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We are nearing the end of this journey but first we need to let the mothers meet again after 25 years. Here is some conversations after dinner.
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"Uh oh." Sheldon said, ending the message.
"What is it?" Amy asked.
"My mother is coming tomorrow." Sheldon said.
"Tomorrow? I thought she was on a cruise." Amy said.
"Apparently they cut it short because of bad weather. She will be here in the morning to take us to church. She told me to invite you."
"Thanks but no thanks." Amy told him. "I don't have an agreement with your mother. I don't have to go to church."
"Oh come on Amy please." Sheldon begged. He tried to give her puppy dog eyes but was failing miserably.
"That won't work." Amy said, laughing at his attempt. "The last time I stepped foot in a church was at my uncle's funeral 5 years ago."
"Well here is your chance to make a good impression with my mother."
"Your mother likes me. I don't need to kiss up to her." Amy told him.
"It wouldn't be kissing up. It would be showing her that you are open to her religion." Sheldon tried. "Come on I don't want to go. Besides how else are we going to explain you being at the apartment so early on a Sunday morning?"
"We could tell her the truth." Amy suggested.
"She won't be accepting of that and then she may force you to go to church."
"No one will force me into going anywhere I don't want to go." Amy said. "Besides we have to tell her we live together at some point."
"I was thinking about after we are married." Sheldon said.
"We aren't even engaged!" She yelled. "I am not keeping this a secret. If you want that then maybe I should stay at my place tonight. I still have it for another two weeks. Better yet I can still tell my landlord I am staying. I can wait until we are married if it means that much to your mom." She told him. Amy was very upset that Sheldon did not want to tell his mother they were living together.
"Now we don't have to go that far." Sheldon told her. He had gotten so used to her being in his bed every morning there was no way he was allowing her to move back to her place. "I just don't want my mother to be upset. I remember when she found out I had lost my virginity. She was so disappointed. She thought of all her children, I would be the one to wait until marriage. The look on her face was one I had only seen when she looked at my siblings. She had never looked at me like that before. I don't know if I can handle that again."
"Do you want me to talk to her?" Amy asked.
"Or we could talk to her together." Sheldon said. He knew this was the only way his mother may accept it.
"We are going to have to tell her in in the morning. How will we explain why I am there?" Amy said.
"Good point." Sheldon said to her. "I am pretty sure my mom knows we have been intimate and that you spend the night sometimes. Maybe we can wait until after church."
"Okay deal. Now at least call her and let her know you got the message. I think I will call my mom and see if she is willing to drive down again tomorrow to see your mom. I was thinking she was going to be here next weekend."
"Yeah me too." Sheldon said. "I will call her now."
Sheldon went into their room to make the call. Amy got her phone and dialed her mother's number. She answered on the second ring.
"Amy what's wrong?" Sandy asked as she answered. She was afraid Joe had hurt her.
"Nothing. Sorry I am calling so late but I was wondering what you are doing tomorrow?" Amy asked her.
"Driving back to Santa Barbara." Sandy told her. "I decided to spend the night just in case you needed me after your dinner tonight. How did it go?" She asked.
"Dinner was very nice. Joe's son didn't like me very much. He you were lying about what happened when you were married. Joe and his wife sent him to his room and he didn't eat with us. He apparently is a lot like Joe was."
"Oh that is not good. I am sorry you had to go through that. How about his wife? What was she like?"
"She was very nice and so was his daughter. She was super excited to have a sister. We made plans to go out for lunch and pedicures. She is only 13. She never knew the true reason why I was not in the picture. Joe thought the kids were too young to understand but Sam, his son, had overheard Monica and Joe talking one night about what happened and demanded an explanation. They never knew he didn't believe them until tonight."
"He named his son Sam?" Sandy asked.
"He actually told me that. He explained that he had told his wife the entire truth before they were married and she agreed to name their son Samuel Joseph."
"So he got his junior." Sandy commented.
"Well not technically since he changed his name but he has a Samuel." Amy told her.
"Well I am glad things went fine. Did you talk about me at all?" Sandy was curious.
"No we didn't." Amy answered. "Is there something that you are afraid Joe will tell me?" Amy had been afraid to ask this question before but Sandy's voice seemed worried.
"No what would he tell you that I hadn't?" She asked.
"I have no idea but you seem worried." Amy answered.
"Well there is nothing to be worried about. Now what did you want to ask me?"
"Oh yeah, since you happen to still be in town, would you like to come over for lunch around noon tomorrow?"
"Of course. I would like to hear Sheldon's take on dinner as well."
"I am sure you do but that isn't the reason we asked you. Sheldon's mother was on a cruise in the area and she was supposed to be back midweek and then was going to visit with us but we got a message tonight her cruise was cut short. I had hoped she could see you and now it seems that it will work out since it is still the weekend and you are still in the area. She is coming over tomorrow to take us to church then we thought we would go out to lunch with her."
"Mary is in town? Oh I would love to see her again!" Sandy said excitedly. "I haven't spoken to her in years."
"Did you guys keep in touch after you left?"
"Not right away but after your father left signed the papers for the divorce, I wrote to Mary. I told her where we were and she informed me that Sam had left Galveston and moved to Houston." Sandy said. "It's been years since last we spoke though. It will be nice to see her. How did she take the news that you were Samantha?"
"She will find out tomorrow." Amy informed her.
"You haven't told her?"
"Well as I said, she was on a cruise. Sheldon tried to tell her before she left but she was gossiping about someone in her church and then his meemaw came and she had to go. Mom she doesn't even know we are living together yet."
"Oh well I understand that part. Mary has always been a very religious person. We went a few times with her to church. You and Sheldon would go to Sunday school. You guys seemed to always have a good time."
"I can't imagine Sheldon enjoying Sunday school." Amy laughed. "He begged me to go with him tomorrow."
"Well I am glad you are going. It has been a while since you went." Sandy pointed out.
"Yeah well don't get used to it. I may end up going once a year because Sheldon has an agreement with his mother but that will be it."
"I can live with that. You went all the time when you were little."
"I know. I remember daddy dropping me off at the Sunday school room every week and then when I got older getting to sit until the children's message. I did love the music."
"After he died, I had to drag you each week." Sandy said.
"I remember." Amy said. "I think I blamed God for daddy's death."
"I think you did." Sandy said.
"Yeah well, enough about that." Amy said, wiping a tear from her eye. "We will see you tomorrow around noon then."
"Okay see you then." Sandy said and hung up the phone.
Sheldon was on the phone with his mother in the bedroom.
"Shelly! You didn't need to call me back." Mary told him.
"I know but I wanted you to know that I got your message." He said.
"Leonard and Penny told me you were at President Seibert's house for dinner. Is everything okay? You aren't going to lose your job again, right?"
"No nothing like that. Actually we went because of Amy. He wanted her to come over and meet his family." Sheldon told her.
"That is strange. Why would your boss want Amy to meet his family?"
"Because his family is Amy's family." Sheldon told her.
"I don't think I understand." Mary said.
"Mom, where did Samantha go?" Sheldon asked her.
"I thought we talked about this already. She had to go to a special school because she was so smart." Mary told him.
"Yes but I was smart too. How come I didn't go to the school?" He asked.
"Your father wanted you to go to regular public school and be 'normal'" She said.
"Yes and that worked out so well. Where was this special school?"
"I am not sure. I think it was out here in California. Her mother was from Santa Barbara."
"Did you know Amy is from Santa Barbara?" Sheldon asked her.
"No I thought you told me she lived in Glendale."
"Well it is where she lived." Sheldon said, letting it hang that he used the past tense. He hoped she didn't catch it. "But she grew up in Santa Barbara from the time she was four."
"Oh, well that is a coincidence isn't it?" Mary said. She was very curious as to why Sheldon was bringing up Samantha when she knew he had her mother's ring to propose to Amy in a week.
"Well what is more than a coincidence is Amy was born in Houston in 1981." He told her.
"She was? Wow that is really something." Mary said. "Why didn't Amy tell you that when you first met?"
"She didn't know." Sheldon told her.
"She didn't know she was born in Houston or she didn't think about it?" Mary asked.
"She didn't know. You see mom Amy is Samantha."
"Amy isn't Samantha." Mary said nervously. "How can she be Samantha?"
"I am confused. You are telling me that Nancy Keller is Amy's mother?" Mary asked, shocked at the revelation her son had just made.
"Yes."
"So Amy is Samantha's sister?" Mary asked.
"No once again, Amy is Samantha. They are the same person."
"I don't think I am understanding this." Mary said yet again.
"Okay mom please listen. I know what happened to Samantha. Her mother didn't take her to a special school. Her mother was being abused by her father and they moved out and away. They moved to California, changed their names and moved on with their lives. Amy was the name her mother changed it to. She remarried and her new husband adopted Amy, thus the name Fowler. Mom I found Samantha. I have been dating her for a year and next weekend I am going to ask her to marry me." He said the last part quieter since Amy was in the next room.
"Sheldon this is amazing. I prayed and prayed that you would find someone special in your life like you had when you were little. I was blessed that you found your friends, Leonard and the boys and even Penny. But I wanted you to find someone whom you could spend the rest of your life with. I always thought you and Samantha were a special pairing, even at the young age you were. This information just tells me that God is working in your life. He brought Samantha back to you."
"I don't think God did that. It was more like a meddling pair of friends and a website." Sheldon told her.
"You see it your way and I will see it mine" She said, but then she realized that Sheldon had mentioned something about Amy's family. "Did you say President Seibert being Amy's family?"
"I did." Sheldon told her. "President Seibert is related to Amy."
"How is that possible?" Mary asked. "You told me you met her family in Santa Barbara. What does President Seibert have to do with any of this?"
"Well to start a new life, Mrs. Fowler, changed her name. Well Mr. Keller, whom I knew him as when I was five, also needed to start a new life. He knew he had done unrepairable damage to his wife and child so he decided to start over. He moved from Texas back to California as well. He also changed his name. He changed it to his mother's maiden name of Seibert. He also changed his first name to Joseph."
"So you are telling me that President Seibert is Amy's biological father, Samuel Keller?" Mary questioned.
"I am." Sheldon answered.
"And you had dinner with him tonight." She said.
"Yes."
"And you know everything that happened?" She asked.
"We do."
"And you still went to dinner at his house? He was a monster." She told him.
"I know. He admits it. He got help. His wife told us he has never laid a hand on her. His daughter was shocked when she found out."
"So he has changed?" She asked.
"He has. He told us he spent a year at a treatment facility and then found counsellors that he is still going to for help."
"Well that is a good thing. I knew he had gone to Houston with the help of your father but we hadn't heard anything else."
"Joe told us that." Sheldon said. "He seems as if he really has changed."
"Well I am glad and I am glad that Amy has found her father after all these years and that you found her again. This really was truly meant to be."
"I agree with you. Now Amy is inviting her mother for lunch tomorrow."
"Oh it will be so wonderful to see her again. I haven't spoken with her in over twenty years. She so wanted to keep in touch but she was afraid Samuel would find her."
"He did." Sheldon told her.
"What? I thought she had made sure to hide from him."
"Yeah well she went home. She only changed her name to her middle name and maiden name so she was easy to find but Joe didn't do anything. All he wanted was to see his daughter before he moved to the east coast."
"Did she let him see her?"
"No. But he caught a glimpse which was enough. He moved to Boston and worked there for a while before coming back to California because of Caltech."
"Did he know who you were?" Mary asked.
"He figured it out. It didn't take much. It is not like my name is common. And he followed Amy's career as well. He knew she was his daughter when she came to interview with him. He knew she was at Harvard when he was there."
"Wow and he didn't tell her until now?"
"No he was afraid and she probably wouldn't have even understood anything if Sandy hadn't told us the week before. I guess he was banking on us finding out or Amy already knowing."
"Wow. Well I hope Nancy will be joining us tomorrow and I will be by to pick you up at around 9. Did you make sure to tell Amy to be there early?"
"She is staying here tonight. We just got back. It will be easier than going all the way home."
"I guess that makes sense. Now don't go sinning the night before church."
"Mom! I thought your God forgives sins?" He asked.
"That may be so. I just wish you would have waited until you married her."
"I know but I can't take it back. Besides I wouldn't want to. I plan on marrying her very soon. I promise."
"Okay Shelly. I will talk to you tomorrow morning then." Mary said.
"Goodnight mom." He said and he hung up the phone. Amy was coming into the room as he hung up.
"Mom is still here. She decided to stay in case I needed her. She can't wait to see your mom." Amy told him.
"My mom is looking forward to it as well. I told her everything."
"Even about us living together?" Amy asked.
"I didn't quite get there, but she knows you are here tonight." Sheldon told her.
"Oh I guess that is a start." Amy said.
"It is. She tried to make me promise I wouldn't sin with you tonight." He laughed.
"I can sleep in Leonard's room if it makes her feel better." She told him.
"I don't think so." He said, pulling her over to him and onto his lap. "I want you to stay in here and what my mother doesn't know won't hurt her."
"Is that so?" Amy said, laughing.
"It is." He said, kissing her.
You can deduce what happens next right? Okay well next chapter will have brunch with moms and then we will go to San Francisco. I know you all are waiting for that trip.
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