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Chapter Ten
"Sam did you see Mercedes?" Brittany questioned her boss as soon as he came back to office not long after leaving his dad.
"I haven't seen Mercedes since I left home from work." Sam replied wondering if Brittany was confused. She sometimes would call Unique Mercedes and Sam hated this with a passion but ignored her knowing that confronting her would only make her behave more erratically than normal. She would say that Lord Tubbington had told her that Unique has the same spirit or some such as Mercedes and that made them interchangeable. Or she would say Mercedes was a mermaid and Unique was a mermaid, too so that made the two divas the same person. Sam never had time for that bull, so he just left it alone as long as she never called Mercedes Unique, and if she did, Sam would fire her ass lickety split.
"Well, she came in looking delicious as always, and I told her you were meeting with your dad, and she went right on to Dwight's office." Brittany said in return looking at him suspiciously.
"Okay, Brittany maybe something came up, and she had to go. I will give her call." Sam said unsure if he could trust Brittany, but he was willing to be safe than sorry, so as soon as he got to his office, he called Mercedes only to get her voicemail. He left a message, and sent her text just to make sure everything was okay.
Sam was finally feeling as if he had some control over his life. He finally manned up and confronted not only his mother but his mother-in-law as well. After hearing what Puckerman and Quinn had done to him, he realized that Mercedes' song "Victor not Victim" was now his personal theme song. He would not be victimized by their actions, but he would rise above. Of course his insecurities and low self-esteem were still a part of him, but he was willing to get the help he needed to be the man that Mercedes needed in her life. His first actions were to go to his mom, and he talked to her and told her if she wanted him to be a part of her life, then she was going to have to show him respect. No more belittling him, whining about his decisions, or trying to manipulate his future like she did with his court ordered marriage.
For the first time Sam held his own in a conversation with her. Refusing to take shit from her, he told her just what she was an emotionally abusive harpy who would end up old and alone if she continued to alienate her children. He continued telling her that although his dad loved her, if it came to her or his kids, Dwight would choose his children, and she knew this. For the first time it seemed as if the blinders were off his mom's eyes, and she had actually listened to him instead of trying to win the argument like the lawyer she was.
When he brought up the negative publicity and how her actions contributed to his low sense of self that he could be able to have friends that were just like her manipulative, abusive, and just pure evil, Sam was surprised to see his mom capitulate. She apologized to Sam, and for the first time, Sam could see that his mother was shaken to her core. Not changed words couldn't change Mary Evans, but she could see the pain that she caused her son, and how this pain was now damaging his relationship with Mercedes. Although his mother tried not to like Mercedes, she couldn't stop herself from loving Mercedes because that is what Mercedes was love. After discussing with his mom the damage that they were doing to Mercedes' career, his mother agreed to talk to Melanie Jones with him.
Sam let his mom handle Melanie because Sam knew that he would probably end up cursing the lady out. Although his mom would never win any Mother of the Year awards, Mrs. Jones was actually worse than her, and Sam knew he couldn't deal with her disregard toward her daughter's career. She would be over the moon if Mercedes' career tanked, so she could be the lawyer that she was supposed to be all along. Mary had to convince Melanie Jones that the marriage was detrimental not only to their children's careers, but also to their families' names. By telling Melanie how their families would be tainted with the bad publicity, and how the two deserved the chance to salvage their careers and their names, Melanie finally relented and called Judge Washington.
Judge Washington agreed to the marriage dissolution and to bump up the hearing as soon as Sam and Mercedes could appear and sign the agreement for the marriage to be dissolved. Since the marriage had only lasted almost two months, additional paperwork concerning assets and liabilities were not needed. Sam called Mike to draw up the paperwork and couldn't get a hold of him, so he left him a message before finally visiting his dad.
The conversation with Dwight about the ultimatum he had given his mom, and how she reacted made his Dad smile a real smile. He always knew that deep in her heart Mary was a good person, she just let life and her family alter her so that she became obsessed with others instead of concentrating on those that mattered to her most. When Sam told him about Puckerman and his actions, nothing Sam could say could convince Dwight to keep him on as an employee. Truth was Noah's work was not up to par as Sam's and Dwight could have replaced him with someone better long ago, but only kept him because he was Sam's friend. The sexual harassment accusations, that Harmony in HR had to deal with every year all focused on him, and he was on his last warning as it was. Dwight had all the justifications he needed for firing his ass, and when he heard what the jerk said and did to Mercedes, Sam had to hold his dad back from going to find Puckerman and beating his ass.
His dad did not agree with Sam when he told his father about dissolving the marriage. However, Sam was adamant, and he left his dad's office feeling a little lighter but a little heavier as well. Sam had been totally transparent with his dad and told him that he was going to see a therapist for his low self-esteem. He realized that he had problem with seeing himself for who he was. Dwight hugged him, and although he disagreed with Sam on the Mercedes' situation, he knew enough to let his children learn from their mistakes, then to try to over parent and control them like their mother had done.
Hours later and Sam was getting frustrated. He tried calling Mercedes, and then Tina, but he couldn't get them on the phone. At his wits end, Sam decided to just to go home and hoped that Mercedes would be there when he got there because they had a lot to talk about.
"Tina, I told you that he didn't love me. He wants us to dissolve our marriage." Mercedes told her best friend crying her eyes out. Hours ago Mercedes had met with Tina, Santana, Kurt, and Stacie and came up with some awesome strategies to give Noah Puckerman and Quinn Fabray their just desserts. Now just two hours later, her friend had come to her in tears and Tina could barely make out what she was saying. Mercedes' crying was not a common occurrence, and Tina knew it had to be something major to cause her friend to be drowning herself in copious tears.
"Mercedes, what could have possibly happened?" Tina asked because if she was sure of one thing, she knew that Mercedes loved Sam, and Sam loved Mercedes.
"He convinced…my mom and his mom…to have our marriage…ended." Mercedes said trying to stop herself from blubbering but it was hard not to ease her pain with tears.
"Why would he do a crazy thing like that?" Tina asked still unsure if Mercedes knew what she was talking about.
"He blames him…self…for…messing up…my career. It wasn't…his fault…it was Quinn's …and that asshole….Noah Puckerman's…"
"But your career is going to be fine. Shoot it is going to be better than ever having your Tinkled Pink album released during your Pink and White Gala was a stroke of genius, and Kurt redesigning the party and agreeing to get corporate sponsors to match the sales of your CDs for donations to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization during the gala is a wonderful idea. Also, your label was ecstatic because of the future publicity that will be given to them in having a dollar of all sales going to the American Cancer Society. I know we are going to sell a million copies, and when a million is given to the ACS, you and your fans will have impacted lives. The press release coming out about this is going to eradicate all the negative publicity that you have received."
"I…know…this…but Sam…doesn't…know…anything." Mercedes said still looking blue and busy using the tissues Tina had given her to clean her face and blow her nose.
"Well, I don't know if that will make as much difference to Sam but wait until he finds out what is in store for Quinn the Fake Fabray and Noah the Puke Puckerman. You know we are only to refer to them as Fake and Puke from now on. Santana already has US Weekly printing a retraction along with the true story revealed of how the Fake and Puke's relationship resulted in Fake's pregnancy. Her baby was conceived when Sam was overseas at some Comic Con believe or not. And information concerning the family ring she was given and had to return was because of inheritance laws and because she cheated and that is what ended their engagement. What man wouldn't have dropped the Fake upon finding that out and her cheating with his best friend out of all people?"
Tina asked that rhetorical question before continuing, "Needless to say after that article is printed next week, the Fake will have a taste of her own medicine. You reap what you sow, and baby she will reap. And leave it to Kurt to have the connections to find out about all her other relationships since Sam, they have been with older men and apparently she had gotten 'worms' from one of them, and that is why she is not in a relationship now. Apparently the STD she got caused sterility, and the reason why she is single is because all of her old-moneyed friends and families know this, and she refuses to marry the lower class man she has been dating on and off for the past five years, even though he is a captain in the United States Air Force. And those gummy worms, fake bait, and actually chocolate coated worms that you and Santana with Kurt's help are having delivered to her job to decorate the place…that's priceless."
Mercedes couldn't help but grin when Tina mentioned the worms. "My Grandmother Jones always told me that messing around with old men gives you worms, so I couldn't help but mention that when Kurt told us of how some of the men she dated were old enough to be her father. Apparently she had slept with her teachers in school and college, and she has been full of worms for years. I am just glad Sam used a condom with her and Marley because there is no telling what STD he could have gotten from her or Marley."
"Well the Fake's punishment is minor compared to what we all planned for the Puke. First having Santana agree to being the bait surprised the hell out of me. She agreed to meet up with him and agree to bring him back to her place for a little fun. What he won't expect is after she ties him down with the Kurt's ties, and blindfolds him, is that Kurt is going to be in the bed with him and she is going take pictures of them and when she takes the blindfold off, Santana's is going to be wearing her twelve inch black strap-on that she nicknamed Mandingo. She is going to make him suck her dick which the freak will do voluntarily I am sure once she promised to do the same to his, and then she is going to pretend like she is going to take his anal virginity just to scare the shit out of him. While he is begging and pleading for release Kurt will come out and take even more pictures. They are going to threaten to release the pictures to Jacob Ben Israel if Puke doesn't recant his statements and apologize to you and Sam. Because blackmail is illegal, all pictures will be deleted and never used but Puke doesn't have to know, this right?"
"Tina, I really feel uncomfortable with that part of the revenge, but if it is the only way to get him to admit the truth, then I will turn a blind eye. After that creep tried to sexually assault me, I have no empathy or sympathy towards him, sex addict or not. I do like the part of the plan that you came up with and getting those other girls to tell Rachel's divorce attorney all, so that when she sues to divorce his ass, he is going to be left without a pot to piss in. The child support and alimony alone will be all the revenge I need in getting back at that loser." Mercedes said temporarily forgetting her grief. Tina knew how to distract her.
"Yep, and Stacie is using her theater make-up to make Stevie's face look as if Sam had beaten him up. He is going to be wearing an arm brace, too when he conveniently runs into Puke while supposedly going to visit his dad today. Stevie has been prepped to admit that he was half-baked and forget himself and rubbed on your booty, and Sam went Incredible Hulk on him and beat his ass. If Sam was willing to forget himself and beat his brother who was under the influence, he hated to think of what Sam might do to anyone else. Stevie will also receive a call from Stacie telling him that Sam has just read Jacob Ben Israel's article and is on his way to the job right now, and that he is looking like he is about to kill someone so Stevie better stay out of his sight. When Puke hears this, we all know he is going to be shaking in his boots for no reason at all."
"When this happens, it wouldn't have happened to a better guy, but no matter how much better getting revenge on those two will make me feel, I still feel like my heart is breaking Tee." Mercedes said feeling tears pool up in her eyes again.
Mike who had been out of his office in court all day came home at that moment. "What is going on here? Mercedes are you all right?" He asked looking concerned.
"I am surprised your best friend Sam hasn't called you and gave you the news." Tina said waspishly to her husband.
"I have been in court all day. I haven't had a chance to talk to anyone not in the courtroom. Let me check my messages." Mike said as he called his voicemail, and he listened to the voicemail that Sam had left. Understanding the situation, he knew to say as little as possible.
"He wants to dissolve the marriage which should be pretty easy since we don't have any joint assets and liabilities since the marriage hasn't even lasted two months." Mercedes said trying to be strong.
"I can't believe Judge Washington is going to allow this. Wow. What happened?" Mike asked and sat back and listened to Tina as she explained what all had went down that very day.
"Sam confronted your mothers. Wow. I am proud of him for doing something the two of you should have done before this marriage began, but knowing Sam, his reason for divorcing you is because like you said, his dad is going to need him in the office once Puckerman is fired, and he won't be able to go with you on all the interviews you will need to go on. You are important to Sam, and your career is a part of you, and I know that he blames himself for getting you in this mess, so he is doing his best to get you out of it." Mike said giving the girls Sam's point of view, which he knew they hadn't been thinking of.
"He promised to never hurt me again, Mike, and he has hurt me far worse than losing my career ever would have done. It's like the old Alicia Key's song, "If I Ain't Got You," everything means nothing if I don't have Sam. He should love me enough to talk to me first before making decisions that affect the both of us."
"When you go home tonight, you and Sam can have that very discussion." Mike said knowing that communication as always continued to be their problem. "Plus knowing you, I bet you didn't stick around and confront Sam. You are letting your mommy dearest issues of avoidance ruin your chance with happiness with Sam. You never should have gone to law school in the first place. You should have confronted your mother, and now you need to go confront your husband. Escaping through your music and volunteering is not successfully dealing with your issues. You need to start confronting people regardless if it is going to change their behaviors. Your mom has only the strength that you give her by you allowing her to talk to you the way she does. You are not a little girl; you are a grown ass woman. If you don't want your marriage dissolved, then go home and talk to your husband." Mike said showing a side of himself that he usually leaves for the courthouse or the bedroom if Tina was in the mood to play games.
"Damn husband of mine. You so sexy right now. I just want to jump all over you, and I don't think those are my pregnancy hormones talking." Tina said licking her lips and looking at her husband with lust in her eyes.
"Alright if you wanted me to feel uncomfortable and leave, you should have just kicked me out of the door. Okay Mike, I hear Professor Keating coming out of you, and I know it's time for me to hit the door." Mercedes said when she saw Mike return Tina's look and heard him growl at her. Mike Chang, growling who knew?
"Lord, Jesus, please me give me the strength to listen to Sam, and prove to me that if I really love him, that I am able to let him go, and if we are supposed to be together, that I will be able to trust that You will bring us back together. Give me ears to hear what he is saying, and give me the voice to speak the words that I need to say to him without speaking in anger, but to do everything in love. In Your Name Jesus I pray. Amen" Mercedes couldn't help but to pray her entire drive home looking at the missed calls and message alerts on her phone knowing that Sam had been trying to call her, and she needed to stop running and face him like the adult she was.
Sam was not drinking this time when she entered the house, but he was curled up on the sofa with the dogs. Those two were going to miss him when he left, but that was life better knowing him for about two months then having to deal with him leaving after about two years. She thought as she made her way into the sitting room.
Sam looked up and was relieved to hear the front door close and the dogs barking knowing their mommy was home. Mike had sent him a brief text saying that Cedes was OHW which he decided meant that Mercedes was on her way home. He didn't bother to call his friend knowing that he must be busy to send the quick text and not call him back about the marriage dissolution.
"Mercedes, I don't know what you overheard outside my dad's office, but please let me talk." Sam began looking at her tear swollen eyes and not being strong enough to see that for once he had lied and hurt her more than anything else possibly could.
"No, wait for a second. Sam, I was wrong for eavesdropping, wrong for leaving, and wrong for ignoring your calls. I did something I promised to stop doing and that was running away from you without talking first. Avoidance, escapism, and fear of abandonment are all the issues that I have because that is how I pretend to be a victor when in fact I am a victim. I let my mother control everything and speak to me as if I was nothing. I wouldn't even talk to my dogs, the way she talks to me, and although I will argue back with her, I never stay and stand up to her. I thought choosing my music career and living in California meant that I was no longer under her control, but as soon as I moved back to Lima, I become the childhood version of myself which let's me know that running away from a problem never solves it. I am finished running away from things, and if you want to dissolve our marriage, then I will do what you want. Just know that I wish you'd have come to me first before telling our parents and Lord knows who else." Mercedes admitted not concerned about looking weak in front of man who knew every part of her anyways.
"Mercedes, my dad told me I was wrong in not coming to you, and now I know how stupid I was. I thought that I was manning up and doing everything for you when I needed to learn that a marriage is not a person making decisions, but it is a partnership between two people. I was just so defeated, and then angry, then finally able to see that is was my low self-esteem that caused almost all my problems. This morning when I woke up I was so happy because I was finally going to be able to sacrifice for you. Dad had already agreed to allow me to quit after I closed out my accounts, so that I could pursue my true passion which is my comic business. I would be able to travel with you across the globe, and you would be able to release your album and all would be right in our world. However, when I found out what that snake and that two timing ex of mine did, it hurt me so bad that I no longer saw you. All I saw was me every part of me, a me that knew that I wasn't worthy to be in a relationship with you because I was the loser that my mom said I was."
"Sam you are not a loser, and you are more than worthy to be in a relationship with me because I love you." Mercedes couldn't help but interrupt him. How could he think those things about himself when she saw how his dad loved him, his siblings loved him, Mike and Tina liked him, and their dogs loved him, too because there was so much good in him.
"That is my problem. I have low self-esteem, and I am going to see a therapist about it, but you love me?" Sam asked finally realizing what she said after saying he wasn't a loser.
"Yes, Sam, if you couldn't tell by that one song, I song to you that I loved you, then I don't know how else to express my love for you. When we were together and happy, I felt like I was brave enough strong enough to do anything, and then when I heard you wanted to dissolve our marriage, I turned again to the person who escapes everything by running away. I don't want to be that person Sam. I want to be the person I was when I was with you all the time, so letting you go is going to be hard, but I know I have to be strong enough to let you go even though it feels as if my heart is being ripped out after being torn into shreds." Mercedes couldn't stop the tears from welling back up in her eyes.
"Don't cry baby, please baby don't cry. Part of me wants to say I am not worth it, but I realize that we both have issues. Having the mothers that we have means that issues are mandatory, but as adults we can deal with our issues. Our main issue is communication. I should have come to you, and I am sorry. I was wrong, but please know that my love for you blinded me to everything else. I love you, and if dissolving our marriage is not what you want, then talk to me, tell me what you want baby, and if I can do it, then I swear I will try, because I can't stand to see you hurting."
"You love me…Sam?" Mercedes asked hearing everything he was saying but only focusing in on his love for her.
"I am truly, madly, deeply, uncontrollably, irrevocably, and forever in love with you, Mercedes." Sam said allowing his eyes to show her the love he felt for her. "I first fell in lust with you when I saw you in Mike and Tina's kitchen, I started to develop feelings for you when you told off both our mothers at the meal, and I fell in love with you after you threatened to beat Felvis' ass in Vegas, but I didn't know it was love until I began to draw you all the time and had to feature you in a comic because you consumed all my thoughts and were now to sole muse to my creativity. I only wanted the marriage dissolved so that your career didn't have to suffer, not because I wanted to end our relationship even though it was hurting you being tied to me because of my former associates."
"I understand Sam because I feel the same way about you. I had already sacrificed my career for my friend, and if you truly know me, then you know I would have sacrificed it for you my husband. I told Mike that everything in this world means nothing without you, and I mean that Sam Evans. So what do we do now?" She asked him looking at him with an answering love in her eyes.
"I think we do need to dissolve this marriage because we entered into it with the wrong motivations, and I want to wine and dine you, romance you, and have the wedding that you deserve after we receive premarital counseling, deal with both our issues separately with individual counseling, and have additional counseling together to deal with our communication issues. I want us to be two completes wholes in this relationship, and I want you to continue with your career because your career is not just a job it's a ministry. You truly make a difference in people's life, and until we have our seven children, I think I can share you with the world."
"I don't think we need to dissolve our marriage. I think we need to have Judge Washington change our sentence so that we can spend time a part and we remove the deadline. I can't imagine not waking up in your arms, and you forget that I have some pretty high moral standards, I wouldn't be able to make love with you if we aren't married Sam. I do agree to the counseling. We need to discuss premarital things like children because no way am I giving birth to seven kids, two hopefully and three only if our first two are the same sex. After three tries, I know that I will be out of the giving birth business unless we can find a way for you to carry them and deliver them, then that's a nonnegotiable. Also, I think we need marital counseling to deal with our issues involving communication and other problems we have, and I will agree to see a therapist that my publicist recommends. She has been in therapy, and it really has made a difference in her. If you would have known her when we were in high school together, you would have that she was the female version of Satan. Any therapist that can help her should know somebody that can help me as well."
"No premarital sex. Okay, I will agree with you on the marriage dissolution thing because I may be man enough to let you go and not see you, but if we are going to be courting then I know I won't be able to resist keeping my hands off of you. After talking to Kurt this evening, he told me the one way to get that hurt look off of your eyes was to serenade you. He told me about an old song that you liked, that I would like to sing to you now. Sam sits Mercedes down and pulls out a guitar he had to borrow from Stevie because his guitar was somewhere packed away Lord knows where.
I Like It
I've been thinkin'
'bout you for quite a while
You're on my mind everyday and every night
My every thought is you, the things you do
Seems so satisfying to me,
I must confess it, girl
Ooh... and I like it
You send chills up my spine every time
I take a look at you
Ooh... and I like it
Girl, you're blowin'
my mind with the things you say to me
I like the way you comb your hair
And I like those stylish clothes you wear
It's just the little things you do
That show how much you really care
Like when I'm all alone with you
You know exactly what to do
You put that fire inside of me
And make it more than just a dream
Ooh... and I like it
You send chills up my spine every time
I take a look at you
Ooh... and I like it
Ooh... and I like it
Girl, let me run this by you just one more time
You're on my mind every day and every night
My every thought is on you, the things you do
Seems so satisfying to me,
I must confess it, girl
Ooh... and I like it
You send chills up my spine every time
I take a look at you
Ooh... and I like it
Girl, you're blowin'
my mind with the things you say to me
I like the way you comb your hair
And I like those stylish clothes you wear
It's just the little things you do
That show how much you really care
Like when I'm all alone with you
You know exactly what to do
'Cause you put that fire inside of me
And make it more than just a dream
I like it, I like it
I really, really like it
I'm for it, adore
So come let me enjoy it
I like it, I like it
I really, really like it
I'm for it, adore
So come let me enjoy it (I like it)
I like it (I like), I like it (That's right)
I really (I like), really like it (Uh, uh)
I'm for it (I'm for it), adore (I like)
So come let me enjoy it (Ooh... ooh... ooh...)
Ooh... and I like
Ooh, I like it, ooh...
Ooh... and I like
I'm just tryin' to satisfy you, girl,
you know I really like it
Say baby,
I like everything little thing you do
The way you comb your hair
And every little thing you do
It shows how much you care
Say baby, every time I take one look one you
I get chills up and down my spine
And I like it, I like it, and I like it,
and I like it, and I like it
Like it, like it, like it, like it, like it,
like it, like it, babe
Ooh... and I like
Woo... ooh...
Ooh... and I like
While Sam was serenading her and giving her those bedroom eyes, Mercedes knew she was going to kill Kurt Hummel to have a man sing to her in his upper and lower register really was a turn on to Mercedes and having her gorgeous specimen of husband sing this song to her was baby making music, and she wasn't ready to be led to bed so easily. She had to bite the inside of her cheek to stop her from jumping his bones before he finished the song. She did get up and kiss him after he finished singing, and the kissing of course led to the bedroom where Mercedes did more than put the fire inside of him, she took total control, and all she could hear was Sam crying out her name.
At two o'clock in the morning, Mercedes wakes up hearing her phone ring. "Did Sam put a baby up in you, so my little Baby Chang has a Baby Evans playmate?' Tina asked without saying hello.
"Are you out of your mind, Tina calling this late at night asking such a ridiculous question?"
"Well, I finished allowing Mike to have his way with me before dinner. The baby makes me so hungry, so I have to eat. When I didn't hear from you by the time it was ten, I knew that you and Sam were busy getting it in. I am only up now because Baby Chang must reside on my kidneys, cause I had to get up and use the bathroom."
"Tina no more over sharing, please, I beg you to not give me the details." Mercedes began before Tina interrupted.
"You mean you don't want to know how Mike bent me over and slapped...," Tina began.
"Oh hell to the no, Tina there are some things between you and Mike that need to stay between you and Mike at two o'clock in the morning especially. You know we are both sleep drunk and are bound to say things we will regret upon waking up."
"But it would all be true. Do I need to get you a pregnancy test or come over and stump my foot all up in Sam's ass and invite Santana to come over and we give him the Tana and Tina double smack down. Since I am pregnant I will let her take him to the carpet."
"Tina if you touch my man, I will allow your mother to host your baby shower," Mercedes threatened her best friend.
"Oh, so that means no marriage dissolution. Sam and Cedes are sitting in the tree and getting B.U.S.Y. busy. First came marriage then came love, and next year will be Sam and Cedes with a baby carriage."
"Tina you are insane. I.N.S.A.N.E. certifiably insane; I hate to burst your baby on the brain bubble, but there will be no baby anytime soon. My album will be released during the Pink and White Gala, and I will be going on tour after that baby of yours is born, and Dwight has had enough time to hire a new interior designer. Sam and I are going to go to counseling and work on ourselves and our marriage, so when you have baby two, maybe then and only then will Sam and I think about extending our family and giving one of your children a playmate missy."
"I knew you loved me. Oh, hell, Cedes, Mike is waking up; I need to get off the phone before he threatens to spank me."
"Bye girl, and don't act like that's a threat when you know you like it." Mercedes told her friend hanging up the phone and snuggling back into her husband's arm. After telling Sam all they had planned to get back at his foes after their sex marathon and eating delivery pizza in bed, Sam had got up and did a little dance and promised to take the gang out with Mike for a celebration dinner for the weekend, which she had forgotten to tell Tina. Mercedes turned to look at her husband and thought their marriage had to be one for the record books, and for once was glad that even though their mothers probably meant their relationship for bad, God allowed it all to happen for their good. She and Sam would be stronger people and a stronger couple now that they were completely on the same page for the first time in their marriage with love being the key component.
The Temporary End