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Chapter Six

Jason approached the villa with his gun drawn. He could see light shining through the window.

Finding out a woman matching Sam's description had rented this property had been easy, too easy for Jason's comfort. A few flashes of her picture in the tourist section of town and he was on her trail.

Something's off about this whole situation. Jason thought It reeks of a set-up.

Jason flattened his body against the wall and peered inside. Sam, dressed in a long flowing red night gown, walked through the living room to a bookcase on the wall. She took a book off and thumbed through it.

She looked perfectly relaxed, slightly bored even.

Jason eyebrows knotted.

All signs now pointed to Sam having left her ship on her own accord so why the drama of abandoning it at sea, leaving her crew clueless to her whereabouts?

Jason walked around the house, checking all the other windows to make sure no one else was in any of the rooms, then his fingers closed around the back door handle and turned. It opened and he slide inside, quietly.

He walked through the kitchen, looking around cautiously, then pushed open the swinging door in between leading to the living room. She had her back to him, her head bent as she studied the lower shelf of the book case.

"Sam?"

She didn't jump at the sound of his voice.

She expected me, Jason thought

Sam stood up and said, confusion in her eyes, " Jason? What are you doing here?"

He stiffened. She was playing him and he knew it. He put away his gun and said, "You should call Alexis. She thinks you got kidnapped or drowned."

"Why would she think that?" asked Sam "Oh, because my ship broke down? Ya, I had to catch a ride with a passing boat but I'm fine."

"Good. Have you called your crew to tell them that?"

"I fired them all before I took off. I think one of them sabotaged my boat, actually, after I told them I was letting them all go." Sam walked up to him and attempted to give him a hug but he didn't bend down or embrace her. " Thanks for coming all this way to check on me. I didn't know you still cared. It means so much that you would do this. Have you missed me as much as I missed you?"

Jason looked at her like she had lost her mind. Not because of the question. He had missed her at times. But because of this whole scenario.

He took a step around her and sat down in a chair. He motioned for her to sit on the couch. "Tell me why you would fire your whole crew and then not hire another one before you went out again?"

Sam gave him a What does that matter look? She came and sat down on the sofa, at the end nearest to him. She said " I wanted to sail home on my own, have some time to think, and then figure out what I wanted to do with my life once I reached Port Charles. Being on The Lila Morgan was nice at first but I missed you too much to stay away forever."

"You're lying." he said

She froze. Their eyes met and held. Jason looked at her, knowing he had her pegged right. Sam doubled up on the confusion in her eyes and added a hint of pain. She said, "Why would you say that? Just because we broke up now you think I am a liar? I thought you were here because you still give a damn about me? Or did you come all this way to just to break my heart a little more?"

You took my hand.
You showed me how.
You promised me you'd be around...

I took your words
And I believed
In everything
You said to me...
If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone


I'd stand up and punch them up
Cause they're all wrong

I know better
Cause you said forever
And ever!


Who knew?

Lyrics from a song by Pink.