Chapter 2
Jason could hear her laughter coming through the phone as he hung up. She was taunting him and he had a pretty good idea what it was all about… Brenda. He was sick and tired of it, of all of it, he needed this protection detail to be over with, he needed to find the Balkan, kill him, and get Brenda on the first flight back to Rome, or at least out of his penthouse immediately. Since he brought Brenda back from Roma, she had been nothing but a huge pain in his side, she whined, she bitched and moaned, she fought with him on every detail of her protection, and she had Spinelli fawning all over her and following her like a sick puppy. She was infuriating and he was sick and fucking tired of it all. And on top of everything, he barely saw Sam anymore. He missed her, he missed having her around, he missed eating Chinese with her on the floor, he missed sitting alone together in front of the fireplace, and he especially missed having her sleeping next to him in their bed. Now he just had to figure out who the hell this guy was that was having lunch with HIS girlfriend. Just thinking about another man in close proximity to Sam ignited a burning flame within him, especially if said man was talking, laughing, and ogling her. Carly didn't say much but she did say that Robin was there so it must be someone who she knows, but he couldn't think of anyone that she would know that was Brittish, besides her mother. Grabbing his jacket and keys off the desk, Jason was ready to storm into the Metro Court and stake his claim, he didn't care who the guy was, and he didn't care that Carly found the guy sexy, in his eyes, he was just a prick getting ready to hit on his girl and Jason wasn't haven't it. Sam was off limits.
Hearing Brenda come down the stairs, he head to the door barely even looking at her. "Stay inside, I'll be right back." He was already annoyed knowing that a fight was about to happen, he could feel, it was his skin was crawling.
"What do you mean stay inside? I have a date with Sonny and I'm sick of being in this penthouse all day. I want to go out."
He watched as she put her hands on her hips and stomped her foot, looking like a spoiled five year not getting her way, and he begged God for patience, he could already feel the headache coming on. Choosing not to engage, he picked up his phone and dialed for reinforcements, Sonny. "Hey, I'm leaving and I need you to come and watch her, NOW!" He hung up, not caring how rude he was or how demanding he sounded, he needed to leave and he didn't trust Brenda not to go out on her own. Turning to her, he kept his voice calm and cool. "Do not leave until Sonny…." He didn't get the chance to finish…of course.
"Wait, wait, wait, excuse me… you do not get to tell me what to do… What are you my father? I can leave when ever…."
"ENOUGH!" He didn't expect it come out like a yell, and judging from her wide eyes, neither did she. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath, all the while clenching and unclenching his fists. "The Balkan is still out there and I have to leave, so do NOT go anywhere until Sonny gets here. Look, I don't like this as much as you do, so we just have to make the best of this situation."
"So I'm just supposed to be trapped in here this whole time?"
"Well instead of sending Spinelli on those stupid errands of yours, why don't you let him finally do his job so that he can find out who this Balkan guy is so that we can take care of him." Opening the doors he called for his guards a little too loudly, his patience was running out. "Max! Milo! Stay in here and make sure that she doesn't leave until Sonny gets here." Without giving them a chance to respond, he walked out and slammed the door behind him.
Stepping into the elevator, he repeatedly stabbed at the Lobby button despite knowing that the elevator wouldn't go any faster, he was just desperate to get out of there and desperate to get to Sam. Seeing her would calm the raging beast that lives within him, she was the love of his life, his life line, and remembering Carly's words "sexy, Brittish guy" running through his mind wasn't helping him relax. Looking down, he hadn't even realized that he had a tight grip on his 9 mm , so tight that his knuckles had turned white and the muscles of his arm were tense. His patience was completely gone, Brenda annoyed him, Sonny was pissing him off, and Spinelli was getting on his nerves. Taking a deep breath as he conjured Sam's beautiful face in his mind, he instantly relaxed. Making sure the safety was on, he tucked his gun back into the waist band of his jeans, he just prayed that this guy she was having lunch with didn't give him a chance to use it.
"So, Samantha, tell me something about yourself." Aidan asked as he took a bite of his dinner. He remembered Robin telling him on the phone that he was going to be working with a Sam McCall, but she never said that Sam was a girl, a gorgeous girl to be exact. So imagine his surprise when he used the high tech computers at the Special Opps headquarters to run a thorough background check, that Sam McCall was Samantha, con artist turned Everyday Hero turned PI. And her picture didn't do her justice, on paper she was beautiful, but in real life she was like a dream. A walking wet dream. Her rap sheet was a mile long, including many arrests, solicitation, murder (in self defense) and many, many other thing he was dying to hear about. He was impressed and completely captured by her.
Sitting back after devouring her meal, Sam eyed him warily. "I'm sure you know all about me from the background check that you've already done." Taking a swing from her beer, she set it back down and folded her hands on her lap. "After all, I'll be doing the same as soon as I head back to the office."
Mimicking her actions, Aidan sat back in his chair as well, having finished with his meal. "You're right, but there is so much more to be learned from the actual person than what you can find on paper. Your arrest record actually froze up the computer." Hearing her soft laughter, he suddenly yearned to hear more of it. "Tell me something about yourself Samantha, something no one else would know."
"You're not the first person to say that." She giggled remembering the cop that tried to them arrested at the pizza shack when they were trying to find Michael and Kristina last year. He said the same thing, but her favorite was when 'Deputy Do Right' called them 'a real life Bonnie and Clyde.' "What do you want to know about me?"
"Anything. I have to tell you Samantha that I find you completely fascinating, and if this case that Robin hired us on wasn't so urgent, I would love to find out more about you. The question is: will you give me that chance?"
Choosing to ignore his question, even though she was flattered by it, Sam chose to stick to the topic of why they were hired. "Let's just stick with the case. Ok?" Seeing him nod in acceptance after a moment of hesitation, probably because he was determined to see that his cousin was safe, Sam broke it down. "Ok, so, whoever this Dr. Niles is, is causing Robin some trouble. We have to find a way to catch whatever she's doing as soon as possible before things get out of hand. I don't want anything to happen to Emma or her family."
"What do you suggest?"
"We could follow her, but she's way too smart to do anything out openly. We need to catch her red handed." Sam watched him warily, being careful with her next words. "What type of jurisdiction do you have in Port Charles…" Not seeing him understand, Sam reiterated. "Like authority…" Still no recognition. "Um… as her cousin I would think that you wouldn't give a shit if we broke the law. Right?"
Finally, he understood what she meant. "Sam, if the end results mean that my family is protected, I don't care if we have to kill the bitch to do it, whatever happens here will stay between us."
Sam was thankful that he understood before involving anyone else into this case. "So no cops, no Feds or Special Opps?"
Aidan couldn't help but smile at her determination. "I promise not to tell anyone, not involve anyone without your permission, and to keep whatever secrets we have safe. You have my word." Seeing her triumphant smile caused his heart to clench, something that hadn't happen to him in a long time. After everything that he had done in Pine Valley to Kendall and Zach, he had no right to judge or her unlawful actions. What he did was horrendous, something he never thought he could do; he kept a woman away from her husband and children, all for his sick obsession. As soon as he was arrested, he was shipped back off to the Special Opp headquarters by his superior. He was given a deal, doing jail time for kidnapping, or going back to the forces and have the arrest erased off his record. He went back to the forces, until that call from Robin. No one would ever find out the real reason he left Pine Valley.
"Ok. I believe you, I may not trust you only because I don't know you, but I believe that you would do anything to keep your family safe. So… I thought that maybe we could break into her home, set up cameras, a listening device, something to know what she is planning. Then I could have Spinelli…"
"Who's Spinelli?"
"Damion Spinelli, he's the Jackal part of McCall and Jackal PI. He's "the assassination of cyber space", I'll have him link up to the computers at the General Hospital, maybe we can catch her that way."
"You mean hack."
"We don't use that word any longer, not since the problem with the FBI, LINK is an appropriate term, or whatever." She waved her hand dismissively. "Anyways, here is my phone number and my addresses, to the office and my apartment." She handed him her business card after she wrote down her home address. "I work from home a lot of times, and I figure that if we're going to be glued to the computers, we might want to be comfortable." She saw his dashing smile and blushed at realizing his was probably picturing them hanging out at her place. If she wasn't with Jason, then maybe, but she would never, she was in love with that man and always would be.
Liking the idea of getting comfortable with her, Aidan chose to approach the topic again. "So, are you seeing anyone?"
"Yeah, ME!"Jason growled out.
Aidan looked up to the tall muscular man that just approached hovering over Samantha, with his arm the other man possessively snaked it around her as she stood up. He had her wrapped up protectively and Aidan didn't like it. He was wearing black leather jacket that made his blue eyes look hard and threatening. Looking back at Samantha, he could see that she was just as shocked as he was.
"Jason!" She was surprised but happy to see him. She hadn't seen in a few days and she missed him terribly. "Hey, what are you doing here?" Noticing the menacing glare he had on Aidan, Sam instinctively looked around, probably looking for the quickest exit in case things got heated and stopped short, noticing Carly laughing over at the bar. She narrowed her eyes and turned back to Jason, slightly disappointed that probably the only reason he came looking for her was because Carly called him. "Let me guess, Carly called." She knew she was right from the guilt she saw as he abruptly turned to her. Sighing, Sam tried to step back but topped moving when Jason's arm tightened around her waist, she realized she had to explain. "Robin called us to work together on the case…" She motioned to the man sitting down, not liking the teasing smile on his face. "Aidan Devane…" She pointed to the man standing next to her. "Jason Morgan."
Seeing the recognition in the cold enforcer's eyes, Aidan elaborated. "Robin is my Aunt Anna's daughter, she's my cousin, and Samantha here is going to help me take the woman that's terrorizing her down." He knew all about this man, when he saw it come up more than once on Samantha's record, he checked into his background as well, and what he found was quiet scary and….. impressive.
Wanting to explain further and hope to relieve the tension coming off of Jason that was suddenly choking the air, Sam explained further. "This Dr. Niles chick is crazy and Robin thought it best that we worked together, I mean do you know the shit that's she's doing to Robin, following her and Emma around, boiling stuffed bunnies in beakers, it's really sick Jason and she needs to get caught before she hurts somebody."
Softening up as he looked at her, Jason kept his voice soft despite of the worry that suddenly crept up. "Maybe you shouldn't be involved in this, its sounds too dangerous Sam." Seeing the warning look she was suddenly giving him, Jason proceeded with caution. "She's already gotten to Robin, I mean why else would Robin involve you guys, maybe you should sit this one out." He knew he was wrong as soon as she saw him shove his arm and step back to glare at him.
"Excuse me! Jason! Robin is a friend, and your ex girlfriend if I might add, she asked me to help her and her family to catch some psycho bitch that wants to hurt her, and you bet your ASS that I'm NOT going to just sit this one out." Collecting her jacket and shoving it on, she turned back to him. "You know what Jason, I'll take a page out of your book and tell you that I'm just protecting and helping out a friend." She sneered at him than looked down to Aidan. "I'll call you later." Then turned at walked out without giving Jason a glance, she could vaguely hear Carly laughing in the background. Bitch.
Watching Samantha storm out of the Metro Court, Aidan stood up and grabbed his jacket readying to leave as well. "Well you certainly know how to drive her away, mate."
"Don't call me that." Jason snapped at the cocky bastard.
Aidan picked up the check that the waiter just set on the table, checked the outrageous price and closed back the folder that it came in. "She doesn't like to be told what to do, thanks for that hard earned lesson, I'll remember that next time." He slapped the folder on his chest, not intimated by the man one bit, sure Jason Morgan was a big and dangerous man but Aidan Devane was trained to kill a man with one blow, he was no pussy himself. "Take care of this, will you…. Mate." He stressed the last word, knowing that Jason would hate it but they were in a public place and there was nothing the guy to do about it. Aidan walked out, realizing that the gloves were off, Jason should be prepared for some man to man competition. The prize… Samantha.
Jason stood there for a moment, running through his mind what just happened. Sam was pissed off at him because he wanted to keep her safe. Granted this whole Brenda thing threw everyone off their axis, but Jason just wanted to help his friend and he sometimes can't focus on the outcome, a result from his accident. He gets so focused on one thing that he loses sight on another. Obviously with the way Sam was feeling lately, he has to work harder on that. Choosing to ignore the way Carly was in full blown laughter, probably because he was the one stuck with the check, he dropped the bill on the table along with a handful of money and walked out. He had to find Sam and make it up to her….. after he beat the shit out of that cocky son of a bitch. Remembering the way the asshole was staring at HIS Sam made his blood boil, from now on, he better keep his eyes to himself or he'll be losing them, along with another favored part of his anatomy.
