2 years ago, Mercedes and Sam started Evans-Jones Legal Group, after finishing law school together. The turned out to be quite the legal duo, between Mercedes sass and no bullshit attitude and Sam's Heart of gold they were quite successful. To help get it off the ground, Sam and Mercedes enlisted the help of several of their friends including the all to eager Quinn Fabray, Sam's ex-girlfriend. Quinn had had rough few years and was struggling to get by when Sam offered her a position as his assistant. Mercedes trusted Sam and knew that he was genuinely trying to help Quinn get back on her feet but Mercedes didn't like it one bit. Sam, God bless his southern hospitality had even went so far as to offer her a place to stay until she got back on her feet, which she gladly took, staying in Mercedes and Sam's basement for the past 6 months. Mercedes had made her views on Quinn very clear to Sam, she hated the how possessive Quinn had become of Sam, she even going so far as to plan his schedule to conveniently forget his date nights w. Mercedes. Sam stood firm on the fact that he was just helping her until she got back on her feet. To which Mercedes grumbled that bitch is gonna make sure she stays down and drag you down with her before sighing and agreeing with Sam, maybe it was all in her head? Or was it?
5 years into blissful marriage, Mercedes Jones-Evans laid in bed as she heard her husband rise to get rise to get ready for work, she stirred slightly thinking today was the court date, before shutting her eyes and falling back asleep. As confident as Mercedes was in the court room this time was difference, this time it was her that was on trial with Sam as her defense lawyer. It started one fateful evening on her drive home, she was working late at the office and it started pouring down rain obscuring her vision and causing her car to slide a struck a young child attempting to cross the street killing him instantly. Today would be the first time Mercedes would come face to face with the child's parents and she was terrified. The instance left Mercedes so jarred that she woke up every night for the past month in the memory of that sweet boys face screaming. She couldn't eat, she couldn't sleep she was just the shell of the women she once was. Her loving husband, Sam stood by her throughout all her pain and suffering insisting that she take a short leave from the office, leaving him to manage the firm for the past month with the help of his ever infuriating assistant and ex-girlfriend, Quinn Fabray Mercedes eyes rolled at the very thought of her. It was sad to think that at one time they were very close, the Jones family had even taken her in when she had become pregnant in high school and how did Quiin repay Mercedes? By forgetting that she even existed, that was until of course she married Sam Evans. Mercedes didn't trust this girl as far as she could throw her but put up with her for Sam's sake, she knew that he was trying to do a good thing by taking her in but living with her was really starting to irk Mercedes. She felt as if Quinn was using her mental instability post the accident to purposely get closer to Sam. Shutting her eyes tightly trying to get thoughts of the trial and Quinn out of her head she heard Sam enter their room followed by Quinn who whispered to him, 'I'll tell her everything" as Sam rummaged through the room looking for something. He gently sat on the bed looking through a drawer for something. Sam replied back " You know Mercedes called you a bitch right? I I wonder why he said laughing softly. Oh Hell to the No, thought Mercedes pinching his thigh hard to let him know that she was a wake and thoroughly pissed off.