Samantha Shelby is that girl you either loved or hated in high school. Attractive, popular, charming, snobbish, vain, aloof. Everyone saw Sam as they wanted her to be.

To her friends she was the one they aspired to be. To the unpopular kids she was the figurehead for all their unhappiness. To the boys she was a prize to be had.

Fortunately for Sam, she had other ideas and the tools for success.

After Sam graduated high school she started to climb her way to the top one manipulation at a time, always using people's perceptions of her against them. If others were foolish enough to typecast her she would use that to her advantage.

Sam is now the top investigative reporter at Channel 14 News in Chicago. Smart and driven, Ms. Shelby will not stop until she has her story.