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"Then why are you acting like you don't want this?"

"FUCK! Sam, you know exactly why. The reason is wearing your ring, the reason is standing in this very restaurant,"

"Excuse me can you unlock the door," Jordan said from the other side of the door.

"Shit," Sam whispered.

Shit was right Mercedes thought to herself as she heard Jordan's voice on the other side of the door. If this was a regular event Mercedes would have unlocked the door and apologized. However, here she was on a date with another man, however, she was in the bathroom about to risk it all with her ex-fiancee while his current fiance was knocking on the door. This wasn't something she could simply say sorry for and exit the bathroom.

"Excuse me I really have to go," Jordan said again. Mercedes shoved Sam into the last stall and made sure it was locked. Then she glanced at herself in the mirror. She took a deep breath and walked towards the door she unlocked it and opened it muttering an apology.

"I should have known it was you in here," Jordan scoffed.

"And that is supposed to mean what exactly," Mercedes sighed out sick of these petty games.

"It means you have to let Sam go, alright he chose me not you, and you throwing yourself at him is getting old."

"Excuse me,"

"Yeah, coming to that engagement party that was calculated, you eating dinner with his parents. You are not that desperate I would hope,"

"First of all nothing about me is calculated I have moved on, second his parents wanted to eat dinner with me because they consider me family. Third I am not desperate. What is desperate is repeatedly trying to appeal to your fiancee's parents after they have shown that they can not stand you. Sam is yours I have nothing to do with the relationship. So a word of advice leave me the hell alone and worry about your future husband," Mercedes hissed as she walked out of the restroom. When she made it back to her table she grabbed her purse abruptly alarming Derrick.

"Mercedes, what is wrong?"

"Derrick I am sorry but this isn't going to work, I can't do this to you because then I'd just be leading you on and you don't deserve that. I'm sorry but I have to go," Mercedes said as she ordered an Uber to come to pick her up. When it arrived she spent the drive home thinking about what had transpired and though the night ended on a sour night she was happy that she didn't create even more chaos and confusion to an extent.

Yes having Sam kiss her in a public restroom was chaos within itself but she was proud of herself for not letting Sam get away with playing her and Jordan, she was also happy that she let Derrick down. He was a great guy but he wasn't the guy for her, and their being together would only be one-sided because she would never be happy.

When she arrived home, the first thing she did was pour herself a glass of wine, and start a warm bubble bath in order to soothe herself. Once the tub was filled she was about to step in when she heard her phone ring. The ringtone let her know that it was her father calling and she rolled her eyes. Even though she had spent time with her father during Nashville the relationship was the same, non-existent. Her father had barely listened to her, they didn't have a perfect relationship and she was fine with that because no amount of communication would ever make them feel like they had a real bond.

"Yes, daddy," Mercedes answered.

"Hi babycakes, how is life back in Georgia?" He questioned.

"Daddy I live in Michigan," Mercedes sighed out.

"Oh that's right I am sorry well how is it?"

"Um, better than the last time I was here, but I know you wouldn't call me at this time of night to ask about this so what is it?"

"Baby, do you remember the man who kidnapped you?"

"Yeah Will Schuester, what about him,"

"I am set to represent him in his case."

"WHAT THE HELL!?" Mercedes screeched.

"Look baby, I know it isn't ideal but it is my job as a lawyer I just took the case,"

"And you can give it to someone else?"

"I can't baby he requested me and it can do wonders for my career. Look I just called to let you know. Goodnight." Mercedes hung up the phone and felt her heart ripping at the seams. She could not possibly believe that her father was representing the man that had raped and tortured her, not only that but Will requested him. She thought her life was finally changing for the better but it seemed as though it was not.

"Sam, what the hell is your problem? You have been ignoring me since we left the restaurant." Jordan complained as she and Sam made it to their room. Sam had his face in his hands as he sat on the bed. He was over it all, he was over pretending to be happy in this engagement and he was over being with Jordan with Mercedes in arms reach. He was over Mercedes constantly rejecting him.

"I can't do this anymore," Mercedes muttered.

Jordan looked at him like he lost his mind, "What are you talking about Sam,"

Sam stood up and looked at her, "THIS! I can't be in this relationship anymore, I'm not happy I've never been with you. Me asking you to marry me was wrong,"

"I fucking knew it, you have been sleeping with her!"

"Who,"

"Who do you think your ex ever since she came back in town you have been acting weird. And you slept with her weeks before our wedding,"

"Mercedes and I have not slept together, but I am realizing that asking you to marry me was wrong. Jordan I am not in love with you, I never have been I've been using you as a band-aid to fix me but that is wrong and I apologize for it. However, I can not allow myself to stay here with you when the love of my life is here. Look I'll pay for everything and you can have the apartment considering it is your apartment, and I will have my stuff cleared out here by tomorrow," Sam spoke.

"What makes you think I am just going to let you go?" Jordan hissed.

Sam's eye darkened, "I am trying to be nice about this but I now realize that isn't going to work for you. Whatever media headline you think you may carry in your back pocket I can more than match it. I have unlimited access to resources in my back pocket that will make you cry and send you right the hell back to wherever you came from. So if you think you are going to ruin me or Mercedes then think the fuck again. So bow out of this engagement gracefully while you still have your fucking integrity and identity intact." Sam hissed out. He grabbed his phone and coat from the bed and stormed out of the bedroom and made his way out of the apartment where slammed the door. Then he called Puck.

"What's up man," Puck answered.

"I need Mercedes's address," Sam replied as he got in his car.

"Now, Sam I can have your back on a lot of things but I refuse to give you the address when we both know you are engaged,"

"I broke the whole thing off,"

"I'll text it to you," Puck replied quickly before hanging up. Sam sighed a breath of relief and put the address in his GPS and sped off to the place.

Mercedes's eyes were swollen as the tears stained her face. She tried to go to sleep but she couldn't and proved entirely futile when there was knocking at the door. She placed on her robe and walked to the door and opened it but immediately closed it back but Sam was able to wedge his foot in the door.

"Wait, Merce let me explain,"

"Nothing to explain Sam,"

"I broke it off her, I told her that I couldn't be with her because you have my heart. Baby, I am sorry for what I did but please I want you back in my life," Sam rushed out. Mercedes opened the door and Sam was about to kiss her when he noticed her face.

"Baby, I didn't mean to make you cry," Sam replied as he pulled her into a hug.

"It's not you, it is my dad," She muttered.

"What about him, is something wrong with him?" Sam answered.

"He-he is taking Will on as his client for the case," She whispered.

"What?" Sam hissed feeling his blood boil, "He can't do that Will hurt you, why would he feel the need to do that?"

"I don't know he said it would boost his career. I don't know what to do. I knew we would never have a good relationship but you would at least think he wouldn't go and pull something like this," Mercedes cried.

"It's ok baby," Sam whispered as he kissed the top of her head and held her as she cried. He picked her up and naturally she wrapped her legs around his waist as he took them to her bedroom. He laid her down under the covers and kicked off his shoes before joining her. He held her close and let her cry out on his shirt until she drifted off to sleep.

Mercedes's Nightmare

Mercedes was back in that damn attic. This time however she was clothed neatly and she wasn't tied up. The door opened and she saw her father come down the steps until he was right in front of her.

"Why are you doing this?" Mercedes questioned.

"Why'd you let yourself get into this position?" Marty replied.

Mercedes looked at him like he lost his mind, "This was never my fault he kidnapped me, he raped me. I am your fucking daughter and you think it is right to go and represent the man that hurt me!?"

"Mercedes, stop with the dramatics,"

"You've never been there for me, you never cared about me. I hate you," She hissed out. Marty looked at her and rolled his neck before tackling her to the ground knocking the wind out of her. Mercedes opened her eyes, and gone was Marty but instead, it was Will who had her pinned to the ground.

"I've got your daddy on my side, and from what I hear you haven't been a very good girl," He growled.

Mercedes jolted awake with heavy breathing and sweat dripping down her face. Sam sat up with her wiping the crust from his eye.

"Hey, you ok?" He questioned.

"I haven't had a nightmare in so long, after I moved they were happening every other week until they ceased to exist. This was the first one I have had, and it was different. It used to just be me and Will back in the attic, but this time it was me and my dad and then Will," Mercedes explained as Sam rubbed her back soothingly.

"Do you need me to get you anything,"

"No, I'm fine, let's just go back to sleep," Mercedes said. Sam pulled her close again and stroked her back until they both went back to sleep.

Neither of them knew why all these bad things were happening to them. It was hard for either of them to find the silver lining in all of the negative when a bunch of shit kept on happening. However, for now, all they had was each other.