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Jason headed to the warehouse to check in on things since Sonny was busy most of the day. Everything was going fine, if anything happened he'd be called. When he got back home, Courtney was there, sitting on the sofa going through some paperwork.
" Hey." Courtney said when she heard the door shut. " Where've you been?" she asked, she got home a couple of hours ago.
" Just some business." Jason said as he looked through the mail on the desk. Business was a simple answer that explained a lot with little words. You said business and no more questions.
" Sonny cam by he said just to talk. Is everything ok?" Courtney asked. She got worried most of the time because of the life her brother and husband led, but she loved Jason and hoped one day she could live his life with him and not feel like an outsider.
" Everything's fine. If something bad was happening I'd tell you." Jason simply explained.
" Ok." Courtney said but she wasn't so sure he would tell her. " Who's Sam?" she asked.
That stopped Jason in his tracks to the kitchen for a beer. " Sam?" he questioned.
" Yeah she came by before, said she was a friend." Courtney explained. Of course she felt jealously toward the other woman who knew her husband, where he lived.
" She is a friend. She just got back into town." Jason said and he quickly realized he didn't want to talk about this but Courtney would ask more questions.
" How do you guys know each other?" Courtney had to ask. She could tell by the look on Jason's face there was more to be said then what was said. She hated secrets and their lives were full of them.
" From around, we use to work together." Jason said and that was the truth, he just left some things out. He walked back into the living room and walked toward the door. " I forgot the take care of something, I'll be back soon."
Jason hated the feeling of suffocating and being overwhelmed, lately that's how it felt around Courtney, it wasn't her fault, it was how he felt. He wanted to make his marriage work but he hasn't found the way to do it yet.
Sam was sitting on her sofa, flipping through a magazine when she heard the knock on the door. She knew who it was, he was the only one who knew where she lived. " A blond? You ditch me for a blond?" she asked as she let Jason in.
" I didn't ditch you. You left." Jason reminded her.
" Whatever. You're full of surprise. I never thought you would get married, you did. I never pegged for a fan of blonde's, you marry one." Sam explained.
" Is that why you went to see me? To check Courtney out?" Jason asked.
" Pretty much, I had to see the woman that won your heart." Sam said as she sat on the armrest of the sofa. " So what brings you by? It couldn't just be that." she said.
" I came to see what you wanted."
" No, you didn't rush over here because of that. Jason are you running from your wife? If so that's kind of sad." Sam pointed out as she crossed her arms.
" No I don't run that would be you,"
" That's a cheap shot. Just because your life sucks doesn't mean you take it out me." Sam said as she kept her temper under control.
" My life doesn't suck Sam." Jason said with a sigh.
" Then what are you doing here?" Sam asked as their eyes locked for the first time since she opened the door.
" I don't know." Jason softly admitted.
" You ran out. I know how that feels. You needed an escape and instead of taking a ride or going to Jake's, you came to me." Sam explained as she held their stare.
" You don't sound to happy about that." Jason observed as his eyes dropped down to the curves of her mouth, then he forced himself to look at her eyes.
" Don't worry I'm not complaining. Shouldn't you being getting home to the wifey?" Sam asked.
Jason heard the tone of her voice, the meaning behind the word. " Did me getting married really piss you off?" he asked.
Sam sighed. " I know I sound mad about it, it's just I thought I'd always have you to count on and now that's changed." she explained with a weak smile.
" Why'd it changed?" Jason asked.
" Because you're married now, I can't call you in the middle of the night for your help." Sam pointed out. It was bothering her to learn about Courtney but she couldn't change the fact Jason was married.
" You can call me when ever you want Sam, nothing will ever change that. I got married, that doesn't change our friendship." Jason explained.
" Yes it doesn't change our friendship, the best part, the sleeping together part." Sam explained with a light laugh. " I guess I gotta move on, which sucks because you're great in bed." they shared a laugh but she was serious, she wanted him and now she couldn't have him.
" Thanks." Jason said with another light laugh and he blushed just a little. " I should go." he said, walking toward the door.
" Wait." Sam said with a sigh.
Jason stopped and turned around. " What?" he asked.
" Are you busy with anything?" Sam asked as she looked down. She didn't want to interfere in Jason's life, it seemed he had enough going on but she had to ask.
" Not really. Why?" Jason asked. He welcomed whatever she had to say because he really wasn't doing anything, he was bored.
" Um you know. I'm not just visiting, I'm working on something." Sam explained as she placed her hands in her back pockets.
" Sam some details would be good." Jason said as he watched her. She seemed hesitant to say anything, that was never the case before.
" I can't say anything yet but if I need someone I want it to be you. I've been hired to check some stuff out, some dangerous stuff." Sam explained. She was a con woman, a thief and well known for her talents of the two. She's never been caught nor arrested but there was always the chance she could be.
" Sam don't get into something you can't handle, no matter how good the money might be. It doesn't matter if you get caught or die." Jason said. He was worried about her, always has been.
" I can handle it Jason I just need to know you're there." Sam said. They were being serious with each other, something they rarely did.
" You got it but you need to tell me what's going on." Jason said.
" I will, soon."
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Isabelle