Reunion
UPDATED
Mercedes Jones
"Babe there's a letter for you I've put it on the table just here" Melvin said as he left the house "Babe are you hearing me?" he asked still no answer "Cedes" he shouted
"Yes babe what's up" she said as she came to the top of the stairs with her hair wrapped in a towel and just her knickers and bra on
"Letter on the table for you" he said looking cross
"Okay but I'm sure I would have seen it on my way out babe"
"What was that Babe?"
"Nothing have a good day, I'll see you this evening"
"I'm late at the office again tonight so don't wait up" he said
"This is the third time this week, what have they got you doing now?" she asked
"It'll slow down in a couple of months I'm sure but I'm dealing with it" he said as he opened the door stepped out looked back, gave an air kiss and left.
"I'm sure she will" Cedes said as she went back to the bedroom to get dressed
Melvin was a bit of a catch according to her mother and although Cedes wasn't too keen she married him anyway mainly because Sam; the love of her life, had married some girl called Stacy, like his sister, when she got pregnant of all the stupid things to do, he'd said to her when he called to tell her their plans needed to be abandoned. "I meant what I said though Mercy whoever I'm with I'll be wishing they were you" she remembered as she sat on the stool in her room wondering how she settled for this life and still managed to get fucked over. Melvin was known for his indiscretions and Cedes just carried on as if she couldn't read, hear or see for an easy life. He had a pattern sweating while talking then late nights at work then weekends away and then he'd be doing that for a while before everything would get back to normal and then he'd splash the cash on her to show his fake love for a month. She was fed up but what was she going to do there was no one else out there for her, in her heart there was just unavailable Sam. She sorted out her hair got dressed and went to wake the children up.
The children weren't hers they belonged to Melvin but she had become attached and they called her Mom as they knew nothing else after 11 years of care. Their mothers had dropped them off when they realised that Melvin was married and they couldn't get alimony because paternity wasn't proved, he was just too lazy to get any proof at all about him being the father, he took them in and gave them to Cedes almost as a present. He thought she couldn't have children but it was her choice not to have children with him, that, she thought, would be the ultimate sin children born out of a false relationship.
So she got them up, dressed, fed and off to school so that she could do her favourite pass time event visit Shane at the Studio, an ex from school, he would give her free studio time if no one was using the room and she could vent off in there for a few hours and going home seemed manageable after that. Melvin didn't encourage her singing he thought it was for stars who could make money off it and she just wasn't star material. Shane always talked about taking her away from it all but Cedes was too concerned about Melvin and his dodgy dealings to get anyone involved in her life. She hated the name Cedes but had asked Melvin to call her that mainly so she was always reminded that she hated him everyone else called her Mercedes except Sam who called her Mercy.
"That Damn letter" she said just as she was about the shut the door on leaving the house and picked it up and put it in her bag.
After a day at the Studio followed by Lunch and then meeting up with Claudia and June for chat and pedicures she went home to prepare dinner for the children.
"Good day at school" she asked as Michael and Cecil threw their bags on the floor in the hall
"Okay" they said together
"You know those are to be moved before your Dad gets home right"
"Yes Mom" they said as they sat at the table waiting to be fed. Once they got food they wolfed it down and were ready for playing out "Can we go" Michael the oldest said
"Bags" Cedes said making them run to get their bags to their rooms and change their clothes to go out
"Back by 7pm please" she said as they went out the door
Cecil turned back and ran to her "Mom can we have some money just in case?"
"Come on let's hear it, in case of what?"
"We might see sweets or something nice for you, anything a man shouldn't leave the house without money in his pocket" he said smiling up at her when he saw he was losing the argument
"Here you go" she said feeling in her bag for her purse to give him some money "Share it with your brother and don't be late back" she shouted after him as he left the house
She turned round to put the purse back and noticed the letter she picked up this morning "from Lima" she said looking at the back before opening it "Class of 2013 reunion" no fucking way she thought Reunion, why have they waited like 10 years to do this? she said to herself "My name is mud I'm not singing I had such big dreams when I was at school, even when I left but look at me Mother to two kids that are not mine married to Melvin 'the sex maniac' Jackson who thinks he can do what he wants because Michael's his brother, living like a single person most the time "Fuck will Sam be there?" she said to herself looking at the invitation "Sapp kurthummel2332 4440003 link to RSVP. and join chat" 'yes I'll be there' she Sapped.
"That gives me 2 weeks to prepare my shit" she said calling Shane for more studio time to get serious about knocking a tune out, Sam's name was on the list of attendees waiting to accept friend she noticed and smiled
Samuel Evans
"Samuel you need to stop drinking it's bad that all you ever show these kids about being a man is getting drunk all day" Stacy said "Samuel" she shouted but he was out of it. It was only 4pm and he was already out of it, what am I going to do with him she thought.
Sam had been a level headed guy at school, well almost level headed, he knew what he wanted and how to get it. He was going along well until she got pregnant, his parents and hers for that matter, drew the guilt card "Made your bed now Sam….", yeah he had, you don't go around getting girls pregnant and not suffer the consequences, so yep he'd married her only to find 5 months down the line that she wasn't pregnant, never was, and somehow he'd found himself trapped in a loveless marriage. They knew it wasn't love in the first place but Sam had promised to look after her and the baby forever, he'd made the heart crushing call to Mercy and finally broke it off and settled down into family life. When he found out she wasn't pregnant his instinct was to divorce her, call Mercy and hook up but the day before he plucked up the courage to call everything off he visited the Jones residence to find that Mercy had married so guy named Melvin Jackson "Who the fuck is he?" he asked D; Mercy's brother
"He's MJ's brother"
"Well I can't compete with that can I" he said, and that was that she was gone
Sam hit the bottle, life was going to be dull anyway, all he ever thought about was Mercy he had told her that would be the case and it was, he still lived in Lima and so everything reminded him of what he was missing. His family knew what was wrong but they never mentioned the name Mercy in Sam's ear. From the day he found out that Stacy had lied to him about the baby he had never touched her again but she had three children none of them his and everyone close to him must have known it but just never said anything.
"Sam" Stacy called
"Dad" Ben called waking him up
"Yes Son" he said having been the one constant in their lives all the children called him Dad "What's up boy, you need something" he said wiping his eyes
"An actual letter for you, I thought I need to put this in your hand, it never happens does it?" Ben said
"No it doesn't" Sam said taking the letter "it's probably junk mail"
"No Dad it looks official, if it is I want to go cos you'll be too drunk won't you?"
"I don't get drunk son, I just get chilled and then my head relaxes and I can sleep, it's like medicine"
"Don't tell the children that Samuel they'll think it is medicine for God sake" Stacy shouted
"Leave me alone woman" Sam spat ripping the letter open in anger and having to focus his eyes to read what it said "Class of 2013 school reunion" he read out "God it's been like what nearly 10 years since I've seen any of the crew from Glee" he said smiling and getting up off the sofa "I'm out" he said going to the bathroom before leaving the house.
He drove to the shop opposite the school and sat in his car looking at the school and thinking of old days "I wonder if Mercy'll come" he said looking at the invitation that famous Dru Hill song 'The Love We Had' came on and after listening to it he still sat staring "Sapp kurthummel2332 4440003 link to RSVP. and join chat "Should I" he said and did it anyway 'yes I'll be there' he Sapped.
"That gives me two weeks to prepare my shit, get this drink out of my system and be who she expects me to be" he said as he looked at the chat list and saw Mercy's name waiting to accept friend
Mercedes Jones
So it was the following day before Cedes got to see Melvin as he was in late "Babe I'm going to Lima in like two weeks"
"Going to see your parents babe please forgive me but I can't make this trip with you I'm so busy at work but I'll make it up to you when you get back, say hi to your parents for me will you? I'll put extra money in for the children's treats"
"It's not for two weeks babe" Mercy said looking at him puzzled
"I'm off to Venice tonight babe for like two weeks on business, no place for the children like so they'll be with you yeah"
"No Melvin they'll be with you I'm going to spend time with my parents so you need to make provision for them either you take them or they go to your Mom's those are the choices" Cedes said
"Where's all this attitude come from I only asked you to take the children with you, I'm willing to pay for everything"
"Pay your Mom, I'm having a break"
"I guess I have no argument after 10 years babe I'll sort it" Melvin said kissing her forehead as he left for work
"Sort it out today Melvin I'm serious I will drop them to their Momma's if it's not sorted I want my time" Cedes warned
Melvin knew Cedes didn't joke when she spoke she kept quiet the majority of the time even when she knew he was wrong so when she spoke he always listened and took everything she said as gospel, he had to find childcare today.
Mercy sat on the couch after everyone had gone out to look at the Sapp page to see who she recognised and saw, Rachel, Kurt obviously, Blaine, Santana, Tina, Mike, Sugar, Joe, Matt, and laughed as she remembered things she did with or to each one except for Rachel everyone had some downer on like life is shit or sucks but Rachel had wings on hers with fly going through it, Mercy didn't know what to make of that what shall I put she thought before putting an animated person putting their head in the sand bucket "Yeah that's me" she said and pressed send accepting the friend request.
Samuel Evans
Sam drove back home to unearth a revelation "Stacy I'm going to do what I wanted to do the day you told me you weren't really pregnant, but I was too much of a nice guy to do, I'm leaving today" he said turning around to walk into the bedroom to pack his things
"Why now Samuel, what's changed?" she asked
"Ben, Adam, Christopher to name a few" he couldn't catch his breath for the question "Stacy you've been sleeping with other men from that day I found out you lied till now, hell I don't know what's changed" he giggled in disbelief before he looked up considering "What about I don't love you, you don't love me, this is not a marriage, I don't want this take your pick woman"
"It's you that's driven me to sleeping out, you don't touch me, look at me, talk to me I mean this is the most conversation we've had in like 10 years Samuel"
"Stacy we don't know each other, we've never been interested in getting to know each other, I would say that's a big part of having a relationship wouldn't you?" he rolled his eyes saying "And further more, I can't stand the name Samuel" he said throwing his bag down "I just need to leave now Stacy, this is not good for me, you or the children, I have to go bye" he said picking up the bag and walking out
Sam jumped in his car and went to his parent's home "Mom, Dad I know you're not up for this, but I'm wasting my life and trying to kill myself at the same time, I need to get out of it, sorry I cannot do that to myself any more" he said standing in the hall of the house with his parents staring at their very lost son
"You did your best in a very bad situation Son, you did well to keep it up for this long, we wanted to advise but we just couldn't" his Dad said
"Son I'm here for you, we're here for you but the drinking has to stop" his Mom said walking up to him for a hug
"It's stopped Mom" he said as he broke down in his mother's arms, his dad went forward to help her with the weight. Eventually Sam calmed down and went to his room to rest hearing a blip on his phone he took it out to see what was going on to find a friend added to the reunion list, rubbing his eyes he looked again and again "Mercy" he said making the caption bigger "what is that her heads in the sand" what does she mean? he thought, what can I put on mine? he lay thinking before deciding to do his face coming out of the sand as an add on to Mercy statement he checked it lay back and pressed send accepting his friend request.
Mercy Jones
Cedes tapped into the studio quick time "Shay I need to get me at least a beat down like in the next week or so" she told him
"Fine, but have you spoken to Melvin about going viral you know how he is?" he asked
"Hey the way I feel now the only person that needs to okay this is me, and I'm okay anything else" she threw her bag down saying before taking off her coat ready to start singing
"Okay if that's what you say that's what you say" he smiled indicating for music to start "A bit of the old Mercedes coming through there" he smiled "Good to see her, you've been sad for too long" he said side eyeing her
"I think I need to put down that cloud beat I want a wrap today and I want it out in like 3 days Shay can you do that for me?"
"Cedes I work with the big boys you know I can do that for you, but can you manage the fallout from Mel? That's the big question"
"I can handle him Shay make it happen"
"Okay, re-spin the beat and get your girls in here" Shane said nodding to his mixer as her backers started the song intro before she came in singing 'No More Rain' by Angie Stone
"Sweet as a button" Shay said "Hit on first take, we have a determined woman on our hands guys, she means business" he laughed "Welcome back"
"Is first take good enough for a hit, that's what I need to know?" she asked, not taking in all the hype going on around her
"You push yourself too hard sometimes Cedes" Shay told her giving her a hug as she came out of the recording room
"I push myself just fine" she said grabbing her bag and coat "I'm going to Lima in a weeks' time hoping to spend some time with my folks" she smiled
"You're going to that reunion thing aren't you?"
"In about 2 weeks or so yeah, are you going?"
"No I don't dig them things, plus I never want to see Lima again the whole thing was depressing for me, it's the place you dumped me never to turn back" he said laughing "For a white boy no less, is he going to be there?"
"Don't know" she lied "Last I heard of him he was married with a kid on the way and he's had two more since I haven't spoken to him since he dumped me"
"So how do you know about the kids?"
"Now and again I check in with some of the Glee guys mainly Tina" she told him, Shay gave her a blank look "The Asian girl that was with Mike" she tried to jog his memory saying
"Oh yeah Mike Chang's girl or was that his sister?"
"His girl well his wife now"
"That's some in-breeding thing going on right there" he said laughing
"No they ain't related at all" she said waving bye "Later everyone and Shane; Make it happen" and she was out the door
Three days later Mercedes woke up and called Shane "I've got a problem Shane" attitude up front and centre
"What's your problem Cedes?" he asked waiting for the clanger
"Woke up this morning left my radio on and I ain't hearing my fucking beat what's up? you promised me three days" she said before he could say anything
"I'll call Steve he's on the radio and he has the beat in his possession, Cedes we've worked together for nearly 11 years why would I not do for you? Listen at 10am Lima time"
"Okay, I look forward to hearing it in the next 30 minutes thanks" she said putting the phone down
Sam Evans
Sam woke up the next morning with a new lease on life, he lay in his childhood bed thinking about life before Stacy, life before Drink, life before "God I've lost myself sometime during that time I've shut myself down and become this" he said to himself "Change is as good as a rest" he said laying still on the bed for about a minute before he got up, put the small radio in his room on and danced to beats he hadn't heard for a while. The radio was still on some random station Mercy used to listen to he sat for a second thinking, did I do that to keep something of her or did I genuinely forget but decided he didn't care he was listening, enjoying and dancing "To my new life" he shouted, before he remembered his parents may not be up yet and stopped jumping.
He looked in the mirror above his bed, "why is that so low?" he asked himself as he looked in seeing his long greasy hair falling unmanaged over his face and his out of control beard making him look years older than his 32 years "What happened Sam?" he asked as he stared at this sad, unkempt version of himself
Another tune came on a blast from the past that made him spring off the bed and onto the floor dancing and remembering how the Glee club had been charged with providing the music for the Prom and singing 'That's what makes you beautiful' to a crowd of girls all swooning over him and he was loving it stopping himself from jumping suddenly as he realised he was singing to Mercy at that prom and he'd dedicated it to her which was why he was hyped up on that stage because he loved her above everyone at that moment 'Moment? don't kid yourself dude you still love her, hence' he thought looking at himself in the mirror as he jumped on the bed again
"What do you want to do Sam?" he asked his mirror image seriously searching for an answer "I want to sing I love singing" he said to himself "Gas City here I come" he shouted as he went to the shower, attacked the hair and Beard and came out looking half decent, turned off the radio and headed downstairs
"Morning Mom, Dad I'm off to Gas I'm thinking music is the way forward for me" he said with a smile
"I think your heading to the barbers son, that's worse than yesterday" his Mom laughed at his attempt to sort his hair out
"Okay" he laughed "Barbers then Gas" he sat at the table saying "You know, I'm so over Stacy, it's a relief actually, there was never anything there to get over to be honest, does that sound bad, it does doesn't it?"
"It sounds honest Son" his Dad said looking at his Mom "We always knew you didn't love her"
"How did you know?" he asked picking up toast off the table and swigged some of his Dad's coffee "Always tastes better from your cup" he said taking another sip
"Your eyes never smiled" his Mom replied "Say hi to Puck when you get there for us" she shouted as he moved towards the door
"Will do bye, see you all later and hey thanks for this" he said, before giving his lop sided grin and walking out the door
He made that visit to the barbers and 40 minutes later he was standing in Puckermainia the Studio of his close school friend Puck "Hey Dude just popped in to mess it up a bit" he said walking toward Puck, who had to make a double take on him
"Sam, Sam is that you bro what the, come here man, long time, I didn't even know you knew where I was" he said slapping Sam's hand and giving him a hug at the same time "I was just remembering school days and all that looking at this text about reunion, I'm considering it you going?"
"Yeah I just added myself like two days ago"
"Did you see Quinn on there?"
"Quinn wouldn't you see her anyway dude she's your wife?"
"Dude she split like a month ago said she needed some space and she'd be back but not a note since, I've gone past worried stage, I'm just pissed now but I'm not biting the bate she gets like this sometimes you know, gets her bitch out and flashes it at me to buck me up, too much work and not enough love chat you know" he laughed "Anyway what's happening with your number 2?"
"Number two?" he asked puzzled
"Yeah your make shift wife, what's up were is she?"
"At home I guess, why is she number two, I've only been married to her?"
"Dude you and every fucking body that knows you knows that Mercedes Jones and you were it, don't know what you were thinking marrying that woman you call Mrs. Evans and blowing Sexy Mama off like that, no game dude"
"Responsibilities man she was pregnant or so I thought"
"What you mean she wasn't after all that?"
"No dude she wasn't and by the time I found out Mercy had gone and married that fucking loser Jackson he's a pig, treats her like shit and she sits there taking it, I can't figure out why"
"You can't figure out why?" Puck laughed
"No" he replied looking at him in wonderment
"So what, you just carried on with the marriage and had kids later?" he shook his head saying with a smile on his face
"No dude haven't touched her since the day I found out she lied, she's got three kids and I just left her like yesterday and went back home"
"So you've become a play boy dude, good for you"
"No Dude I haven't slept with another woman since, I guess I was only ever really made for Mercy"
"Dude that's been like nearly 8 years or something hasn't it?" Puck asked amazed
"Nearly 10 years dude" he said laughing nervously at the realisation of his statement "Come to the reunion Dude see everyone and do some jamming it will be fun to see the Glee family again we were so tight back then, I don't know how we got to this"
"Is that what you came here for to beg me to come?"
"No dude" he said holding up his guitar "I came to do a disc if I can, I'll pay, I just need to release some feelings"
"I know how that feels use my personal space and when you're ready to record just let me know it's through there" Puck said pointing to a door with a curtain across it "Nobody goes in except with me so you'll have privacy" he said pushing the door open to let Sam in.
Sam sat in the studio thinking about his life and what he really wanted to say and who he wanted to say it to, every thought he came back around to Mercy, he sat remembering his heartbreak at having to deliver the she's pregnant speech to her, shattering their dreams making everything they'd ever promised each other look like a lie, even though he meant every word to this day 'look just do the song get it out of your system and get on with your fucking life Dude' he told himself as he scribbled note and words on paper. After scrubbing out a few times he got mad with working that way and got his guitar out for inspiration 'what do I want to say to you' he asked himself 'if I had the chance to choose again I'd choose you' he thought 'yeah I choose you' his fingers started strumming fitting music to his feelings, four hours later he had two verses and a definite chorus ready for testing
"Dude you've been going for like five hours now you can overthink these things you know, what have you got? let's hear it" Puck came into the room saying walking over to the couch in the corner to sit down
"It's rough but I think I've got something" he looked at him saying still in concentration
"Do you mind if I ask the guys to come in and pick it up for you?" he asked, but he called them in anyway before Sam could answer him, Sam just smiled without bothering to answer "Carry on" he said as the guys came in and went to their instruments catching the tune before Sam started to sing "I Choose You" by Mario
"I know you're going to think that I'm bulling you, but that's ready to go one more take with all the right mix and it's ready Sam" Puck told him "You make me laugh Dude, you can't figure her out?"
"What do you mean ready to go?" he asked a smile on his face but he refused to acknowledge Puck's truth
"Rack it and send it out man that's what I mean dude" he laughed at Sam's attempt at not acknowledging him being right "What do you say?"
"Madness that's what I say madness, but if you feel it's a go make it happen" he replied getting excited
Puck wasn't going to drop it, not that easy anyway "You always sing with gusto when you sing about Sexy Mama and don't tell me any different I know" Sam smiled telling him without words he was right "Okay let's go into the mixing studio and get this thing done; guy's this is the Sam Evans I always talk about, we go back a long way as you can see I let him use my space, he's like a brother to me, hell he is a brother" he laughed as he hugged him
So Sam and Puck dropped the beat for a while, Puck promised to have it on the circuit within 3 days, Sam was impressed "Okay dude I'm out of here thanks for this, things with Quinn will work themselves out but dude, try stopping her next time she decides to fuck off"
"That's a big try" he told him fanning him out the studio obviously not a subject he wanted to attack just now
"Add yourself to the reunion page" he pointed at him saying as he walked backwards out the door "I'll see you in like a week or so yeah?"
"Yeah I will" he agreed taking his phone out "Steve I have a favour to ask"
"Hello Puckamainia good to hear from you, what's up?"
"I have this rocking tune that I want you to plug for me, it's a new guy but it's bad can you put it on your new tunes spot"
"Already have one man some chick got here first"
"Come on man, he's like my brother, I promised him three days, please Bro find a spot" he begged
"Between you and Shane I'm fucked I'll do a half and half send the tune"
"Uploading it now" a smile in his voice
"Thursday then 10am, but Puck you owe me" Steve warned him
"The amount of listeners this tune's going to get you you'll owe me man" he said before ending the call
Three days later Sam called Puck "Dude I haven't seen your name on the page yet what's up?"
"I'll do it as soon as you get off my damn phone Dude" he replied laughing
"Make sure I need alcohol in my cup for this thing"
"Dude about your tune it's day three listen to Steve's newbies on 7.5 FM at 10am"
"Will do" he said closing the call down
Mercy Jones
"Okay it's 10am Lima hours" she said listening to Steve on the radio hyping up about new tunes and how to get them heard "Yes, yes we know all that, come on with the damn song" she said to the radio
"New tunes today yes you herd me tunes, we have two new tunes today so here's the first one from Mercy Jones and it's called 'No More Rain' tell us what you think" and the music started
"Mercy was jumping around the room getting excited as Steve kept the positive comments coming, at one point he stopped talking and just listened to the tune and at the end he said
"I was supposed to only play half the tune, but seriously that is banging look out for Mercy Jones people"
"Not that I want to put a dampener on that tune, but for some unknown reason I promised I'd play two tunes today, so here's the next one from a Sam Evans called 'I Choose You" and the music started
"Mercy sat on her bed as she heard the name and stared at the radio 'Could there be two Sam Evans' she thought as the music started but as soon as she heard the voice she knew it was him "Fuck I choose you" she said listening to the words of the song 'And I still saw us together at the end of every day' He used to say that to me but he must be singing about his wife she thought I felt you inside myself before I could even feel I knew you like no one else, but still I couldn't tell he said that to me the first time we told each other how we really felt this is insane, thank God I found the fire oh, for everything has led me straight to you that was in his poem to me our first valentine day together this is so weird 'Stop fucking over thinking Mercy Jones, I mean Cedes Jackson, oh just call it Mercy Evans call it' "Mercy I wished I could tell you you were going fucking mad, but I can't, Sam Evans just sung you a song girl" she said as she carried on packing her suitcase and singing his song in her head
Sam Evans
Sam had been in the shower and was sitting on his bed drying off when he noticed the time "it's nearly 10" he said to himself getting up to turn the radio on and tune it in "oh" he said when he realised it was already on the station he needed, he went back to get a towel to dry his hair and sat back on his bed listening
""New tunes today yes you herd me tunes, we have two new tunes today so here's the first one from Mercy Jones and it's called 'No More Rain' tell us what you think" and the music started
"What the fuck" he said stopping in his tracks sat staring at the radio "She's in my fucking bedroom, and listen to her she still sounds like a fucking angel" he said falling back on his bed doing nothing just listening to the words to her song Broken spirit, lost and confused, empty, scared, used and abused, a fool oh, ain't it funny that the way you feel shows on your face "I did that to her" he confirmed "I did it to myself too" he moaned pushing his head into the pillow he'd picked up off the bed to cover his face. So you want to live and to you I shall give all the space that you requested hope you don't live to regret it, so you say you're in your prime baby, don't waste your time remember my love, it's only a thin line (It's never too late) 'Did she really just say that it's not too late, did she mean it, is she even talking to you Evans' he asked himself, pulled out of his thoughts by the positive reviews Mercy was getting for her song, smiling when he realised she'd used Mercy Jones and not Mercy Jackson, 'what was that about' he thought "You think too much Evans" he said to himself as he got up off the bed
"I was supposed to only play half the tune but seriously that is banging look out for Mercy Jones people"
"Not that I want to put a dampener on that tune, but for some unknown reason I promised I'd play two tunes today, so here's the next one from a Sam Evans called 'I Choose You" and the music started
'I wonder if she's listening to my tune for her? will she know it's for her?' he thought to himself as she sat listening to the positive comments being made about his tune feeling proud "She'll know she knows me" he said confidently to himself. At the end of the music Steve was lost for words
"Well folks you got a double wham bam today two brilliant songs by two different artists and they seriously need to get snapped up
Sam's phone rang almost as soon as Steve took his track off "Did you hear that Dude" Puck shouted
"I heard it dude thanks for the break"
"Not your song Dude, Mercy"
"Yeah I did her song was brilliant wasn't it?"
"Shit Sam get in touch, that shit doesn't happen on the fly, get in touch is all I'm saying" he said sounding more excited that Sam, if possible, before putting the phone down
Sam clicked his phone off to hear pings coming off it
Communication 1
'The Diva and the Dork back together again singing it wild' Santana wrote
'Samcedes forever show the world' Tina wrote
'Great song Sam' Mercy wrote, Sam couldn't catch his breath she'd wrote him a note on the page directly to him he had to reply
'Love the song, love you still doing it for me' Sam wrote and sent before he changed his mind
'Love strong words being used here' Kurt wrote
'Loves his GF' Mercy wrote 'stop reading into things married man'
'Never mentioned married woman' Sam wrote and waited for a response when none came he left his phone on the bed and went to get dressed
Mercy sat looking at Sam's message, wondering if she should reply, what she should say to a married man, her being a married woman and all, her being in love with a married man and all, she didn't want to seem too forward, but did she need to guard herself where Sam was concerned 'whoever I'm with whatever I'm doing' she told herself and pressed in her request
As Sam sat down again he heard a ping, looking at his phone in anticipation he gasped when he saw the message 'Friend request from Mercy' he read it a few times in his head before he registered what he was looking at "Mercy" he said grabbing his phone and pressing accept
'Mercy's our name for me, to this family I'm known as Cedes' Mercy wrote with a smily face
'Estranged from so called family, left cheating wife last week, living back at the ranch with Mom and Dad' Sam wrote
'Sad to hear Sam what about children affected much'
'Children not my children but there are three'
'Three!' Mercy couldn't grab the concept, what had he been living through
'Cheating wife remember' Sam wrote 'Your family'
'Two boys'
'Did you call one Sam?' he asked with a laughing face
'Not my choice their mothers called them Cecil and Michael and dropped them off'
'So between us we have five children but none?' he sent a frown face asking
'No marriage neither he's a dirty bastard, hasn't touched me for 7 years'
'Know what you mean haven't had sex for like 10 years, since I found out fake wife lied about pregnancy' he sent a smily face 'Feel like Finn' he said with a sad face
'Did you sing that song?' she asked with a smily face 'Sorry not the time for jokes' she sent directly after with a sad face 'Feel sorry for that girl of yours' she sent after that with three laughing faces
'No girl I'm afraid'
'So why did you leave your wife?'
'Long story, more time to spend together telling you'
'Mr. Hot Mess'
'Yeah your hot mess'
'Still?' she asked with a smily face
'Forever' he sent with two smily faces
'Quietly turned on Sammy'
'Nothing quiet about you getting turned on Mercy, if I remember rightly'
'Got to get back to being Cedes speak again soon bye'
Always more Mercy bye'
Mercy sat on her bed thinking 'what was I just doing cheating on my husband or flirting with a friend, both bitch you know your intentions' she said throwing her phone on the bed and running off to the bathroom.
'What the fuck' Sam thought as he put the phone down 'that was definitely coming home, I'm alive' he thought "I felt movement down there" he said jumping off the bed to go too excited to be alone just now he went downstairs
Cedes Jackson
"Cecil, Michael come here please, I got to talk to you both" Cedes shouted through the kitchen door, seeing the boys descend down the stairs "Have a seat please boys" she said looking at them sadly
"It's time isn't it Mom?" Cecil asked
"Yeah it's time baby I need to go, you guys will be alright now and you have my number, I'll have a new one by the time I get to where I'll be but I'll send it to you before I get rid of my old number so you'll always have a link to me" Cedes said looking at the boys with tears in her eyes
"Mom you said until I was twelve, I'm like 15 well 16 next month and Michael will be 15 the month after you've taught us well and we love you, we really do, you need to go be happy for yourself now, Dad's a …"
"No baby" Cedes said putting the hand over Cecil's mouth "Don't go there, I've told you before never say a bad word against your Daddy, he did his best and because of him you two have had a good life, wanted for nothing ever"
"Yes Mom we have" they said
"And despite how he is, he does love you both you know that right?"
"Yes Mom" they said
"When I leave here I'll be known as Mercy Jones, so watch out for me because I'm coming big yeah" she said kissing their heads as she got up "Go back to your rooms and finish sorting your stuff, when grandma comes I'll call you" hshe said taking her phone out of her bag
"Melvin it's me" she said into the phone "Put me on speaker please" she said rolling her eyes "Hi Diane don't stress I'm not mad"
'Hi Cedes' she said in the background
"I just wanted to let you and Melvin know that there really is no reason for you to hide, whatever it is you are you can go public, tonight if you want, because it shouldn't be any surprise to both of you that I'm done pretending, and yes it's true I haven't slept with him for like over 6 years now, couldn't bring myself to I need love you know"
"What are you saying Cedes?" Melvin asked stunned
"I'm leaving you, well I've left actually in spirit it's just the body that hasn't gone yet, but I will be by the time you get back so don't rush on my behalf"
"What are you talking about why?" Melvin asked
"Melvin you're standing here with me listening to your wife tell you she's leaving, and you want to know why?" Diane asked
"I'm gone bye" she said putting the phone down as the door knocked, she got up to open it "Mavis hi" she said letting the children's grandmother walk past her into the house
"Hi Cedes, you know if you'd have given Mel children life would have been different for you?
"I didn't want it any different Mavis, I didn't want children with your son, he's nasty" Cedes told the woman as her mother-in-law turned in full well fuck you bitch mode to look at her
"You're standing in his house saying he's nasty, you got a damn cheek"
Mercy wasn't even really listening to this two faced bitch standing in front of her "He maybe didn't get the chance to call you stuck under Diane's tail in that hotel" she cut her eye at Mavis saying "But I've just left him I'm packed, I'll leave the keys in the jar when I go, I'm really just waiting for you to collect the children" she said walking past Mavis into the kitchen "Do you want a drink or anything?" she asked laughing inside
"Mel knows this is going down?"
"Yes I just got off the phone with him and Diane, they'll be happy now no more hiding in your house or in hotels all over the world" she smirked, this was the first time Mavis was knowing she'd known anything about what had been going on for years
"I'm sorry about that Cedes, but what was I supposed to do he's my son"
"Maybe run his ass back home and remind him of his loving wife I don't know just a guess" she said, hurt in her face for this woman who couldn't respect her enough to do that "It really doesn't matter any more Mavis nobody to blame except myself, I willingly came into this loveless marriage, I would have gone ages ago had it not been for the children" as she heard them coming down the stairs looking out to see them standing with their back sacks on broke her heart
"Grandma hi" they shouted as they came into view
"What about the children as you bring them up?" Mavis asked
"What about the children?" Mercy asked
"Is this about Mom leaving us?" Cecil asked "Grandma Dad has treated her terribly all these years, he treated us badly too at first but Mom looked after us and she's always told us when I was 12 she would be going but she's done extra and she's leaving Dad but she's still there for us and that's fine with us, we understand what's happening she's prepared us for this we're good" he finished as Michael looked on nodding in agreement.
"Well.." Mavis started but was cut off by Michael this time
"I'm sure Dad told you the alternative to you not having us is us going back to our Mothers" Michael said stopping his Grandma's trail of thought
"Get in the car" she said to the boys as they ran to Cedes for a hug and ran out the door obviously to have a bit of a cry "And you don't take nothing that don't belong to you" she said walking to the door before looking back at Cedes to say "Hope you have a better life than you've had so far girl" and smiled before walking out the door and shutting it behind her
Mercy walked around her house of 10 years, looked in every room grabbed her suitcase, plane ticket and bank cards, put the divorce papers on the small table by the door, that one he was always leaving stuff for her on, threw her coat over her arm got to the door and took a look back "Bye" she said locked the door and pushed the keys back through the door "Free at last, free at last thank God I am free at last" she said as she jumped in her car and drove to the hotel she was staying at
Sam Evans
Sam sat at the kitchen table, half eating lunch half thinking, he hadn't said anything to his boys just walked out and they had done nothing to him really he needed to go back and explain himself to them and set up visiting he took his phone out and called Stacy
"Hey it's Sam Stacy I need to come and see you today" he said as his Mom and Dad looked on wondering what was happening now, when he got off the phone he explained that he needed to set up visiting and stuff and hopefully they could come to some agreement
"Good luck with that son" his Dad said
"Do you need anyone with you?" his Mom asked
"No I'll be alright I can handle Stacy"
So later that afternoon he went to the house to see the family "Hey" he said as he walked through the door as all three boys just stood looking at him
"Who are you?" Christopher the youngest asked
"Don't tell me you've forgotten me already, have I been replaced?" he asked seriously looking at Ben the oldest
"He's got Dad's voice" Adam said
"I am Dad" he said looking puzzled at their reaction
"Where's all the hair" Christopher asked making him smile as he realised what was up
"I shaved for the first time in like years but guys it really is me" he said doing his monster roar, and watched them all run off
"It is Dad" Adam said running towards his bedroom for cover and Sam was in hot pursuit as they all scattered. They played the game for a good 20 minutes before Sam crashed on the sofa with them on top of him
"Boys can I have a private word with your Dad for a bit please" Stacy said tired of waiting for communication from Sam, so they were alone now and Sam was watching the TV looking at nothing really just not wanting to look at Stacy "So why are you here Sam what do you want to say"
"I need to tell the boys what's happened and set up visits" he told her, finally looking at her with the last words
"So you're not coming back then?"
"No never" he said looking right at her,making sure that sunk in
"What are you going to tell them?"
"The truth we don't love each other and I'm gone for good"
"Nothing else"
"I'll answer their questions and that's it"
"Boys come through here" Stacy shouted, it was obvious they were on the other side of the door for how quickly they came in "Dad wants a word" she smiled
"Yes guys I'm sure you know by now that Mommy and I are not living together any more, that's because we don't like each other any more and we can't get on Daddy drinks a lot because he's unhappy and Mommy does whatever she does"
"She sleeps around and has babies by different men" Adam said as Ben nodded
"Who told you that son?" Sam asked shocked at the comment
Dillon's Mom said our Ben was his Dad's Bastard son, when I asked his Mom what that meant she said that my Mom sleeps around with different men and had babies for them, I wanted to slap her but Ben Tully said it was true his Dad had told him Ben was his Bastard brother, but I told them we had a Dad at home, but then they said Dad was a helmet so Mom had to sleep out" Adam reeled off
"Okay" Sam rolled his eyes saying "I'll let your Mom deal with that one, but I'm not a hermit son I just don't want to be with your Mom"
"So do you sleep around too Dad?" Ben asked
"No son I have never slept with anyone else while I've been married to your Mom"
"No Bastard Daughters or sons then Dad?" Adam said laughing
"No and now your swearing stop it" Sam said laughing
"I'm not your real Dad but I'm the only one you really know, so if you want me to keep being that I will, I'll pick you up every Saturday morning and we'll do something fun. I haven't really got anywhere for you to stay right now, but if that changes we can do sleepovers too" he said trying to make it sound exciting. He carried on talking to them for a long while before he got up "it's time for me to go guys but I'll see you all on Saturday and we'll do something fun"
"Dad I like you loads more without the drink" Ben said hugging him
"Thanks for leaving Dad" Adam said
"Do you still love us Dad" Christopher said
"With all my heart" he hugged them saying, turning to Stacy, when they finally let him go "I'll have the divorce papers ready by the end of this week please just sign them and send them back"
Communication 2
'Hi, got time to talk?' Mercy wrote as she lay on her bed in the hotel
'For you, yes I can do that' Sam replied, going out into the garden for privacy
'The hardest thing I ever thought I'd have to do was just the easiest today' she wrote
'I know what you mean when it comes natural like that it's for a reason, don't you think?' Sam wrote
'Life's too short don't you think?'
'The longest 10 years ever'
'Bull, horns, comes to mind truth time'
'Will do, will you?'
'I will go'
'I want you back' Mercy sent with three kisses
'I want you back' Sam sent with four kisses
'Any surprises' Sam wrote
'Yeah we said the same thing exactly and you always love more'
Sam sent a load of kissing faces
'Why are things never straight with us Sammy?'
'I came back for you, the day I found out the lie'
'Why didn't you get me?'
'You got married the day before'
'Worst day of my life I cried all day'
'So did I at mine, Mom cried too called it parent trap' Sam wrote followed by 'still on truths?'
'Yep'
'I still love you, really I do'
'I love you more Sammy my heart hurts for you'
'I want to hear you say that can I call you?'
'Not yet maybe in a few days, sweet dreams'
'Hubby back?' he asked with frowning faces
'No never again, at hotel for a few days'
'Left him' he wrote with smily faces before rethinking 'Sorry are you okay? I'm sending a hug'
'Thanks for the hug feels warm' she sent back with smily faces
'Sweet dreams' Sam wrote before locking the phone off
Mercy Jones
Mercy hadn't told Sam she would be in Lima in two days she wanted to see if he was walking the talk I suppose, if he really did still love her he'd feel her close. So on Monday morning she picked up her bag and headed out the hotel doors straight into a cab having sold her Car the Saturday before, "airport please" she said to the driver making sure to say bye to the malls, shops, streets, random people, houses and cars as she went by even waved at some animals, she stopped by Shane's place to say bye properly and thank him for the exposure "I'm more than likely going back to Lima anyone I can look up those sides for studio use?" she asked
"Your Man Puck, he's doing well" Shane responded
"Really?" she asked surprised "Okay will do, thanks" she said hugging Shane and waving bye to everyone before jumping back in the taxi to the airport
She sat on the plane thinking of school mainly, she'd had so much fun in Lima made some real friends who one by one she let go, because of nothing else but shame for what she let this damn man take away from her. She couldn't lie at first she was super excited for having snatched Michael's younger brother but it was less than six months in when she learned what he was about and she didn't like it one bit, he was having her calls monitored, blocking her friends, she was becoming a prisoner in her own home, subtle abuse. Yes the lifestyle, presents, parties and his arm were nice feelings but Sam was always on her mind, he would never dull, go away actually she worked hard to make sure he didn't he was in every memory. And now the thought that she might have been in his made her smile, she stayed in her Sam thoughts until she heard the hostess announce they were ready for landing her belly churned and she knew he was close. "He's just felt that too if he's true" she said eventually getting of the plane and grabbing her baggage to leave the airport "I need a car, I can't do without one" she said looking around for a Hertz sign, found one she booked her car and sat waiting for it to be delivered, 20 minutes later she was sitting in a hire car making her way to her parent's house.
Sam Evans
Sam had been with the children all day Saturday he'd had a great time out of the house and alcohol free, the children enjoyed it too they did talk more about their Mother, but he tried as much as he could to make excuses for her and divert the conversation to something else. Sunday he sapped Mercy just to say hello as he was busy helping his Dad in the stables and she sapped back saying she was busy too but was polite about it. Monday he decided he was going to wash his truck and help his Mom with the curtains, but before all that he ate the breakfast his Mom had taken to cooking every morning to fatten him up.
"Mom I've never really been fat so this is like a useless project really" he laughed
"You'll thank me when the women come flooding in"
"Women?" he laughed "Mom do we have to have this conversation, there is only one woman for me, if I can't have her I don't want anybody"
"You've had a wife for 10 years Sam what you on about?"
"Mom I've had a wife in the full sense of the word for maybe four months of that 10 years, I haven't touched Stacy since I found out that she lied to me about the pregnancy, I never loved her, she trapped me I can't forgive her that because I lost Mercy because of her" he said looking at his mother not noticing his Dad coming into the room.
"So the stories are true then son those children are not yours" he heard his Dad voice say as he swung round to reply
"No they're not and they know that, but I'm the only Dad they know so I love them anyway, they didn't do anything wrong Dad"
"You're a good man son" his Dad said squeezing his shoulder
"Wooow" Sam said bending in pain "What was in that breakfast Mom" he held his stomach asking "My stomach just done a flip"
"Well mine is alright, I had the same" his Dad told him
"So did I" his Mom added
"Shit Mercy's here, she didn't say she was coming, she's testing me" he shouted getting up
"Where you going?" his Mom asked
"Mercy's in Lima Mom I'm just going to get washed, dressed and go over to her parents place to see her" he said as his parents looked at each other baffled
"How did he know that?" she asked, there was no answer
