Monday morning and Jack headed into the office early. Samantha started in LA today and had left over the weekend. The guys still didn't know but would find out today, as her replacement was due to arrive in ten minutes. He hoped they would be all right. Danny, he knew would be hurt. He and Samantha were like brother and sister, but it was Martin he was worried about. He knew that it had been Martin that called off the relationship but how would he cope now she wasn't here.

Danny walked into the bullpen looking around. "That's weird?" He said out loud just as Martin arrived.

"What is?" Martin asked. Danny pointed to Samantha's empty desk. "Maybe Jack knows something."

Just at the Jack walked across to the two of them with someone following close behind him. "Jack, someone has cleared Samantha's desk."

"I know, she did. Samantha's transferred, she left over the weekend." Jack watched as both his agent's mouths fell open in disbelief.

"What?" Danny managed to squeak out.

"I'll speak to you both in a minute. Let me introduce our new recruit. This is Nicholas Franks and he transferred here from Miami. I hope you can show him the ropes." Jack said before leaving the three men to introduce themselves and get their heads around that Samantha was no longer in New York.

Danny was first to show up in Jack's office fifteen minutes later. "What happened Jack? Why did you let her leave?" Danny demanded to know.

"Danny, first off, I didn't let her leave. She asked for the transfer. I didn't want to give it to her but she insisted. So she had two weeks to make up her mind, but Danny you saw her, she's been miserable."

"When did she go?" Danny asked dejectedly.

"Saturday, she flew out first thing and starts work today."

"Where is she?"

"LA."

"Talk about running away." Danny muttered. "Did she say anything?"

"She left you a letter in your desk drawer. She did tell me to tell you that she was sorry she left in the way she did but hopes the letter explains it." Jack told him. "How's Martin taking it?"

"Bout the same as me I think. But then he is a private person." Danny said before leaving the office. He went straight to his desk drawer, took out the letter and headed out onto the balcony to read it in peace.

Dear Danny

I am so sorry that I am doing this but I hope you understand why. I hated that I left without telling you I was going but I felt it was the right thing for me to do. You know that I love you like my brother and would never intentionally do anything to hurt you but I know that me doing this will have.

Martin split up with me almost three weeks ago now and it still hurts like mad. I never thought I could ever hurt this badly over anyone. I have been hurt so many times in the past but this is just too much. Seeing him everyday was killing me so I thought the best way to deal with it was just to go away. Maybe it wasn't the best decision I have ever made but it was one that I did. Maybe in time it won't hurt just so much and I will come back but right now the sunshine of California is calling me.

The night you saw me in Central Park, (I over heard you telling Viv about it); you were right to leave me. I was having such a tough time and would have been so embarrassed had I known you were there. You told Viv you didn't know how long I was there, but I'll tell you I ended up there all night. I couldn't face going home to the house we had so many memories in. That's how much I love him. And it was my commitment phobia that has got me into this mess in the first place. I am hoping that time out here will help.

I hope that you will find it in your great big heart to forgive me one of these days for walking away and abandoning you. I love you Danny and I'll be in contact when I get settled.

Speak to you soon. Take care of yourself and keep and eye on Martin for me.

Love you, Samantha. xx

He hadn't seen just how much she was hurting and wished he had paid better attention to her when she was here. But hopefully time away would help her. He hoped anyway.

He just wondered how Martin would cope without her.