Sam is Emily's best friend.
Both Sam and Emily have grown up in Paradise Beach. Together, they are known by the old ladies in the village as those two since they have been inseperable since birth. Both of them also have something physically different - where Emily has her Eight, her infinity symbol, at the back of her neck under her hair, Sam was born with a 'bum-thumb'.
Sam's thumb had a second digit springing from the top of her thumb with it's own little nail so that it looked like a heart. Sam's parents, however, had this operated on when she was still very young as they didn't want her to be teased by the children or adults as she grew up. This difference has made Sam conscious of being herself from an early age and her confidence comes from this place where she knows she is different but the same and loved regardless.
Where Emily is still tentative, prefering her books to new company, Sam is the outgoing, sporty, gregarious one who knows everyone in town. She is Emily's protector and sister when it comes to other people and constantly tries to draw Emily out of her shell, always saying things like 'Life's an adventure!'
Sam is light to Emily's dark. Sam is blond, full of fun and laughter and rarely takes anything seriously. She definately needs to see to beleive but does beleive in her crazy best friend, Emily.
Sam learns that there is another side to life as the story unveils, because she beleives in her friend and if Emily say's somethings happening - somethings got to be happening! Eventually, Sam comes to know something that Emily doesn't and this scares her into being the someone that she is not - a cautious, scared soul.
But Sam being Sam.....always bounces back!
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