Sitting at Kelly's, Sam is lost in thought thinking about the stuff that has happened over the past couple of days. Finding out about her little brother and Olivia giving birth then Duke being killed and the stuff at the garage. She lets out a sigh thinking how easily it could have been her or Jake laying in that comma instead of Hayden. She feels horrible for Hayden and what she has to go through. Sam only hopes that she is able to fight and come out of it. She may have come to town for the wrong reasons but it seemed to Sam that she was trying to make up for it by wanting to tell Jake who he really is.
Jake. She doesn't know what it is about this man with no memory that she is drawn to be she is. Despite their rocky start, they have become friends and she genuinely liked him. Talking to him at the hospital was so easy. It felt natural. She was so lost in thought that she didn't see the very person that she was thinking about come in and head in her direction. "Sam?" Jake says before waving a hand in her face.
"Oh! Hey Jake. How are you?" Sam asked.
"I'm doing good. Can I sit? I have something that I want to talk to you about."
"Of course! Sit, sit. What's up?"
"Well I just wanted to say thanks for everything that you did at the hospital. I know it wasn't easy trying to distract me but you did and I wanted to say thanks." "Come on! It was not problem. I know you were anxious and like I said I've been there and it helped that I had people around me. I'm just glad that I could help."
"You did," he says. "A lot. I also wanted to let you know what was going on with the whole Duke thing. I was planning on turning myself in and I did."
"What?!" Sam asks chocked. "But Jake, you didn't do it!"
"I know and now so do the PCPD." He says. "Huh?" Sam asks confused. "After I turned myself in, the commissionaire let me know that they had found the person actually responsible." He takes a breath before saying "it was your dad's right hand man, Carlos."
For a minute, Sam is shocked but after a while it starts to make sense that if it wasn't Jake, then it would have had to be Carlos. "I know that I shouldn't be shocked but I am," she says. "What happens now?"
"Sloane said I was cleared of all charges. And I am also planning to quit working for your dad. I know that I asked you for help in finding the job and I just wanted to say I am sorry it didn't work out but I think that it is for the best." He takes a deep breath before continuing in a lower voice, "It could have easily been you that is laying in a comma right now. Away from Danny and Patrick and Emma. And ways from your mother and sister. I am not going to take the chance of it happening ever again. If you had been the one that was shot I would never be able to live with myself."
Sam stares at Jake with a soft look in her eyes. "I'm use to danger surrounding me. I was with Jason for a long time and even before him I didn't exactly live on the safe side."
"I know that you can take care of yourself, Sam, but I don't want you to ever be in danger because of me. Not again."
"Thank you" Sam says, "and I'm sure that Elizabeth will be happy that you are no longer going to be a part of the business. She was never really one to be able to handle the danger."
"She is another reason that I made this decision. But the thought of you being shot that day is what made me really realize this was not longer for me." he says softly. Sam gives Jake a little smile and he returns it.