentioned before, this and my sequel to Jasam Eyes Speak is still in progress. Thanks again for staying on this ride.