Sam had just finished showing Hayden the files of the customers. So far Hayden was doing great. She was a fast learner and surprisingly great with customers. "So what do you think? You think you will like doing this?" Sam asks her.
"Yeah. It's easy and I don't have to con to make a living. This is the best job I have ever had. Well, I guess it is also the first." Hayden said. "That sounded so terrible, didn't it? Being a 36 year old woman with her very first job."
"Yeah it does. But I happen to know exactly what you mean." Sam says.
Hayden looks at Sam and sees the look in her eyes as it dawns on her. "You? You were a…?"
"Yep. From the time I was born until the time I came to PC. My grandfather made my mom give me up from adoption because she was sixteen what she had me. And my adoptive parents adopted me just because I was a girl and little girls are proven to be a cons best friend. I had an adoptive brother named Danny. He had something called Fragile X. After I found out about him, I started marring wealthy men, cleaning them out and then taking off. It wasn't something I was proud of but it was the best way I knew to take care of Danny." Hayden was in awe. She did it to make money but Sam had done it because she had too. "When I came to PC and told Jason about Danny, he put him into program in Hawaii and that was where he stayed until he passed away 9 years ago from an encephalitis epidemic that hit General Hospital."
"Oh, Sam. I'm so sorry. That is who you named your son after? Your brother?"
"Yeah." Sam said smiling. "Daniel Edward was named after my brother and Jason's grandfather."
"So you conned until you came here?"
"Well I did get a job that I loved in between cons. I worked on salvage boats. It felt so good to make a living that didn't involve stealing. It was the best time of my life."
"Hey!" Jason shouts from the garage, clearly having heard what his wife had said.
"Until I came here." Sam said rolling her eyes.
Hayden couldn't help but laugh at them. "You guys are really cute together, you know that?" both Sam and Hayden burst out laughing when they heard Jason growl at being called cute.
"Thank you. What about you? Anyone special?" Sam asks.
"Never. I was always on the move so much that I never stuck around long enough to even make a friend." Hayden said.
"And now that you have decided to stick around here?"
Hayden laughs. "I'm no good at relationships. I've never had one. I wouldn't know the first thing to do with one or how to go about looking from one."
"I was the same way so I'm not really worried. Besides, the best love is always the one that finds you." Sam says smiling at her.
"Were you and Jason a surprise?" Hayden asked.
"Oh, hell yeah!" Sam said laughing. "When Jason and I met, we hated each other. I was seeing his best friend and he saw me as the reason his nephew's family was being kept apart. He even offered me money to leave town. And the person I was then would have taken it if it weren't for the fact that I wanted to tell Jason to go to hell. And I did. But then I got pregnant. Not on purpose. I even tried to leave town without anyone knowing but Jason's sister who was also a doctor found out and told him. He said that I had to tell Sonny or he would. That is how Jason and I ended up spending so much time together. To keep Sonny and Carly's marriage from falling apart and Michael from losing his parents, he said my baby was his. Eventually the truth came out but Jason and I decided to stay living together for the sake of the baby. And we ended up falling in love with each other." Sam told her.
Hayden was shocked. "Wow. I would call that a surprise." She says.
"Best damn one ever." Jason says, coming in from the garage and whipping his hands on a towel. Sam walked over to him and kissed him. "Trust me, you don't have to go looking for love. When it is right, it finds you." Jason says, pulling Sam into his arms. Hayden looked at them and for the first time in her life, she hated being alone.
Kristina walked into her dad's living room and saw him at his desk. "Hey, dad. You got a minute?" she asks.
"Of course." He gets up and gives her a hug. "Carly tells me that you are doing great. How are you liking it?" He asks his oldest daughter.
"I love it. It is just the kind of work I like and it isn't always easy but it's a lot of fun getting to work with Carly."
"I'm glad. So what did you want to talk about?"
"I wanted to tell you that I have decided to stay home. I have already taken care of school. I will finish me last semester of college at PCU."
Sonny sits back and asks "Are you sure?"
"Yeah. I want to be home. With Lila being back I don't want to leave her. I can't." she tells him. "This job is a really great one and I can continue to do it after I graduate."
Sonny smiles at her. "You have been really great with Lila and I want to thank you for that. And if you are going to be happy moving back here than I'm so glad you decided to do it. I have missed you."
Krissy smiles at her dad and says "I missed you too. And there is something else I want to tell you."
Sonny can tell by the look on her face that it is something he won't like. "What?" he says in his dad voice. "I want to let you know that I am seeing someone." This through Sonny off completely. "You are?"
"Yeah." She said smiling.
"Is it someone from school?" he asks.
"No not from school. You actually know him."
"Who?" Sonny asks in his godfather voice.
"Dad, please. I am really happy about this and I want it to work. So could you please try? For me?" she pleads.
Sonny sighs. "I know that you are an adult. You have to make your own choices and decides what makes you happy so I will try."
Krissy smiles at her dad. "Thank you!"
"But first you have to tell me how it is. And I reserve the right to check him out." He says.
"That won't be necessary. Like I said you know him. It's Ethan." "Ethan? Luke's son Ethan? The one that you had a massive rush on in high school? That Ethan?" he says.
"Dad, you promised." Sonny takes a deep breath to calm himself down. "Ok. I trust you. But if he hurts you in any way I get to hurt him. Understood?"
She laughs and says "Ok." She gives him a kiss on the cheek and walks out of the door. Sonny shakes his head. His daughter was dating Luke Spencer's son. "I need a drink."
