Chapter Thirteen
Rachel POV
"Oh my God. Mr. Johannsan?" I said in my best southern accent, "I have heard so much about you..."
The man with the long face glared at me and I kept talking. I channeled my best southern hillbilly and kept on going, Blaine stood by my side with a green trucker hat and he arm draped around me loosely.
"My Uncle is Bruce Caplan and can I just say he speaks the WORLD of you and Mr. Jenkins here." I pointed to the chubby man across from him, "I couldn't believe we ended up at the same restaurant as the people who saved the family business. Politicians doing good for a little East Coast Pharmaceutical company like us?"
The chubby man in the too-tight suit with the receding hair line finally spoke, "I think you've mistaken us for someone else."
"Nope. No way. We know it was you." Blaine said with a grin and pulled a chair up and sat down next to them. Their faces showed their dismay. "Her Uncle told us what you did for us. You saved the company a million dollars!"
"What company are you referring to?" The long faced gangily man asked nervously.
"Well you've got to remember Bruce? Bruce from Texon Pharmaceuticals based out of Atlanta." I said with my big southern smile, "He said you guys came to him when he was in need. Imagine that, a politician HELPING a company for a change."
The chubby guy looked at the skinny man and spoke in a nervous fashion, "George?"
George laughed him off, "Oh yes, how could we forget Bruce? He was a sweetheart. A Teddy bear of a guy."
Blaine laughed and grabbed the chubby man (Mr. James Jenkins) glass of wine and took a swig, "Oh this is a good year." He teased and kept talking, "We are just so grateful to you. Our whole family. The recall would have put us under. You saved us so much and only for 50,000 dollars." He smiled, "You can't imagine our gratitude."
"Please!" I said sitting on the other side of them, "Let us pay for you meal as a Thank You."
George cleared his throat and asked me to keep my voice down and I spoke real low, "We're forever in your debt for what you did."
James finally spoke up, "Well Bruce needed a way out, and in this economy it was the least we could do. Drug recalls can get messy."
"Just between us," Blaine moved forward, "How'd you get us out of that mess?"
I smiled, "Yeah, I'd love to hear the whole heroic story."
Blaine looked at me and winked and I grinned back.
Sam POV
Stephanie was tipsy on vodka and cigarettes and we danced in the moonlight as we made our way back to my house. She giggled in my ear and I was starting to have second thoughts about tricking her into helping us.
She looked at me and smiled and I smiled back and she touched my lips with her hands, "I have never seen a mouth like yours."
I laughed and she kissed me. It was a quick surprise but she tasted like appletinis and lip-chap. After the kiss I was certain I never wanted to NOT feel her lips again. I held her close and kissed her again and finally spoke.
"I like you."
She giggled, "I like you too."
"Can I be honest with you?"
"Please," she grinned and I licked my lips and kissed her again.
"I need your help."
Rachel POV
George gulped and motioned for a check and James shook his head, "We really should get going."
"Oh stop, any ally of my Uncle's is a friend to me." I smiled, "How'd you get the drugs off the shelf without a full blown recall?"
"It's really a very touchy subject." George said softly, "Now if you'll excuse us..."
Blaine grabbed George before he got up, "Were you able to stop the shipments from arriving? That is what Bruce said you did."
"Most of them, yes." James said, "Some we had to confiscate from the pharmacy's. It really wasn't that much trouble."
"That is amazing," I smiled and put a couple hundreds on the table, "You two gents have a great night."
Kurt POV
That is exactly what we needed! Rachel got them to admit how they did it. We can get them on extortion and if Sam is the whistleblower, he'll be able to get immunity! I high-fived Quinn and she grinned from ear to ear at me.
"We did it..." She said, "But Sam still hasn't answered the question. Who is blackmailing Finn?"
I slumped in my chair, "I guess we need to wait."
After an hour Santana came in the apartment looking a mess, "I puked on Finn."
Quinn frowned, "Like ON him or near him?"
"On him." Santana whimpered, "He was trying to help me into the bathroom and I just went Linda Blair on him."
She laid herself on the floor dramatically, "Then he put me in the shower fully clothed."
"Guess we know Finn doesn't handle puke well," Quinn laughed.
"You don't have to scream," she moaned and got up slowly. "I'm taking Berry's bed. Bring a bowl or a pan to me when you can."
She crawled to the back of the apartment and I laughed under my breath. "I can hear you." She barked.
After a couple minutes I heard her fall into Finn and Rachel's bed. "Water. And bread. I need both of those things." She yelled and then moaned about her head.
Quinn jumped up. "I got this." She laughed and jumped up and I smiled at the recorded confession in front of me.
"I am a fucking genious."
Finn POV
"Hey baby!" I answer the phone and she's elated, I assume she hasn't seen the pictures online yet.
"How'd it go?"
"We got it! I am SURE we got what we needed to prove those bastards." Rachel screamed. "What are you doing? How's Santana? She looked so drunk in those pictures."
"You saw them? You're not mad?"
Rachel laughed, "It was the second part of the plan, baby. I knew what was going to happen." She scoffed like I was the ridiculous one.
"Oh, she went back to our place. She vomited all over me so I made her take a shower and then sent her home."
"EW!" Rachel squealed, "Well we'll be home in 5 or so hours. Blaine is driving so probably longer."
"I love you." I say with and easy sigh as I throw my vomit-stained clothes into the bath tub and turn on the water.
"I love you. And I get to see you VERY soon." She said proudly.
"Bye."
"Goodbye, love."
Sam POV
Stephanie and I show up at casa de Hudson pretty shortly after I tell her all of the details and Kurt almost pushes us out of the apartment.
"It's OKAY Kurt." I yelled, "I told her everything and she's in."
"In? Like, she's going to help us?" Kurt was bemused by the small blonde, "Knowingly help us."
Stephanie laughed, "Not all people have to get tricked or manipulated into helping." She smiled up at me, "I love a good scheme."
Kurt grinned from ear to ear, "Welcome to the fold."
Rachel POV
I felt myself being shook awake, "We're here." I looked at the clock on the dash. It's 5 AM. I checked my phone and Kurt never called.
"I guess Sam never figured out him part?" I yawned and Blaine shook his head.
"I guess he did. Everyone is upstairs."
I nodded and jumped out of the car, Jose took Blaine's keys and we hurried to the elevator to get to our floor.
"I'm nervous. Why am I nervous?" I mumbled as I pushed our floor and slide my key card to allow access to our home.
"Because you're crazy?" Blaine offered and laughed.
I nodded, "That must be it."
When we get to our apartment it is full of people. The kids are up and sitting on the floor in the living room. Finn, Kurt and Quinn are sipping coffee in the kitchen and a very hungover Santana is laying on Sam's lap on the couch.
Another girl I don't know is hunched up against the wall in fetal position. "Is this her?" I start, only half-joking.
"Nope." Puck says from the hallway, he walks in with a beer like it's 5 in the afternoon. "That's Sam's new bitch."
Santana barks, "Don't yell, Puckerman. God your voice is almost as annoying as Berry's."
I widen my eyes and look at Finn who grins at me and pulls me in his arms, "Morning baby."
He kisses me and I push him back, "Coffee breath." I tell him and put my hand out, "I want some."
He agrees and goes to pour me a glass.
Everyone slowly starts to get up and stretch to join us at the kitchen table. Chris walked over and hugs my legs and I kiss his forehead and go to grab Audi. It seems like they are in on the scheme as well.
"So, who was it?" I ask, I'm antsy.
"It's kind of screwed up," Finn says as I sit down. My stomach is twisting in knots.
"Spill!"
"Remember the man who was the Quarterback before me?"
"Sanchez?" I ask.
"Yeah... it's his wife." Finn said nervously. "She's the one who has been calling Sam."
Sam nodded. "And here's the kicker, she and Emily... they're sisters."
My mind felt like it was going to explode. "It was all a set up, from the beginning? It was all a big plan to separate us?"
Sam nodded slowly and I felt both excitement to finally know what was going on and frustration. "What's next?"