I know its been a few days but with Halloween and my shots I have been out of it. Plus I lost my edited version and went crazy lol but I am back and here you go with another chapter. Enjoy. Love you all and stay blessed.

Stacy watched as Rachel left and she went right in and punched Sam in the shoulder. Sam looked at her shaking his head.

"Stacy what that hell are you doing?"

"Beating some damn sense into you that is what? What the hell is wrong with you? Are you that stupid?"

"What is wrong with you? I don't have time for this."

Stacy shoved him again.

"You big idiot! I can't believe you, how could you hurt her like that?"

"I can't do this right now I need to go talk to Mercedes."

"She doesn't want to see you. Quinn and Mike have been trying to convince her not to leave. And honestly I am not sure why. I have to know Sam, do you even love her? Because if this is love then I want no parts of it, and neither should she."

"You are my sister you are supposed to be on my side."

"No I am on the side of right and you are not right. That is your wife up there. Do you even care?"

"I DO! But she left me! She walked away from our family. So why am I the bad guy?"

"Because she left to protect you, and you left for Rachet. What if Jamal or some guy did to me what you are doing to her? Would you like you right now?"

Sam shook his head swallowing the bitter truth his sister just laid on him.

"What am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to fix this?"

"You the man, so get your damn head out your ass and fix it, but if you don't want her, or you just want her because she is a warm body then please do us all a favor and leave her alone."

"I agree you either think of something to do to make her feel your love or leave her alone because Quinn and I tried everything to stop her from leaving." They both turned towards the entry to see Mike standing there. "She is determined to leave and never see you again. And I am close to saying good riddance to your ass too."

"I need to see her."

"She doesn't want to see you. Its scary up there one minute she's crying upset and the next she is threatening to chop off your member."

Sam paced back and forth and sighed sadly. Blaine walked into the room.

"Stacy I think they need you upstairs Quinn and Sebastian are running out of reasons for Mercedes not to leave. Sam you screwed up royally. How are you going to fix this?"

"I need you guys. I need you to be brutally honest with me about this...you are my family and have always helped me when I need it. Please any ideas you guys have for me I will take."

Mike moved closer to Sam.

"Fine, I think you are a dick, i think as much as you want too, you can bring yourself to treat he the way she deserves and think its because she has always been so accommodating. Mercedes cares way too much about everyone so its easy for people to take advantage and while you may not have done it on purpose you do. I think you found something that used to work for you getting your way and now that she doesn't want to accept anything but the best you don't know what to do. Do I think you are in love with her? I do but I think because she never made you show it, you forgot how too. It's time for you to prove to her why she belongs to you. And not the other way around. I know she left, but you are the one who pushed her to that point, Royce may have helped, but you did too."

Sam sighed, in their marriage he was the one working and she was the one taking care of home, it got to the point where he just assumed she would do it because she was there. His mind tried to rewind and think about the last thing he did for her, and the fact that he was drawing a blank, made him realize that his actions really did make it seem like he didn't love her.

Mike shook his head. "Before we do anything else to help you, now that you have thought about my words, I need to know. Do your really love her or are you just going to hurt her again."

Sam looked at Mike with tears in his eyes, he let all the drama with Bella and Royce,m and his own insecurities as a man make the one woman who made his heart stop, feel like she meant nothing to him. God he was a dick.

"Mike I love her so much it's hard to breathe when I am not with her. I do love her and I am in love with her and I know I screwed up, I know I am all kinds of a loser right now but I can't lose her, it took coming back here to truly see how I feel about her."

Stacy moved walked to the door.

"I am going to stall all I can but if I were you I would work fast do something. With your dumbass bout to make me lose a sister I love I swear to God Sam if she leaves you and you marry Rachet we choosing Mercedes and will never speak to you again."

Stacy started to walk away but Sam stopped her.

"Just please don't let her leave."

"Who is leaving?"

Sam turned to see his mother and father at the door with the kids.

"Mike called us with the ok to bring the kids home is there still a problem? I thought you guys made a police report and have security roaming around?"

Sam frowned.

"Mercedes is upset and wants to leave. Mom do you think you can work your magic please. I have an idea on how to get her back I just need some help."

"We can help daddy."

Sam smiled down to Reagan.

"Good because I am going to need your help too."

"Come on mom you may be the only one to get through to her. Sam just hurry ok."

Stacy followed Mary up the stairs and waited as she knocked on the door. Quinn opened it relieved to see Mary.

"Mom thank God you are here she is crazy."

"Mercedes sweetie are you ok?"

"No I hate him. He is a liar and I am glad to be rid of him. I'm leaving tonight with the kids."

"Ok, well do you need help packing the kids up?"

"Yes please."

The women looked at Mary wondering what she was doing. While they were trying to get Mercedes to stay she was helping her leave. Mary moved closer to Mercedes.

"You want to hurry. It was raining when we got here and a huge thunder storm is on its way. I know you are angry but to take the kids out in that weather you must be serious about leaving. You just be careful. The fog and thickness of the rain could cause accidents. And the whining of the kids. We were supposed to have a family night together they were looking forward to that. But you have every right to be upset I mean it's horrible that you are hurting and I hate that my son is the cause so let's throw rationalization out the window and just get you packed up."

Mercedes looked over to her and sighed.

"I get it. Ok I get it I am being irrational and not thinking clearly."

"I know how it feels to be so angry you could just kill."

Stacy laughed.

"Mom come on you couldn't hurt a fly."

"Maybe not now, but like Mercedes I was married to a clueless Evans man. Thank God I only had one boy and you girls got more than just my looks. See things don't just "click" for them, they need that "aha" moment. I had prayed Sam wasn't like his grandfather or his father, but I was wrong. Obviously given this situation."

Mercedes folded her arms.

"I get you are trying to help but you aren't. From what I can see Erin loves you so much, he wouldn't hurt you like Sam has hurt me."

"Oh girl you have no idea. Erin and I have had two major fights in our relationship. One befroe we were married and one after. Come sit down girls let me tell you a story."

Quinn and Stacy joined Mercedes on her bed as Mary sat on a plush recliner in the corner.

"We all have defining moments in our lives. Ones that the choice we make could make or break us. I was 16 when I first met Erin. He was everything I ever wanted in a man but I was only 16 and he well at the time I was half of what he wanted. The other half was my best friend. He liked us both and wasn't sure who he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. My friend, we all agreed that we would be friends and nothing more. No dating and no pressure. Well When we turned 19 I was asked out by Bobby Johnson… oh girls he was the equivalent to Jeffrey Dean Morgan and I turned him down, because that morning Erin left me a love note in my locker, saying he wanted me to meet him at the movies. So I got all dressed up and went and who was in the back row making out with Erin. My best friend. She set it up so that I would catch them."

The girls gasped as Mary continued.

"She saw me and smiled thinking she won. I couldn't even see straight. When I got up to leave Erin came after me. He said he didn't know why I was so upset. Connie had told him I didn't like him. That I couldn't stand him and I wished them well being together. I was mortified. So angry he believed her and angry she lied on me. I left and didn't speak to either of them for the rest of the week. I went out with Bobby and he was amazing. I really started to like him, but Erin wouldn't give up though. He showed up at my house every day at the same time begging me to take him back. Roses and candy. Stuffed animals and finally one day I was walking home from school and when I got to my house he was there in a suit and tie. He had my parents all dressed up and my brother. Then he got down on one knee and begged me to be his bride. I asked him why me why he went through all this trouble to make me his bride and you know what he told me? He said because I was the cream that rose to the top. He said when he heard that I didn't want to be with him it saddened him so badly that his heartbroken. He knew he loved me the moment he met me he just needed a push in the right direction. And I said yes."

Quinn nodded. "So when was the second time?"

"I was pregnant with you, Sam was three and I caught your father with another woman. He swears that she came onto him but I didn't care. He was a Surgeon, top ranking one at that and everyone wanted that meal ticket. I packed my bags told him to go to hell and left with Sam. Your father being the idiot he was, started dating that tramp. Your grandparents tried to talk some sense into him but it wasn't until he got the divorce papers, did he truly realize what he was losing. He wouldn't know Quinn and Stacy you probably would of been the daughter of a rebound honey cause I had planned on getting mines."

The girls laughed but Marcy continued. "One day I went into labor, it was hard I mean 18 hours and Quinn, your stubborn ass just would not come out. Its one of the reasons your name. They were going to push me to have a C-section and I didn't want too. But I swear right when they were wheeling me out, your father came and then you dropped into position and were out in three pushes. The doctors said you just weren't ready. But your father and I knew you were waiting for him. Every time he moved away from me you would cry, that first night you weren't content until he was laying in the bed with me and we were holding you. It was like you were trying to keep us together. Now we had planned on naming you Stacy but it just didn't' fit. You were a newborn but wise and you became our voice or reason and Quinn actually means, Wise, reason and counsel. It was perfect. And it took some work but we made it."

Sighing heavily Mercedes shook her head. "I am glad it worked out for you, glad you guys were able to make it work, but I am just done. I don't want this anymore. None of it. My life is screwed up and the one thing that was supposed to keep me grounded was my marriage. Was Sam! He was the one thing in my messed up life that I could count on. And he let me down."

Mary moved closer to him. "Honey he's a man, they are going to mess up. I am not saying be with him, I am saying, if there is any love left for him, then talk to him one last time. And if there isn't well you have our support either way."

Stacy sighed. " Come down stairs, the kids are there and you might be happy to see them. And we can figure the rest out in the morning."

Mercedes took a deep breath before nodding. "Okay I mean what can it hurt right?"