"Sam?" Samantha turns around after hearing a voice from her past call out her name. Standing there is Reed Connors. They had a dreamlike time together, but he abandoned her and never contacted her again. In return for loving him, Samantha fell pregnant and lost her dreams and her family. Raising the child in her hometown, she has finally gotten on track with her work and the wounds of her heart have started to heal... so why has Reed shown up again now, of all times? Samantha treats him coolly after their nine-year estrangement, yet she responds without thinking to Reed's kiss!