Sam stood in the kitchen as she tried to get around all the sweet butts and old ladies that took over Opie's kitchen. She was putting away dishes when she heard the door open. She looked up to see Jax heading in her direction. She walked around Mary who was washing dishes and pulled Jax into a much needed hug. "Hey Sam." He sighed as he looked over to shoulder to Mary. "Hey Mary." he greeted Opie's mom. Sam sniffled as she tried to hold her tears in. Mary wasn't quite as strong at holding her tears in. "Where is he?" he asked her as he continued to hold onto Sam. "He's outside with the kids." Mary told him. Jax nodded and squeezed Sam's side. "You wanna come outside with me?" he asked her. She pulled away and wiped the tears that had escaped from her eyes. "Yea I could use the fresh air." she said in a soft voice. Jax looked back at Mary. "Its good that you're here. He really needs you right now." He told Mary who nodded her head in return. Jax squeezed Mary's arm and pulled Sam out the back door. He let go of her as they walked in silence over to the swing set that Opie and the kids were at. Opie saw them coming and stood up. He pulled Jax into a hug before he pulled Sam into a side hug. They let go of each other and faced the kids. "How are they doing?" Jax asked softly. "Ellie has been crying all morning. And Kenny still doesn't get it." Opie informed Jax. Sam let out a sigh. "That's boys for ya." she said in a sad voice."Do you want me to stick around?" Jax asked. Opie shook his head. "No. Sam you have been here this whole time. You should leave with Jax for a little while." Sam shook her head. "No, I'm gonna stay here-" he cut her off. "You've been great Sam. But I just need to be alone with my kids. Besides you've been stuck in this house with me. You need to get out for a little while." Sam shook her head. "You know I don't mind." Sam argued. Opie looked at her with sad eyes. "She knew. She knew that I was gonna bring shit like this." Opie sighed in defeat. "Op you didn't bring this." Jax defended. "Opie this wasn't your fault." Sam argued back as well. "A banger shot my wife." he spit out angrily at them causing Sam to tear up again. "I had nothing to do with that? Sam you made a great choice by getting out. You made a mistake coming back to this mess. You should go back to LA before you're next." Opie gave her a look before he walked away from them and over to the kids. Sam looked at Jax with wide eyes before she stormed back into the house to grab her things.

Jax dropped Sam off at her hotel and took off back home. She walked up the steps toward the room she has occupied for a few months. She unlocked the door and sighed as she threw herself back against the door and closed her eyes. She moved away from the door and plugged her phone into the charger to see that she had messages from Juice asking her if she was OK. Her phone blinked to show that she had a voicemail. Curiously she listened to it. "Samantha. This is Bruce Wilson. I got your 2 week notice and I don't accept it. You're too good of an associate to just let you go. I will double your pay and work with any schedule you want just don't leave this club. I am sorry to hear about your friend passing. Take all the time you need. I hope to hear from you soon about your job. Sam sighed in frustration and threw her phone back on the bed. She knew that she didn't make a decision until she talked to Jax.

After she showered and changed her clothes Sam headed over to TM to find Jax. She was just walking through the parking lot when Juice rushed out of the garage and headed for the club house. He spotted her and headed toward her. She sighed and walked up to him. "Hey, I haven't heard from you are you OK?" he asked as he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer. She let him as he leaned down and kissed her quickly on the lips. She pulled away and smiled awkwardly. "I'm fine. I've just been staying at Opie's to help out the best that I can." she told him quickly. "That's good. I was actually hoping that we could talk later." Juice stuttered out awkwardly. Jax came walking out of the garage with Chibs following close behind him. Sam gave a confused look as Jax stopped beside Juice. "I hate to interrupt but I could really use your assistance right now." Jax stated to Sam. She looked at him concerned. "What's wrong?" She asked quickly. " Its Piney. He went after Leroy." Sam's eyes widened. She looked back at Juice and gave him a small sheepish look. "We'll talk later." she told him before she followed Jax over to his motorcycle. "Sorry if I interrupted something important princess." Jax shouted back to her as he started his engine. "Its nothing important that couldn't wait til later." she told him back as he sped out of the parking lot with Chibs following behind them.

They drove clear to Oakland where Leroy was waiting for them as they pulled up. Sam sighed as she got off the bike and faced Leroy who got out of the car. "We got a problem." he told Jax then glanced at Sam. "Its good to see you Sam, you're looking good." he told her as he looked her over. She smiled politely. "Leroy, its good to see you too." she told him back. They followed Leroy into the bar and found Piney pointing a gun at one of Leroy's men. "Shit." Jax murmured. Sam sighed in frustration. "God damn it Piney!" Sam put her hands on her hips. "This doesn't involve you Jax or you Sam. One of these assholes killed Donna, and I'm gonna make it right." Piney stated angrily. "What the hell is he talking about?" Leroy asked Sam and Jax. Sam looked at Leroy and sighed. "I get him to put down that revolver, you promise we walk out of here alive?" Jax whispered to Leroy glanced at Sam who raised an eyebrow in question and he nodded his head. "Yea. Only because you got Sam here with you." Jax nodded in understanding and walked toward the table that Piney was occupying. Sam walked further in and leaned against the wall causally with her arms crossed against her chest. Piney looked at Jax moving closer to him. "No." he said to him. "Put the gun down Piney." Jax ordered. "I ain't leaving, until the nigger that killed Donna is dead!" Piney exclaimed. "Piney!" Sam scolded. Kip looked at Sam and Jax before he leaned forward and elbowed Piney in the chest causing him to lose the gun. "Shithead." Piney scolded Kip as he punched him in the arm.

Sam stood at the table as Piney and Jax sat across from Leroy. "Noise we made at the Mayan gun sale is about how pissed off we are. But if we wanted your cracker asses dead-" he trailed off. Sam rolled her eyes at him. "Someone last night in a gangster SUV gunned down my daughter. Now that smells just like nigger revenge to me." Piney imputed. "Piney." Sam said in a scolding tone about his words. "Nigger, nigger, nigger. If this old fat bastard says nigger one more time, and that walking out alive deal that we talked about is off the goddamn table." Sam sighed and placed her hands on the table in front of Leroy as she looked at him. "You're acting so hard over a little word that I hear y'all say all the time to each other." she said in a soft tone as she stared him down. She saw a trace of a smirk on his face and knew that she had him. "Someone went after one of my guys, they killed his wife by mistake. She was Sam's good friend." Jax told him angrily. Leroy looked from Sam to Jax. "I'm sorry about your friend Sam but it wasn't us." Leroy told them. "So this old fat bastard is suppose to take your word for it because you're an honorable black man?" Sam turned to Piney the same time Jax did. "Shut up!" they shouted to him at the same time. Leroy chuckled annoying them further. "Your trouble with us, did you work that out of your system? Or does your hatred just keep growing?" Sam asked Leroy getting back to the point. "You keep talking about beef-!" Jax cut Piney off angrily. "Piney! Let us handle this or I will kill you myself!" Jax shouted at him angrily. Sam turned back to Leroy and gave him a look to answer her question once Piney settled down. "The business issues I have with your boys still need to be worked out. But if my need to hurt Samcro took me to Charming and had me killing women do you really think that we'd be sitting here talking?" Sam sighed and stood back straight up and crossed her arms. She looked at Jax who looked like he believed him. "I'm telling you the truth. Niners didn't kill your daughter." Sam tried to control her emotions when she realized that Leroy was telling the truth. Leroy stood up and looked at Sam. "I suggest you get your boys and find your way back home quickly." He told Sam who nodded her head. Leroy gave her one last look before he turned to walk away. Sam looked to be deep in thought as Jax and Piney had thoughts running through their heads the same as Sam's. If Niners didn't kill Donna then who did?"

Sam went with Jax to the police station. He wanted her to go with him to see if there were any new leads about Donna's death. Sam stood off to the side as Jax went to ask Unser questions. Everything around her became white noise. She didn't want to be in Charming anymore. Every time she comes back someone always dies. When she was living in LA she didn't have this kind of stress in her life. She wanted to go back. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned quickly to see David Hale looking at her. "I need to talk to you and Jax." he told her as he moved past her to get Jax. They both followed him back to the cells so they could talk in private. "What is this about David?" Sam asked losing patience. David sighed and looked like he was struggling with something. Sam shared a look with Jax and waited. "I know how close you two are with Opie. I remember how you guys were in high school. You guys were inseparable and it constantly drove me nuts." Jax looked amused. "This is feeling a little gay." Sam back handed Jax's chest lightly not finding it amusing. David looked hesitant as he looked at them. "I knew that Stahl was setting Opie up as the rat. She wired his truck. I think Clay found that wire and thought Opie was working with the feds. I think Clay tried to have him killed." Sam let out a breath as her eyes widened. She leaned against the cell bars for support as she felt herself go numb. "Donna was a mistake." Sam sat down and put her head between her legs and tried to breath. She was having a hard time dealing with this. "Why are you telling us this shit now? You think we'll just give up Clay?" Sam took a deep breath and stood up as the same time David did. He looked from Sam to Jax. "We ended up on opposing teams. There was a time where we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together." he said to Sam and gave her a sad look. He then turned back to Jax. "You and me, we don't like each other very much, but seeing an innocent woman gunned down and two little kids without a mom." Sam braced herself for his next words. "I think that falls on the wrong side of the fence for the three of us." he gave Sam one more sad smile before he walked away. Sam jumped when Jax angrily kicked the cell door. She turned to face Jax. "I can't do this anymore. My whole body hurts with grief. The club isn't the same anymore and I don't want a part of it." Jax looked up at her with confusion and surprise. "What are you saying Sam?" Jax asked forcefully. She wiped a tear from her face and faced her best friend. " I got a call from my boss. He wants me back in LA, and I'm going." she told him before she walked out of the room and away from Jax.

Sam walked down the street as she headed in the direction of TM. She knew she needed to back up Jax with Clay in their suspicions, but she had to do something first. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed her boss's number that she knew very well. She reached his voicemail but she had a message to leave. "Hello Mr. Wilson, its Samantha. I accept your offer for a promotion and I will be back to work in a couple of days." she hung up the phone as she walked through the parking lot of TM. She walked back into the clubhouse and walked through the chapel doors to see Jax sitting there. They looked at each other as she sat down beside him and waited for Clay.

Clay finally walked in and he looked surprised to see Sam sitting beside Jax. "I heard that you were looking for me, but I didn't know you had your side kick with you." Sam glared at him as he sat down in his chair. Sam remained silent for once deciding to let Jax take the lead on this. "Two days ago you sat there. You made us both a promise and said that Opie was safe." he motioned between Sam and him. "Now we're both here again asking you, brother to brother, father to son, king to prince and princess, just tell us the truth and we will accept it." Jax said in a calm voice. Sam sat there not knowing if she even wanted to know the truth. "Did you try to kill Opie? Did you kill Donna by mistake?" Sam held her breath as she waited for Clay; who she has looked to as a second father her whole life to respond to Jax's question. Clay looked at them both until he finally spoke. "I don't know who has been filling both of your heads with shit. I'm gonna tell you both again; I love Opie and loved Donna. I would never do anything to hurt them." Sam sighed and nodded her head and stood up. She walked out the door and found Juice sitting by his computer and he looked upset. "Hey are you alright?" she asked him as he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer to him. "Do you know where Tig is?" Jax asked coming to stand beside them. Sam ran her hand through his Mohawk knowing that it calms him down. "Yea I know where he is. He's on his way to the safe house." Juice said sounding very upset. "What's wrong?" Sam asked him with concern. Jax looked at both of them with guilt in his eyes. "The info on that witness just now came out. She's a 17 year old girl guys." Sam's eyes widened in surprise as she felt Juice pull her closer to him for support. She wrapped her arm around his shoulder. "Holy shit." Jax whispered just as surprised as Sam was. "Where are they?" Jax asked and Juice pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. "Where are you going?" Clay asked as Jax took off his kutte and handed it to Sam. "What the hell are you doing?! Jax!" Jax slammed the door closed and Sam glared at Clay who looked like things were falling apart on him. Sam grabbed Juice's hand. "Come with me." she pulled him up and led him out of the room.

They walked outside to a picnic table and she sat him down. "Look at me Juice." she said softly. He looked up at her with sad eyes. "You are not a bad person. You did the right thing by giving the information to Jax when you did. He's going to stop it." he looked down and looked sad and pitiful. She sat down beside him on the bench and faced him. "You didn't know that was a 17 year old girl. You are not a bad person for that." she sniffled as she had to look away from him to find the words that she knew she had to say to him. "I'm leaving Juice." He looked up at her in surprise and hurt. "It has nothing to do with you at all. I really like you, but I can't be around here. Not when the club is like this. They have been my family for so long-" tears started to flow as she couldn't hold them in. Juice grabbed her hand as she continued. "Donna's death is just the beginning and I don't wanna be here when it gets worse." Juice looked confused. "What do you mean Donna's death? It was the niners." Sam shook her head. "It wasn't the niners. I'm so sorry Juice." she kissed his cheek lightly before she stood up and grabbed the address of the safe house and walked away.

She made it to the safe house just in time to see Jax slam Tig into the table. She watched from the door with her arms crossed with a glare as Tig turned to face Jax. "Come on." Jax punched him once making Tig fall over the table and chair onto the floor. Jax went to grab him and Sam spoke up. "That's enough Jax." Jax breathed heavy as he glared at Tig before he walked out past Sam and out the door. Sam waited until she heard the sound of his motorcycle before she stepped forward. She didn't say a word as she helped Tig to sit on the kitchen table. She stepped back and crossed her arms again. "You do know what that was for right?" she asked as she glared. Tig scoffed. "The boy got a hero complex with girls." Tig tried to joke off but Sam wasn't having it. "He knows the truth." Tig looked up at her. "And so do I." she informed him. She sighed and looked down at him again. "You disappointed me Tig. I looked up to you the most." she felt tears coming again. "And the one time I ask you to trust me and you don't that hurts more than you can ever imagine." she told him with anger and hurt in her voice. She turned and walked out the door and got in her car and drove off.

Sam got to her hotel and got out the car. She stopped in surprise when she seen Tara standing by the door waiting for her. "Hey, what are you doing here?" she asked her as she came to stand in front of her. "I need your honesty right now." Tara confessed to her. Sam nodded her head and unlocked her hotel room door. They walked in and Tara noticed the packed bags. "Are you leaving?" Tara asked in surprise. Sam sat down on the bed and nodded. "Yea, its time for me to get back to LA." Sam told her. "But you didn't come here to talk about me. What's going on T?" Sam asked as she pulled two beers from the mini fridge. Tara accepted the beer and sighed. "I told Jax that I'm thinking about going back to Chicago. And he threw a fit on me." Tara took a drink of her beer. Sam rolled her eyes and looked at Tara. "Do you love Jax?" Sam asked her. "I don't mean the first love forever bullshit. I mean the I accept all of you forever until I die bullshit. Because if you don't then yes you should leave. But if there is even a small chance that you can love that boy with every part of your being then stay." Sam said to her as she finished her beer and reached for another.

The next day after getting everything packed and in her car she got dressed and ready for Donna's funeral. She drove in her car to the cemetery. She spotted Jax as she got out of her car and met up with Tara. She sat beside her during the ceremony wanting to be far away from everyone as she could be. She looked up and spotted Jax heading their way. Tara grabbed the kutte off of her and headed to give it to Jax. She watched with a small smirk as Tara kissed Jax briefly knowing that it pissed Gemma and Wendy off. Tara had listened to Sam and took her advice. Jax walked up to the casket and put a flower down never taking his eyes off of Clay and Tig. He turned and walked away from the ceremony. Sam stood up catching their eye and walked off toward Jax. They were sitting in silence by JT Teller's grave when Piney walked up to them. He handed Jax an envelope and looked at the both of them. "Its time for a change." he said before he walked away from them. Sam looked at the envelope as Jax opened it revealing JT's book that Jax had burned a copy of. "He's right Jax." Sam kissed his cheek before she turned and walked away as she headed for her car. She didn't notice Clay and Gemma watching the two of them.

Sam walked toward her car and found Juice leaning against it. He saw her coming and stood straight up. "I don't want you to go." he said rushingly. Sam sighed as she came to stand beside him. "I have to Juice. I can't stay here." He leaned forward and pulled her into a kiss. She kissed him back and wrapped her arms around his neck deepening the kiss. She pulled away and stepped back. "I'm sorry." she whispered as she saw the look of hurt on his face. She walked around him and slid into her car. She felt tears coming down her cheeks as she pulled away looking in the review mirror to see him standing there watching her drive away.