Into the West
"Drew Cain"
The McCall Ranch; the large mansion owned by Samantha
It was morning as Sam McCall sat on one side of the long dining room table, while Victor (her Grandfather's youngest brother) sat on the other side. As usual, Sam sometimes felt the mansion, which she inherited upon the death of her late husband, was more like a prison...and Victor was the warden.
As usual, they hadn't spoken a word to each other, outside of greeting each other…coldly of course. The servants, who had been brought to America from Russia, went about serving them their morning meals. Sam had never really had an appetite for breakfast, but did have tea and blintzes.
Victor had his usual sausage and potatoes, and tea as well (with Vodka). Sam was about to leave the table, when suddenly, Victor spoke to her.
"Turning down Frank Smith's offer for the herd, and the land, was a foolish mistake," he said, while never lifting his eyes from the newspaper he read.
Sam shot him a stern look.
"I told you, Victor," Sam said, with a calm voice, "the power from owning land in this country will far outweigh monetary wealth." Her late husband, Anton, gave her those words of wisdom.
Victor looked away from the paper and directly at her. He had wanted her to sell the land because Smith had promised him a 25% cut, and her not selling had cost him, Victor, dearly.
"You are but a naïve child," Victor told her. "Mr. (Frank) Smith isn't the kind of American to say no to. Always remember, Caman'tia (the Russian pronunciation of Samantha) that we are just guests in this land of heathens."
Sam stood up, but kept her eyes locked with his.
"No," Sam said to Victor, "you are a guest in this land, I am much more…and you know it; and so does Mikkos. In fact, I think that is why he (Mikkos) sent you here."
It had long been known by Samantha that her mother had been born out of wedlock after Mikkos' dalliance with an American woman in France. Whatever became of her maternal grandmother (Kristin Bergman), Sam did not know.
And as for her own mother, the family had gone through great lengths to keep her fate secret from Samantha; hoping that she would just simply grow up and live a dutiful Russian woman's…in servitude of her husband and do what the men in her family told her to do.
But after being sent to America to marry Anton (her late and much older husband, whom she loved), Sam knew that one day she would try to find out what had ever happened to her mother.
Victor chuckled.
"Oh, sweet child," Victor said with a greasy smile, "do tell me why you think my older brother (Mikkos) sent me here to this Godless land…I'd like to know."
Samantha headed for the exit, not wanting to lock horns with Victor any longer.
"Perhaps another time, but do tell your suitor, Frank Smith," Sam said, as she turned to face Victor before she left the dining room, "That he will never own this land of mine."
And then Samantha left the dining room.
Gowdy's (the saloon that Frank Smith owns in Laredo Texas)
The inside of the saloon was full of smoke; from cigars and pipes. The piano player was busy dancing his fingers over the keys, while the waitresses (prostitutes) mingled with customers; it was a loud and rambunctious saloon.
Several of the poker tables were packed with players; a various collection of cowboys, rustlers, gamblers, businessmen, and in one case, a gunslinger.
The new pit-boss, Luke Spencer, kept his watchful eye on all dealers; making sure they weren't coddling (helping the players win).
As for the gunslinger; just like Jason Morgan, who was known to be one of deadliest gunslingers in the west, this gunslinger also wore an all-black ensemble, but his reputation was known more in the east coast as the fastest draw; ever! His name was Drew Cain.
But what no-one really knew was this; he and Jason Morgan…were brothers. They, Jason and Drew, had always kept the secret to themselves, even though they had always wanted each other dead!
Drew had only arrived in Laredo earlier in the day. But two-weeks ago he had been summoned to New York, and hired by a wealthy woman to protect her daughter from those who surrounded her; including her family.
Drew would be paid a hefty sum of money for each month he kept the woman's daughter alive.
The wealthy woman's daughter was named Sam McCall, and when the next morning came, Drew would implement his plan to keep Sam McCall alive; after seducing her of course!
Continued…
This chapter featured;
Kelly Monaco as Sam McCall
Tom Ellis as Victor Cassadine
with Billy Miller as Drew Cain
and Tony Geary as Luke Spencer
