Sam Fowler and Amanda Cory are fictional characters from the American soap opera Another World.
He was there to find his half-brother, Mitch Blake (William Gray Espy), who happened to be the biological father of Amanda's younger brother, Matthew.
Amanda did not want to hurt her mother, however, and showed up at the cotillion on time, in full debutante regalia.
Mitch had to promise his fiancée Felicia Gallant (Linda Dano) that Mac was not to know that Sam was related to him, due to previous issues between the Cory family and him.
Amanda just wanted to be treated like any other person, so she did not tell him who her parents were, and since he did not see her at the debutante ball, he remained blissfully unaware.
She made up this persona called "Mandy Ashton" and started working on Brava Magazine at Cory Publishing, her father's company.
She made her father promise not to tell anyone who she was, and that he could only talk about it to people who knew (such as her mother, and her best friend Julie Ann).
Mac also hired Sam as a cover art designer, with Felicia pulling some strings with Rachel to get him the job.
Sam and Mitch's mother Loretta (Rosemary Murphy) came to town, and her big secret was revealed fairly early: she was a kleptomaniac.
He drove up to the Cory mansion and spied on the squabbling guests, finally deciding on climbing up to Amanda's window.
She started to yell at him for missing their important day, but as soon as he explained, Amanda hugged him and knew their love was real.
They wed shortly before Amanda gave birth to her only child, Alexandra "Alli" Fowler (named after Mac's mother).
And Iris turned out to be the secret CEO of Bennett Publishing, having set the whole thing up to play the hero and win Mac over.
She spent months in a wheelchair with Grant calling all the shots, but as soon as she could walk again and realized what a skunk her husband was, she divorced him.
Eventually she was found out, but not before developing feelings for IAD officer Neil Johansen, co-owner of the Herald Jake McKinnon (Matt had given Amanda his half), and carpenter-turned-doctor Shane Roberts.
Amanda began a romantic relationship with Frank Cameron, a convict-turned-FBI-agent who was sent to infiltrate the Cory household.
She called off the ceremony, then spent a time being stalked by Jordan Stark, who knew that Amanda was the reincarnation of his dead wife, Amalie Kittridge.