For those of you that want to know Dreamgirls was fantastic - If you can, you need to see it, if you can't you need to lobby for it to come to your part of the world Amber Riley is brilliant - the whole cast is Wicked
Friday
First day at Work
"Morning everyone this is Sam my hubby most of you might know him as Chord Evans but I can assure you his name is Sam and that's all I want him called while he's off stage, he's going to be wondering around getting familiar with the place so don't mind him and oh I bite" she said looking at him lustfully
"Hi" Sam said to anyone
"Sam this is Greg he's been dying to meet you" Mercy said
"Greg" Sam said holding his hand out "I'll tell you now in case you feel the vibe I'm insanely jealous of the fact that you know more about my wife than I do, professionally that is" he held his hand while saying "And super pissed that you allowed that Danny whatever to do that song yesterday"
"You weren't the only one pissed at that Sam, may I call you Sam?" Greg asked
"Of course you may that's my name" Sam said hugging him in
Mercy noticed whispers around the studio but paid no real attention to them, hell she expected them walking in with no other than Sam frigging Evans he was enough to melt any girls heart.
"Mine I'm gonna just walk around and meet people and look at things you don't mind do you?"
"No babe you carry on I'm going to fine tune this song and have it ready for when you get back so take your time"
"Hey" he said walking up to her "I won't be long and that song is going to be wicked" he said giving her a kiss not just a peck but a full on kiss before walking away
"Right let's get to work" Mercy said as if nothing had just happened, while the band and crew raised eyebrows and gave smiles
Sam walked off down the corridor not asking any questions just saying hello to anyone he met and introducing himself as Sam Evans, Mercy's husband
"Chord, can I get a photo" a young lady asked as he passed by the canteen
"You'll have to ask my wife that I'm afraid, it's my first day I'm not crossing any boundaries" he said
"Who's your wife?"
"Your Boss"
"Who Miss Jones?" the girl asked making everyone in the canteen look at the door
"Yes only she's Mrs. Evans now" Sam said
"Chord Evans" A man came towards him saying "Is Miss Jones doing a Country mix that would be so good?" he said with the biggest smile on his face
"No not as far as I know, I'm just here looking at my wife's business, what do you do here?"
"Sound technician on hand if anything goes wrong with the system" he said "Who's your wife?"
"And your name?"
"Simon, Simon Howell"
"Nice to meet you Simon" Sam said offering his hand
"Who's your wife did you say?" Simon asked again
"Your boss" Sam smiled back at him
"Greg, your ga..." Simon looked at him saying
"No Mercy's my wife, your boss" Sam said about to say somehting else when someone shouted aross to him
"Can we get a song Mr Evans?"
"Come to the box later I might talk Mercy into me doing a jam" Sam said to the people in the canteen before leaving to go on more travels. He wondered around looking and talking to random people until he got a call from Mercy
"Sam food, I need food babe, do you need food and Skype time?" she asked
"I do but I don't know how to get back to you" he said laughing
"Anybody there?" she asked
"Yeah about six people" he said
"Give one of them the phone" she said, she found out where he was and then when he was handed the phone back she said "I'll come to you it's quicker"
Sam had been walking and talking for about 90 minutes so he was shocked when Mercy turned up five minutes later "I thought I was miles away" he said laughing
"You're in a recording studio Sam there not that big" Mercy said through her laugh
They had a quiet lunch talked about the business and what he thought of her life time achievement, he was impressed to say the least and he had the hospital consultation with his Mom and Dad asked the necessary questions and confirmed understanding, Mercy was impressed. When he finished the skype session Mercy couldn't help but comment "I'm impressed Sam I'm liking that business head of yours"
"It's all worth it Mine, to hear you say that" he said "I've always thought I had to up the bar and keep it up with you" he said hugging her in
"Hey Sammy it's you that does that for me I feel like I have to be my best to make you proud"
"You being here makes me proud"
"You being here makes me proud too"
"Hey PDA's need to stop at work I think, respect and all that so I won't do that again okay"
"No not okay part of the reason we got married was so we could kiss each other any time we wanted" she laughed "I heard that in a movie" she added "And that includes work, if we did it in church I don't see the problem" she finished
"Okay, we'll keep the PDA" he agreed
"If you get finished with your song can I sing a country song at the end of the day, your staff asked and I didn't have the heart to say no, please? he begged
"Okay Sam if you forget that trigger I said earlier and promise no punishment tonight or any night for it"
"Okay forgotten" he said "You been talking to my Mom?" he asked
"No why?"
"You're getting too good at this game too fast" he said making her laugh "Come on lunch over" he said pulling her up and walking back towards the studio
"Is it alright to take pictures with your staff?" he asked
"Catagorically No" she said, and they walked back in silence after that
"I'm gonna sit and watch is that okay Babe?" he asked as they entered the studio and she gave him a kiss and let his hand go
"Yeah that's fine, this will be a wrap then" she said turning all the heads in the studio
"From the top" she said and the music started "Sam" she said as everyone looked at her and then him as he smiled. She performed the song again to perfection with every emotion there was to put in it leaving everyone speechless at the end "I love you" she mouthed to him
"Love you more" he said everyone in the Studio recording room heard him, before he jumped up and went into the recording booth to hug her
"I'm about to go home but Sam promised a song before we left so get everyone in and he'll do a song" Mercy said to Greg who got on the loud speaker and invited everyone who wanted to, to come watch and or listen to the vocal stylings of Chord Evans
About 10 minutes later the watch and listen booths were full and people were standing in the corridors
"Okay I'm going to sing to Mercy" he said smiling at her "Can I have a guitar?" he asked and Mercy signaled for the musicians to find an appropriate instrument for Sam "Okay here we go" he said once he'd tuned his instrument
"No we're singing 'Somebody like You' by Keith Urban he said laughing
"That was amazing" Greg said "Mercy I've seen you sing with a lot of people over the years, but girl this could be chemistry it needs to happen and be put on plastic" he finished
"Oh Sam doesn't really sing anymore he writes a lot and does other things" she said looking up at him realizing that she had spoken for him she quickly added "But I'm sure if you ask him he'll tell you how he'd feel about that" she looked at him with an obvious sorry in her eyes and he squeezed her to assure her she was okay
"I'm not adverse to the idea but we have other plans we need to get into action before we start thinking about making records" Sam said looking down at Mercy and smiling "No more questions thank you" he said before the obvious one was asked, Mercy grabbed her bag and they left.
Mercy are we going to the real estate agents to get some property information we really don't have much time to sit about on this?" Sam said as they got in the car
"Already in hand babe they should have been left at home for us already" she said "I asked Wayne to get them last week when he finished replacing all the furniture so we should have everything available up to this morning" Mercy said feeling proud of herself
"What price bracket have you set?" he asked
"Well as it was going to be a family home I asked her to look at 5.5 to 6.5m homes and they must have land with them"
"Oh, how many bedrooms?"
"4 maximum"
"So where are we going to sleep?"
"How many children are we talking about here Sam?"
"I really don't know but I was thinking 4 to be a minimum not a maximum" he said "Okay don't panic, we'll look at what your friend's got, if there's any room for extension before we get all negative but babe we need to look at the long term picture here not what we see but what we can make of it, it's going to be home"
Back home
"What do you want to eat babe?" she asked him as she dropped her bag at the door and made her way to the kirtchen
"You would be good this time of day" he said back with not a smile on his face
"Sam" she said not willing to take that joke just now
"What? You asked"
"You know I meant food wise"
"Yeah I answered you"
"Be serious Sam"
"Okay" he said getting up and going over to her, picking her up and heading towards the bathroom "Shower" he said turned the tap on and stepped in.
"Sammy" she said "My clothes"
"Take them off" he said
"Well I'm going to have to now their wet" she said almost vexed
"Are you wet?" he asked "Get them off"
"I am" she said going at a snail's pace
"Do you need some help cos they will be ruined if I start helping" he said
"No I can do it" she said
"Rush on then, like rush"
"What is wrong with you tonight?"
"Like what? You know what don't answer that, stop stalling and get those clothes off before I rip them off"
"Sam I'm going as fast as I can don't rip my blouse I love this one, its hard getting wet clothes off"
"Not for me" Sam said moving towards her
"No Sam I'm doing it I am" Mercy said putting her hand out to stop him
"I'll count to 3 and then that's it I'm coming in" he said still serious
"Okay" she said still struggling with the buttons on her blouse
"One" he said standing watching her fiddle with the buttons and getting frustrated at not being able to get them loose. "Two" he said watching her almost give up on getting them undone and look at him pleadingly, with what he thought were tears in her eyes "You love your top yeah?" he asked all she could do was nod and let go of it defeated "Three" he said and stepped towards her grabbing the blouse with her in it "Come here" he said giving her no choice really "I love you, you know that right?" he said undoing her buttons slowly and taking her blouse off intact, then her other clothes while Mercy stood looking at him totally aroused.
"How do you do that?" she asked
"I'm an expert in the art of Mine Evans" he said washing her then himself down and picking her up and taking her out of the shower and bathroom into the bedroom, drying her body and applying cream
"What are you doing?" she asked
"Preparing my dinner" he said making her laugh, he took his phone off the bed side table and passed it to Mercy "find some nice music" he said while he carried on oiling her skin and putting her hair up.
"Am I main or desert?" she asked
"Babe you are the starter, main and desert all in one, what did you choose?" he asked
"Well there's a good choice but I chose 'Earned it' by Weekend in the end mainly because it's been a while and it brings back memories of us" she said
"Cool" he said putting the phone in the pod and pressing repeat and play, making love to the smooth tune
A few hours later they sat in the lounge looking at take out menu's "Babe I really didn't marry you for you to turn into my Mom, I don't want you rushing home to cook food for me, wash clothes, ironing or any of that shit your my life partner not my slave, and you have a full time job too and with children in the mix I don't want that for you for us"
"So how are we going to keep a house Sam?" Mercy asked
"We'll buy those services in babe, I've already got James interviewing maids and cooks for our new home, I was going to ask if you wanted to take your security system and people with you Len said you brought all these services in"
"Who's James babe"
"He's the head chief and bottle washer at Mom's keeps everything in order, he's going to pick the five best of all applications and then they'll be coming over for you to interview see if you like any of them" Sam informed her "I've got Damien looking into security just in case you don't want yours to follow you and gardener's, pool cleaners and that Manager you want and Mom says Blantina might want to come and help with the children I think she's alright but you've got to trust her too so that's up for discussion or rejection too" he finished
"Sam are you alright with moving to Canada?"
"I've told you already babe home is where you are"
"I know you've said that but saying it and living it is two different things babe I need you to be sure because if this isn't going to work for you we will have to rethink"
"What do you mean rethink Mine?"
"Find a way for my business to survive with me being long arm and living somewhere you want to live, what do you think I mean?" she asked
"I don't know but I felt scared when you said it" he smiled saying "I think we've already come up with the most logical thing to do which is move to where you are and I think I could get to like living here I need to probably go look at some areas tomorrow to get a feel but I think this is it Canada I mean, I like the flat too so we might keep this on if you don't mind"
"As what? Mercy asked
"Our get away from all our children maybe"
"So you want to have a bus load and then spend their childhood getting away from them"
"When you put it like that, yes" he said laughing
"Talking about babies" she said
"No we are not" he said walking towards her "We are not talking babies for another four and a half months Mercy Evans you promised" he said picking her up again
"Sammy another shower" she said noticing they were going towards the kitchen "Sam Evan's you are not?" she said as Sam put her down on the unit and spread her legs "I'm ready for my main course" he said pulling her underwear off and throwing them across the kitchen floor "All kinds of wrong Evans" she said watching him do that
"Really? Tastes all kinds of right to me" he said making her blush as he pulled up a stool to sit on
Sam sat on the chair looking at Mercy's core "So where do you think we should live Mine?" he asked all of a sudden
"Wherever you want to live Sam I'm happy just being with you if I'm honest" she said playing his game
"So what would you say if I decided I wanted to live on the ranch with Mom and Dad" he asked not looking at her face as he spoke
She moved uneasily as his breath hit her core sending a sensation through her body "I love our parents Sam I'd have no problem living with them, why do you ask?"
"Just looking at options" he said still watching her concentrating on her core as he spoke "Are you alright up there?" he asked
"I am why do you ask?
"Because down here you're starting to.." he trailed off as his attention was caught by things happening to her body that he felt he needed to attend to "Sorry thirsty" he said when his focus was back on what she'd said
"Sam stop this please I'm begging you just do it, like now, please" she said to no response "Sam" she almost shouted in frustrtion
"No triggers tonight then? You just use them when you need to use them"
"Sammy, my Tex'lan, please do me like now, you need more fucking triggers" she said rolling her eyes at the times he found to play games
"Those words seem to have more of an effect on you than they do on me " he stated
"It really doesn't help the position you're in Sammy, this is embarrassing you talking to me like this"
"What's embarrassing about it, belongs to me don't it? I can look at it any time I want, and within reason do with it what I want, when are you're monthly's due?"
"Next week why?"
"Just want to know that about you"
"What day?"
"Wednesday"
"How long for?"
"About 6 days anything else" she asked
"I'm thinking" he said before something caught his attention again which he had to deal with, with more urgency this time and for longer making her moan "You want this right?" he stopped to say
All she could do was moan and that response made him stop "Do you?" he asked again
"Yes Sammy I do" she confessed it didn't take him long to bring her to peak
"Mercy we need to look at these houses and make some sort of decision" he said getting her up off the kitchen top and putting her back on the floor. Mercy went to get her underwear but Sam stopped her "Those can stay there, for now anyway" he said
"Why?" she asked
"What's with all the questions?" he asked
"You are kind of freaky Sam, you get freaky and it's unhinging sometimes" she said
"I'd call it spontaneous to be fair, I never want you to expect what I'm going do, keeping it alive I think it's known as you do it too" he said
"Okay, so there's no need to be like scared then"
"Never, hey we've been here before I love you, but I am serious so never test me"
Sam and Mercy spent most the weekend making love, looking at homes and sleeping, till Monday morning came and Mercy went back to work while Sam went in search of a home again he got in touch with James who had researched areas for him and found that Toronto had promising properties. After a morning of research and looking at pictures Sam decided on one specific home he thought had potential, a bit above Mercy's price target but he was confident if she liked it she wouldn't stress the small stuff. He picked the phone up and made the call
"Mine I think I've seen something but it's in Toronto, what do you think?" he asked nervously
"Toronto?" she screeched
"We can commute easily enough" he quickly added "And we have the flat near by"
"Okay we can look I suppose"
"We? are you coming?" he asked
"Yeah why?" she asked
"Well because if we both like it we can just buy it can't we? he said
"How much is it Sam?"
"Just a bit above our budget but manageable" he said pausing but when nothing came back he carried on "So if I come and pick you up in about 40 minutes will you be ready?"
"I'll be ready, shall I grab some food"
"You can do, if you want something specific, but I asked Tom to make sure dinner was on the plane it's going to be about an 80 minute flight so he can bring us back about 4 hours after arrival but that might be a bit late to, well eat"
"We're talking the latest 9 p.m. here Sam that's not too late"
"It will be for what I have planned" he said
"You and your plans" she said laughing "I know they include sex Sam is that all you think about?"
"No, all I think about is you Mine, and that brings on the sex thing"
"Okay I'll give you that one because I know how that feels, about 30 minutes then?" she said laughing
"Yeah love you Babe"
"Love you more Sammy, get the trigger?"
"Let the games begin" Sam said laughing and clicked the phone off
30 minutes later Mercy and he were in the back of the limo on their way to the plane for their short trip to Toronto, Mercy surprised that dinner was dinner, with a twist, as they joined the mile high club several times too
Toronto (The Bridle Path)
As the car left the city lights Mercy started to ask Questions "How far out are we going to be Sam? Don't the houses get more expensive? Are we really looking or just out on one of your trips again?
"What's with the back to back questions don't you trust me?"
"Silly question Sam I'm just excited, hold up that sign said The Bridle Path, Sam"
"What?"
"No fucking way turn the car around no fucking way"
"We're looking babe not buying we just need to set a bar that's all"
"A bar? Sam are you shitting me a bar? There's no higher bar Sam, let me have a look at the speck"
"Mercy remember our conversation in the diner in New York about expressing my love?"
"Yeah I do" she smiled
"Will you let me do that then?"
"Sam it's just that the houses round here are what we dream about like double figure millions it would clean me out"
"Good job it wouldn't make a dent in me then isn't it, and no I'm not going to tell you how much we're worth"
"What's the speck Sam?"
"Two story, 10 bed house, drive, garden, on-suite usual stuff a house has, nothing extra ordinary"
"How much is it Sam?"
"Don't sweat the small stuff babe, and this is small stuff"
"Babe how much"
"Small stuff babe, oh here we are" Sam said as they drove into a long white pebble stoned drive with a large white stoned house at the centre of the picture, large windows to the left and right of the big double fronted door and what looked like a granny flat to the side of the house with a large garage attached on the left hand side
"Sam" Mercy gasped holding her mouth "No way, no way"
"Just looking babe, just looking, open mind yeah?"
"Open mind?" she nervously giggled "Shitting right?"
"Wrong, babe just give it a chance, please"
They jumped out of the car Mercy barely waiting for Sam to help her out, "babe this is too much" she said as Sam dragged her in "Wow" Mercy said as they went through the great oak front door. The hall was large, had black, white and grey marble floored square space with six door leading off it and stairs in the middle, they walked to the left and went in the first room 'Desired effect' Sam looked at her thinking
"Study" Sam said pleased with himself "Good size could hold everything I need and you could be in here too if you needed to" he said
"Doing what?" Mercy asked
"Your books surely you keep abreast of your money?" Sam said
"Well kind of" she said
"What?" Sam almost shouted "Mercy you're too trusting, we need to sort that now, call Greg and tell him someone is coming for the books" Sam said while calling James telling him to get a trusted taxi to Mercy's business and collect the books for Julian to have a look at pronto. Mercy got her phone out to make the call as went to the far side of the room which had large glass doors from floor to ceiling the view was spectacular of the land and beyond.
The next door opened into the sitting room which had a variety of soft chairs and stools "We'll need to update this space a hell of a lot babe what do you think?" Sam said as they walked through the door adjoining the study to the sitting room, both now finished their calls
"If we were to entertain it yes we would need to update it. I could get Wayne to come and give it a flow" Mercy said
"So everything out yeah?" 'Reeling in Sam I am slowly, this is magnificent' he thought as he looked around, the reality was by far better than the pictures he'd seen
"Everything" Mercy agreed playing the game. 'He's reeling me in' she side eyed him thinking watching the smile form at the corner of his mouth 'Dead giveaway Evans but God is it absolutely magnificent' she thought
Large windows disguised the large doors leading out to the patio with seating and heating looking out over the 4 acres of land attached to the house
The next room was full of instruments "A music room" Mercy shouted going to the piano "I could live in here, is it sound proof?" she asked as Sam looked at the speck
"No I don't think it is" he said
"Something else to do" she said as she started playing the piano. The full doors were open letting in the noise of the wide animals and birds outside with three steps leading down to the large swimming pool "Wow" Mercy said 'I am so getting sucked in' as they went into the adjoining room to find the Entertainment room housing a large TV on the wall, games consoles, pool table and pinball machines, along with a bar, what looked like a stage and sound system with a massive disco ball in the ceiling. Next to that door was the exercise room with about 6 machines in it and an enclosed double shower cubicle through to the left
"That's it for this side" he announced with a smile on his face as he moved to the other side of the room towards an ajar door "What do we have in here?" he said walking with his words as Mercy followed him "Wow" he gasped as he opened the door to a good sized dining room with a 20 seat table fitting in it easily with units for cutlery and crockery completing the ground floor. An Orangery attached with ample seating for the amount of dining spaces at the table. To the side of that room was the kitchen a very large space with Marble floors and onyx surfaces and concealed appliances, with a tasteful breakfast bar.
"I like this" she said
"Look round here" he called over to her, as he looked through the door to the left of the kitchen, looking down the side of the house, to find the building that they thought was a granny flat was indeed the wine cellar and beyond that the garages. There was a lift going down to the lower floor which housed garage space for about 10 cars and 3 further car spaces at ground level. Behind the garage was the indoor swimming pool and just outside the pool area was another patio with the BBQ area and seating
On the other side of the house stairs led from the entertainment room to three lower level bedrooms making the number of bedrooms 13 in total.
The second story housed 10 bedrooms 6 with on-suite and four smaller ones two of which were joined by a bathroom the main bedroom had double bathroom suite along with walk in wardrobe linin cupboards along the corridor.
"Sammy it's too big" Mercy finally said
"We need to be thinking about the family visiting babe it's not just a day is it coming this far" Sam said
"Babe it's still too much"
"Will you stop thinking about money Mine that's my job, what kind of man would I be if I couldn't look after my family?"
"Sam of course you want to look after your family, and I want that too but we still need to be cautious" she said rolling her eyes
"I'm cautious with business, strangers and banks babe, but I do all that so I can spend it all on our family at the moment that's me and you and nothing is too good for you Mine, I told you that in 2014 believe it ,all this is for you, if you want it but don't just not want it because it's too much, it will never be enough, Mine come here" he said taking her to the music room and grabbing a guitar for turning the electric keyboard on tapping out a tune and then getting the music started "Listen" he said to Mercy as he strummed out and sung his version of the country song 'All for You' by Keith Urban "Now do you get it?" Sam asked when he finished the song
"I do get it Sam you're my husband and I understand all that means, it's just a bit overwhelming sometimes, I'm so used to doing things myself you know, so when you buy all this what's my money for?" Mercy asked 'He reeled me in' she smiled to herself 'You're good husband'
"For whatever you see fit to do with it, plus you do have a business you need to keep afloat and just for reference you employ Greg right? not the other way round"
"Yeah I think I got that Sam"
"Do you because half of your workers don't, do you want me to book you an appointment with my advisor Babe and he can hook you up with someone to give you some sound advice and guidance I don't really want business to be the main focus of our conversations at home unless we need support from each other around that"
"There's that sexy business head again yes please it seems I have some things to learn, when did my loveable dork become my rock?" 'She's hooked we like it'
"I've always been your rock babe, you just chose to ignore it most the time"
"I never ignore you Sam I might go a good job of pretending I do but I don't" she smiled "So Sam, before you slap me with some more truth, I like the house are you going to tell me how much it is?"
"I will if you want it"
"I can't make a decision like that on my own"
"You can and I'm asking you to"
Mercy looked around the music room lots of changes to make" she said
"We can make them"
"Mega room for children and what are the schools like round here"
"Schools round here are fine but we'll send our children to wherever we need to send them for whatever they need"
"What about the saf…." 'You're gonna force me to say this Mr Evans, God he's won'
"Stop stalling Mine is this it or not, we can go on looking if we need to?" 'She so doesn't want me to be right on this, but I am babe' he laughed in his mind
"This is it Sammy"
"Yes" Sam said punching the air "I knew it, I know my Txe'lan" he said pulling her in for a hug followed by a kiss "Our first home" he said in her ear "We are going to have some fun christening this" he said laughing, Mercy smiled because she knew that was true. Sam got on the phone and put his offer in and they waited. "Okay there's no more to be done today lets head back" he said clipping the phone shut "We should get an answer in about two days" he confirmed with Mercy
"Okay so how much is it?" she asked
"Don't get diva on me because it's what we want for our family" he said exaggerating the 'we' and 'our' "nearly 24" he said and looked away
"Sam that is.."
"Our home babe" he said going in to kiss her
"Okay I hear you" she said and said nothing else for a while just stood with him holding her then she suddenly lifted her head and said "I know the song I'm going to put as the last one on my album it just came to me, it's to us and it's not as personal as Reggae" she said holding onto Sam as they left the house "What shall we call it when we get it" she asked
"Call what?"
"The house" she said looking at him quizzically
"You want to name it?" he asked as they got into the car
"Yeah it needs to say something about us like our mark on it you know? she stated
"The Evan's House" he said
"Too obvious" she said
"Txe'lan" he said
"That's a good one yeah we might use that good thinking batman"
"But it can't be anyone's heart it's got to be ours so we need something else that's us to go with it" he said
"Sam & Mercy's Txe'lan" she said "Our Heart"
"Samcedes Txe'lan" he said "Slips off the tongue don't it?" he asked "Still means our heart"
"Decided then, if we get it Samcedes Txe'lan" she said flopping into him for the rest of the ride
The flight home was filled with talk about things that needed doing, who would do the work, when they would get it done and also about parties, families and children, Sam's head was spinning and by the time they were dropped off outside the apartment they were both ready for some sleep
"Babe do you mind if we don't tonight I am bushed" he said
"I don't mind babe, do you need anything to eat I'm fixing myself something"
"I'm good babe I had two burgers for lunch"
"Two!" she said shocked to his laughing
"I'll just do this Sandwich and eat it in bed after I've done my routine"
"Hurry up then" he said sitting on the stool in the kitchen to watch her make her sandwich
"A drink?" she asked putting the plate on a tray
"Hot chocolate" they said together and both laughed
"Sammy I can't believe we just went out and spent like 24 million dollars and then came back home to make hot chocolate, it's just mad"
"It might be mad but it's true babe we just did that, well not quite, we don't know if we've got it yet"
Mercy brought the tray into the bedroom with the hot drinks and sandwiches on and they sat eating and drinking, on finishing Sam picked her up and they had a shower and went to bed to sleep.
The Apartment
"Hoomm Morning babe" she moaned fully aroused as Sam's head bobbed up and down on her
"Morning" Sam stopped long enough to say before carrying on "You missed me last night you didn't sleep well" he told her "Why did you say it was alright not to make love last night when you clearly wanted it?"
"I really get pissed off with this speaking while getting me off crap Sam could you do one or the other please?"
"Impatient much?" he laughed
"Move, get off me, Move" Mercy said all of a sudden, Sam looked up because of the change in her voice and was perplexed to find that she looked angry.
"What's up Mine?" he said jumping up to look at her face ,but still on top of her looking down
"Get off me" she said with tears in her eyes, he moved immediately to the side of the bed and let her get up as he watched her run off to the bathroom.
"What the fuck" Sam said to himself looking at the bathroom door that Mercy had just slammed, 'what just happened there I need a replay stop speaking and then blow because I told her she was impatient, no way, was I being a bastard? No! But, I've made her cry and I don't know what to do about that. You need to do something about this Sam I am, your wife is in the bathroom crying, sort this shit out like now get in there' On confirming for himself that he'd done nothing wrong he decided to try and speak to her.
"Mine can I come in please?" he said knocking the door and then trying the handle finding that it opened freely, he stood at the door looking at her sitting on the toilet with her feet on the bowl and her head in her lap still crying. "Babe what is it?" he asked, making her cry louder it seemed, he went forward and held her while she cried she didn't stop him from holding her and that puzzled him more but, he was happy to hold her while she cried. He eventually picked her up off the toilet and brought her back to the bedroom and sat with her on the bed just holding her while she sobbed
When he felt she was slowing down he broached the question again "Babe do you want to talk about this?" But she said nothing. Sam sat totally baffled about what was going on with her and seriously thought the events of the previous day had just been too much for her "Babe do you need a doctor?" he asked
"No" she said
"Babe do you want to talk about this?" Sam asked again a short while later feeling his repetitiveness was going to get him in trouble any minute now
"No babe I just want to forget it happened I haven't hardly spoken about it since it happened" she said
Sam sat searching his mind at what could have happened that Mercy hadn't talked about with anyone including him, she spoke to me about the record deal that went bad, the weight loss, the Danny thing, the business, the house, the tour did something happen on the tour? Surely she would have said then suddenly she was curling into him, kissing him, touching him with urgency he didn't stop her he reciprocated and let her lead
"I need you Sammy please" She said kissing him pulling at his shorts and eventually climbing on top of him Sam still not stopping her, he had known this feeling when his grandmother died and all he wanted was to be held and filled he had nearly had sex with her that time and they were stopped by her dad walking into the house shouting about his bike on the drive 'Shit it's her dad' he said to himself. He made love to her as she requested and held her for a long while afterwards as she cried again, when the tears subsided he broached the subject.
"Mine I know you miss your Dad and you know you can speak to me about those feelings yeah?"
"Yes ,I do"
"It's been what 6 years since he passed?"
"Yeah 6 years today" she said
'Shit' he thought 'that's why the drama and then she wakes up to me face deep in her remembering her dad, but then she wants sex; women' he thinks hugging her in more. "Today Babe? Shall we do something to remember him like special?" he asked
"Like?"
"Like something your Dad asked me to do one of the last times I went to your house before we split up that last time, I hadn't thought about it until now and he did say I'd know when the right time was, and you'd know you were at the right place, in the right time, doing the right thing"
Mercy looked up at Sam "daddy told you to do something for me?"
"Yes to play something to you he sung me the song and said it was special, he changed some of the words, but I only realised that when I downloaded the song for myself"
"A song " she smiled at the memory of sitting in the study singing with her Dad, he had the most beautiful voice and their harmonies were to die for
"Yes" he said getting up to find the track on his IPhone, he hadn't played it for a while and needed the prompt. He'd deleted it so many times thinking he was never going to see her again but always found it again and downloaded it to his phones, tablet's and pods. He sat on the bed beside Mercy, and pressed play on the IPhone "Babe he just told me to play the song, well and I remember the words he sung which I'm guessing you know, I know no history or nothing that's up to you if you want to tell okay?" she nodded and he started playing 'I miss You' by Aaron Hall as Mercy hugged into him and started crying all over again, he cried too as he held her and they both remembered happier times with her Dad. A while after the song finished Mercy stopped crying forcing herself to stop, as she looked into Sam's eyes and wiped the tears from his face
"Daddy sang that song when Mom died he sat at his desk and he played the record first then I heard him singing it one night, I sneaked into the study and sat watching as he sang and cried I was crying by the time he finished such pain and I told him "That's what this feeling is Daddy I'm missing Mom?" he said 'not for you baby you have me to love you, the one who loves me has gone' I remember saying "but daddy I love you" and he said 'I know baby you're the one Mommy said would come and rescue me in that song, I love you too' and we hugged like we're hugging now" she said looking up at Sam who had tears in his eyes again "Babe you're rescuing me right now, I seriously don't even want to think about living without you, ever"
"I don't want to think about that either babe" he said pulling her in more
"Sam I'm sorry about the freak out earlier it just came to me just at that moment what day it was and I felt well dirty, guilty even for having such pleasure and then my body craved to be pleasured it was strange, I feel like with all those mixed messages I kind of used you, somewhere in there, I'm sorry?"
"I don't, but you can use my body anytime you want if that's how you're gonna use it" and they both laughed "But seriously babe I love you, Promise, Commitment and that ring" he said pointing at her finger "D4L"
"I love you more" she said smiling "And Promise, Commitment and this ring, eternally grateful for because you are that man" she said kissing him on the forehead as she made to get up "Can we go get this record in the bag I really need to sing it now, I feel so lucky and loved"
"Okay" Sam said lifting her up and walking towards the shower
"I hope this is a shower, shower?" she smiled
"It's a shower, my kind of shower" she said kissing her lightly on the lips, as Mercy rolled her eyes for being wrong again "I can't wait till we start making our babies" he said excitedly
The Studio
"Morning Mercy, just so you know someone came for the books last night from Sam's place" Greg said
"I know Greg I authorised it"
"Yes I know I spoke to Sam last night well about 2 this morning when they arrived we could have done with some notice" Greg said
"For getting my books?" Mercy asked
"Well yeah I had to come all the way back to work to get them"
"I'm sure I pay you a pretty penny for doing that Greg?" Mercy replied as Sam stood in the background watching the interaction
'I don't know what it is but I don't trust him' Sam thought as he listened to the conversation, 'he's hiding something and I bet its Mercy's money, I'll get James to get the investigators on to it, she needs people around her she can trust especially if we're going to take time out to have a family. There'll be nothing for her to come back to if it's left to him to control everything for her, She's an internationally acclaimed singer and she worries about spending 23m something about that isn't right and I'm going to find out what that is' Sam thought folding the magazine he was pretending to read while the conversation was going on.
"I don't want this taped just yet, Sam will you just listen to this please this is for us, I'm so lucky to have you, and I need to confirm something for you well us really"
"And I'm lucky to have you"
The music started and Mercy started to sing her version of 'This song is about you' by Rihanna for Sam
When she finished Sam went towards her saying "Mercy that was beautiful" as he wrapped his arms around her and kissing her forehead "It's my job to make sure you hear what you need her hear every night" he said in her ear as he kissed her again
"Mercy that was great I think that's a firm contender for the last song" Greg Said
"That is the last song Greg" Mercy said with conviction "So let's wrap it today please" she said to the engineers in the studio "And then we can get to renting this slot out"
Greg looked in shock "renting your slot out Mercy you've always had your slot what's up?" he asked
"Firstly we're planning to move to Toronto which is a bitch to do every day and secondly and most importantly we plan on becoming a family and we want to get started on that" she said looking around the studio "This place will be managed by someone"
"Managed, what am I doing" he asked
"You're managing me for a fee" she said "I need someone to manage my business I'm on it and the books will be kept by a proper accountant too"
"Accountant?" Greg asked
"Am I speaking a feign language Greg why do you keep repeating everything I say?" she stopped to look at him. "You'll be on a regular wage so nothing to worry about nothing will change except all your expenses will have to be signed off and agreed with the Manager" Mercy said, Sam saw a definite dislike in Greg's eyes when the wage was mentioned but stayed out of Mercy's business. 'I'm impressed with your business skills Mrs. Evans' he thought to himself
"And don't make me find anything wrong with those books Greg or you're for the high jump and that's a threat"
"Nothing wrong with the books Mercy, trust me" Greg said his false smile plastered across his face
"Hope I can" Mercy replied "from the top" she said to the musicians and the song was sung again 3 more times before Greg said it was a wrap.
"Can we get out of here Mine?" Sam asked
"Yes babe we can" she replied and after giving instructions for the day they left the studio for home
"I need me some of you right now Mrs. Evans" Sam said as they jumped in the limo "Business Mine is so sexy I'm going to call her Mrs. Evans, and look at you you're the business" he finished pulling her in and holding her there for the remainder of the trip home "By the way Mrs Evans you are perfect" he said pulling her out of the car outside their home
As they entered the flat Sam got a call on his mobile "Mine it's the estate agents" he said clicking answer to the call "Hello" "yes speaking" "and to you too" "oh that was quick" "oh thank you for getting back to us on that and thank you again" "yes nice doing business with you too" "we will, bye, yes bye" Sam said and hung up.
"Did we get it?" Mercy asked almost jumping at him "Sammy did we get it?" she shouted as Sam seemed to be in his own world
"Yes we did" he said calmly then an escalated "We got it" with an air fist punch and a jump before picking her up and kissing her all over her face finding her lips and staying there for a while
"We got some work to do babe we've got like 5 months to get this sorted because I want to be barefoot and pregnant by then" she said
"Get onto your person let them have a look and start the designs for the rooms, all of them" he said still excited
"What's the budget babe?" she asked, standing waiting for a response
"The budget is don't spend it faster than I can make it, and I can make it fast" he laughed
"Babe come on what's the budget?"
"Get some estimates on what you want and then we can discuss prices and quality, see what we need to can and what can go ahead"
"Sammy we're living the dream" she said kissing him "Third happiest day ever"
"Hold up" Sam said as Mercy went towards him "Josh is calling, must be about your books" he said answerig the phone "Hi Josh anything for us?" he smiled "I'll pass you to Mercy" he said
"What did he say?" she asked Sam as she took the phone, as Sam signalled that he didn't know "Hi Josh" she said walking away from Sam with the phone to have her conversation "God what?" she asked making Sam look up "Oh okay" she turned to smile at Sam saying "Yeah I will, Sam will let me know" she said walking back towards him "Bye Josh and thanks " she said handing Sam his phone back "He said far too much of my earnings are tied up in low asset bonds I need to get everything together and get someone to make my money work for me but I'm pleased with my worth" she smiled
"You're pleased?" he asked walking towards her smiling
"Well Greg's honest enough it seems he just doesn't know what he's doing "
"Okay so we'll get that sorted out, and that Manager thing, but our main focus right now is the house yeah?"
"Our house" she squealled grabbing hold of Sam who didn't hesitate to pick her up and carry her off to bed
A month later Mercy's 4th Album was on the shelves but not for very long, she was definitely looking at another nomination, Sam had gone on tour with her it was a small one month affair, she'd done two nights in Europe, Asia, Africa, Austrailia and returned to America for the finale . They were exhausted for the travelling but content with their lot, they had spent every minute, even on stage sometimes together, they couldn't ask for a more perfect life . It had meant that the move had been put back but there was enough work to be done while they were away and Wayne had stepped in and helped them during that time. Mercy and Sam had managed to hire staff for the house and a Manager for her business.
Everything was on track and life was good
