Chapter 26
Sam woke up, her head pounding and her heart aching. She remembered what happened last night and she fought back the tears. She got up and walked to the living room after putting on her sweats and sat down on the couch. Not much later she got up and walked to the kitchen to make some tea, and when she was finished making it she walked back to the living room. She felt empty, and she knew the feeling too well. She didn't like it at all, and just as she was about to break out in tears there was a knock on the door. Thinking – hoping – it was Jason she jumped up and walked to the door, and once she had opened it she suddenly felt lightheaded. She brought a hand to her forehead and looked at Carly, who was standing there looking concerned. She held on to the door and stepped aside to let her in, and Carly grabbed her arm and helped her to the couch.
''I'm sorry,'' Carly said, and Sam looked at her with a frown. What was Carly sorry for?
''You're sorry for what?'' she asked, and Carly shrugged, ''Carly, what is this? You know what happened with Jason and you are here. Why?''
''Because I should have told you,'' she said softly, and Sam looked at her in confusion, ''I knew he knew all along, and I knew what he was going to do when you came over,'' she added, and Sam got up from the couch and walked back to the kitchen, her hand pressed against her forehead as the tears started to burn in her eyes again.
''God, Carly. Why are you here – do you want to rub it in?'' she asked, when she noticed Carly had followed her. Carly was speechless. She didn't know what to say and Sam stared at her.
''Sam, why didn't you tell him you were pregnant?'' she asked instead of answering her question. Sam sighed and rolled her eyes, and Carly waited for an answer.
''When did you think I had a chance to do that? Before Jason started yelling at me, or after when he told me to leave?'' she asked, and Carly widened her eyes.
''If you had told him when you walked in the door, he would have listened to you!'' she said, and Sam shook her head.
''No, Carly. When I walked in the penthouse he asked me why I told him I loved him. I didn't get a chance to talk, and after he told me he knew all along, I was angry. I didn't want to stay there,'' she said, and Carly sighed.
''What are you going to do now? Are you going to leave, and never tell Jason about his baby?'' Carly asked, and Sam shook her head.
''No, I'm not going to leave town. I will tell him eventually,'' she whispered. Carly sighed in relief, and Sam frowned at her.
''I'm sorry for what happened – if you ever need anything I will be here for you,'' Carly said, after a while, and she walked to the door and left the apartment. Sam stared at the door for a moment and smiled. Carly just offered her friendship to a con woman, and Sam realized she needed a friend.
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Jason opened the door to Sonny's office and walked in, seeing Sonny sit behind his desk. When Sonny heard him he looked up and smiled at him.
''How did it go last night?'' he asked Jason, and Jason shrugged.
''It went as planned, but I don't feel right about it,'' Jason replied, and Sonny looked at him with a frown.
''What do you mean?'' he asked him, and Jason shrugged again. He sat down on the chair in front of the desk and sighed.
''I told her I knew all along and I was playing her, and she almost fainted. I knew she was coming to me to tell me all of it, and I just didn't let her talk,'' he said, ''when she walked in she looked pale, but I didn't pay attention to it. But when I sat there when she left, I couldn't stop thinking about how I acted – it only hurt us both,'' Jason sighed again.
''You love her, don't you?'' Sonny asked, surprised when he heard Jason talk.
''Yeah – or at least I thought so. How can you treat someone you love like I did last night?'' he asked, and Sonny shrugged.
''You were hurt she played you,'' he replied. Jason shook his head.
''No, that's not true. In the beginning I was hurt, and now I realize I liked her already. When I began telling her last night, she wanted to explain but I didn't let her, because I knew that once she started talking I would cave and tell her I loved her,'' he said.
''But you didn't? You didn't give her a chance to say anything and she left?''
''She was angry with me, because I played her. Now I realize I'm worse than her. She told me after she was stabbed, she stopped playing a game and started opening up,'' he said, adding the part where she opened up. He realized she had been open to him – except for the part where she played him.
''Did you find out the reason?'' Sonny asked, and Jason nodded.
''She wanted to take care of her brother. He is mentally challenged, and he needed to get an education. She couldn't pay for it so she started conning men,'' Jason explained.
''Did she tell you that?'' Sonny asked, and Jason nodded, ''I think you're an idiot for letting her walk – even if I wanted her to leave, wanted her to be dealt with in the beginning. But the funny part is; I can see you love her, and you didn't want to hurt her, but now you did and you pushed her away,'' Sonny said.
''I know, Sonny. I know, and I don't know how to fix this,'' Jason said, ''I think I just need to give her some time and maybe we can talk in a couple of weeks or something,'' he added, and he liked the idea. He could give her some time to think about it and he could figure out what to do. He was going to talk to her no matter what, but he understood if she didn't want to talk to him. He got up and looked at Sonny, ''thanks,'' he said, and when Sonny nodded and looked back at his papers Jason walked away with his heart a little lighter. He knew what he had to do now.
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Sam walked in the diner with her head held high. She had taken a shower and got dressed and decided to go in the diner and ask Mike for more shifts. As she walked in she saw Carly and her boys sitting at a booth. She smiled, and when Carly looked up and saw her, she smiled at her but didn't come to talk to her. Sam walked over to Mike.
''Hey, Jill,'' Mike said, and she sighed. Thinking of telling him her real name she knew he would probably fire her ass.
''Mike, can I talk to you for a second – in private?'' she asked, and Mike nodded and looked at her in concern. He took her by her arm and led her to the back.
''Talk to me, sweetheart. I can see something is wrong,'' Mike said, and Sam smiled trough her tears.
''I lied,'' she said softly, and Mike nodded, ''I lied about my name and the reason I was here. My – my name is Sam McCall and I came to town to con Sonny – and when I messed up I tried Jason,'' she said quickly, wanting it to get over with. The tears she had tried to suppress rolled over her cheeks, and she was surprised by Mike's reaction.
''I know – Carly told me, and I think it's very brave of you to come and tell me,'' he said, and he wrapped his arms around her. As surprised as she was, Sam leaned in and couldn't stop the tears anymore, ''it's ok, Sam, and you can stay here as long as you want. You do good work here, and I want you to stay,'' he said after a while.
''Thank you – sorry for this,'' she whispered, and he shook his head with a smile. She wiped away the tears and smiled at him, ''Mike, I was wondering if I could get more hours…''
''Sure, sweetheart. Don't worry about it,'' he replied, and he kissed her on her cheek. She walked to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked awful, and after throwing some water in her face she walked back in the diner and looked around. She saw people looking at her, and all she could see was disgust.
She made her way to the door and was almost there when someone grabbed her hand. She looked at the person.
''I heard you tried to con Jason Morgan – you better watch your back from now on,'' he said with a grin, and she paled. She tried to pull her hand out of his grasp but he didn't let go, ''why don't you come home with me, babe?'' she wanted to say something but someone else did before she could.
''Get your hands off of her, you sick bastard,'' she heard Carly say, and the man let go of her. After the man let go of her, she thanked Carly and walked away, now feeling only guiltier for what she had tried to do with Jason. She really hoped he could forgive her.
She made her way home to Danny, and when she opened the door to her apartment, she saw James and she assumed Daisy standing there.
''Hey, babe, we're back,'' James said with a smile.