Sam Adams Meets His Match

Sam Adams was a professional con artist and gambler. He had graduated from the university of hard knocks before making it out to Asia where he supported himself teaching English, and running cons on both the locals and unwary tourists. Along the way he learned Thai and managed to con his way into obtaining a legitimate visa after he opened the Cosmos Bar which soon became the place to be in Bangkok. Located in Soi Cowboy, the Cosmos Bar had the best drinks, the best food and the best girls. And he also ran a card game in the back for selected participants.

Sam had been there for ten years and was involved with a local woman, Khun Lek who was the niece of a notorious gangster. The uncle liked Sam and hoped that he would marry his niece and she could get a coveted green card through Sam.

Sam still played the con game from time to time but it was getting harder to do now that he was semi-legit. Sam thought he had seen it all, learned it all until one day he met the mysterious alluring Maria Lee. Maria Lee was a drop dead gorgeous Korean American woman on the lam from an abusive husband in Korea.

She said to Sam when they first met,

Sam, I know what you are. So let’s get on the same team. I need your help in taking down my ex-husband and in return we will get married. Sam smiled, and said

Deal as long as we don’t go back to the States or Korea, Sam felt he had met his criminal soulmate in the mean streets of Bangkok, that city of Lost Angels.