A/N: Guys I've been trying to type all day [as in yesterday] but I've been pulled in many directions let me tell you about it shopping, updating and loading The Sims 3, bulldozing a few lots so I can put the White House in the game, removing ALL of my sex mods although one is still on there, pairing wireless headphones to a phone, playing connect 4, playing Mario Kart Wii, playing Jeopardy, wiping off disc that get errors which means I have to restart the system, charging batteries, playing True Crimes Streets of LA hearing where's Jenny, Jenny my car on fire, Jenny the steering wheel won't turn, Jenny I need a new car, Jenny I need help, me giving directions on how to do something and not getting up from my seat. 8:54 PM my cousins went upstairs and now I can type. I've been PMing 2 of y'all and they've been giving some good ideas. You know who you are. Okay let's get to it! What is gonna happen? Let's find out. Shall we?
ANY ERRORS I'LL COME BACK AND FIX I really am a STICKLER about that just grinds my gears.
(: You'll like this for well…Read! Happy reading (:
Mercedes POV
"Mommy…"
"Yes, baby, your tummy still hurts."
"I'm gotta use the bathroom." Sam said walking out.
"Okay. Baby, why do you have my phone?"
"No, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore. Y-Your phone rang and I answered it and then I connected to FaceTime because I thought it was granny but it wasn't."
"Who was it TJ?"
"Tank." He held up the phone to me the call log shows this random number calling back to back a bunch of times.
"Did you he say anything to you?"
"No mommy I ended the FaceTime as soon as I saw him he keeps calling mommy."
"O-Okay um…TJ go back and get in bed." TJ turned to leave my phone starting ringing I looked at the screen it was Tank trying to FaceTime again. I declined he called back again. I declined. Fourth time I accepted.
"What the fuck do you want Tank?!"
"That's how you going to talk to me you couldn't say that shit in my face at the mall but over FaceTime your ass got a nerve! I want my son, no I take that back I want our kids."
"Our kids? They're my kids!"
"Hell they're my kids just as much as they're your kids and I'm just going to take both of them and you'll never see them again. Watch me!"
"T-Tank you not taking m-my k-kids l-leave my family a-alone!"
"Family?!" He kissed his teeth laughing. "Family? You over there playing house with that man he gonna…." He kept going on and on I. "Imma take TJ and make you suffer." I turned away from the screen to wipe my tears my phone was snatched out my hands.
"YOU AIN'T TAKING NO ONE I DARE YOUR ASS TO SHOW YOUR FACE AROUND THESE PARTS I DARE YOU TO LAY A FINGER ON TJ OR MERCEDES I WILL FUCK YOU UP AND I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND SLOWLY TORTURE THE LIFE OUT OF YOU BUT I'LL LET YOU LIVE BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO BE BUBBA'S BITCH CALL THIS NUMBER AGAIN AND TRUST ME I WILL YOU KILL YOU!"
"YOUR ASS IS BLUFFING YOU WON'T DO THAT SHIT!
"YOU WANNA TRY ME?! FUCK YOU!" Puck forcefully smashed the end button throwing my phone on the couch. "You okay?"
"What the hell is going on with all this screaming this early in the morning?!" He asked closing the door.
"Tank FaceTime Mercedes."
"He what?" He rubbed his forehead with two fingers, closing his eyes for a moment. Why didn't you decline?!"
"I did the other 3 times and the fourth time I just answered because I was tired of him calling he called a few times that's why TJ was at the door."
He pulled me into a hug. "Did he talk to TJ?"
"No, TJ said as soon as he saw Tank he ended the FaceTime."
"I thought he changed his number!"
I pulled back looking at Puck. "What you mean you thought he changed his number? How you know his number?"
He looked up at the ceiling sighing leaning back against the door. "'Cedes I helped myself to your phone early in the week I called he thought I was Lucky during our call I thought that I'd inform him that he your brother wasn't dead and he also gave up some good information the names of the two that shot your brother, Anthony and Raymond, Lucky comes by the next day to tell us that Tank's disappeared and the number I called him from is no longer in service on our way to look for Ant and Raymond I called and it rang true but looks like he either has a new number same phone or he has whole new phone new number."
"Why are you now just telling me this? Puck!"
"I'm sorry 'Cedes this was before Sam lit a fire under our ass this was my own doing truth be told I wasn't going to share this little bit of information with you but seeing as now all of the doors of communication are open there you have it."
Sam picked up my phone scrolling through the call log. "What did he say Puck?"
"He said some bullshit on how he was going to take TJ and the baby of which there is none and make 'Cedes suffer and then I threatened him that if he laid a finger on both of them that I 'd torture him but I'd leave enough life in him to join Big Bubba. I'm going to my room because in a few short hours the fellas and I are interviewing bodyguards. You okay Mercedes." He rubbed my arm.
"I'm fine Puck."
"Okay. Everything I said to his ass you know I mean."
"I know you do Puck. I know thank you." Puck left the office, Sam went over to the computer searching for something, myself I cleared my call log and blocked Tank's number. "What are you doing, Sam?"
"Okay this TRO can't wait until Monday today is Saturday we're going to the police station and get this done today they can do it."
"What about the boys?" I pointed to the direction of our room.
"Stacey and the guys are here. I don't know what time they're going out but we can go now. Police station is like 7Eleven they should be able to do this at this hour besides after that flub of BS the owe us let's go change our clothes to look somewhat presentable to them." We quickly changed our clothes and were on our way out the door when JJ came out of the kitchen.
"Where are you guys off to?"
"We're going to the police station."
He looked at his cellphone to get the time. "At this hour on a Saturday it's 6 o'clock. What for?"
"TRO courthouses aren't opened on Saturday so the police station can do it I looked it up. We should be back within the hour. What time are you guys heading out?"
"Sam, we're heading out I say around 9 or 10 at the latest."
"Okay. Good we'll be back by then. If the boys ask for us just tell them we stepped out."
"Alright."
"Let's go baby." We left the house, got in the car and we were off. "They better do it right this time that's all I'm going to say if not they're going to hear my mouth and I have a big one."
"You do and I love it." He smiled leaning over stealing a kiss. "You want to get a new phone and keep that one because as the backup so we can keep track of all this craziness because he is going to call you back."
"Yeah, we can do that."
"Good, we'll go to the mall later on today seeing as tomorrow is Sunday we got church. Did Logan pack church clothes?"
"I made sure Rachel did. Sam, I meant to tell you this yesterday but I never got to."
"What is it?"
"Sam, I find you sexy in many ways but I find you even more sexier is when you pray. There is nothing more finer to me than a man that prays to the Lord."
"Wow. Thank you baby and I love a woman who prays too. Well I got something that's going to knock you off your feet just as you knocked me off mine, imagine a man so focused on God that the only reason he looked up to see you is because he heard God say, "that's her", now I've been with many and you and I have been through a lot but God never said anything about them, he knew and he gave me his approval."
"Baby." He kissed my hand. "You are too amazing."
"I know and here we are." We pulled up the police station. "Let's get this over with and make sure they do it right." He said as we got out the car walking inside. "Oh, a familiar face the officer who said that Tank was served in one breath and not served in the next."
"I'm sorry about that. I really am."
"No, it's no problem well actually it is if you don't get it right this time. That fool called my wife's phone this morning we would like to fill out the papers and he be served and we would like to see him get served to make sure it's complete."
"I don't know about seeing him get served. We don't know where he's at."
"He's at his house. I can lead y'all there where are the forms." I said.
TJ's POV
Seeing Tank again added more stress to my life that I don't need, I did get back to sleep I thought about fun things so Tank wouldn't show up in my dreams besides I got the BDD = Bad Dream Defenders on my side. I woke up to the sound of Logan flushing the toilet.
"You're finally up TJ. Who was that guy?" Logan asked me turning to the Disney Channel he took the remote with him to the bathroom.
"You saw him? I thought you were sleep."
"Yeah I saw him the phone kept ringing it woke me up. Who was he?"
I rolled my eyes. "Tank."
"Who is Tank?"
"The guy you saw he's my fake daddy."
"Oh fake daddy? They got those?"
I nodded my head. "Yup fake daddy, Sam is my real daddy fake daddy he's the guy who hit my mommy."
"He hit Aunt Mercedes! That motherfucker!"
"HEY! Don't say that!" I jumped off the bed running over to the door I peeked out no footsteps I closed the door joining Logan back on the bed. "I'm not trying to get in trouble for cursing! Mommy said I was a little Foxx Redd and I don't know who he is but I got a part 1 and I don't want a part 2 for that. Understand me Logan?"
"Yeah, I got you but Aunt Mercedes too pretty to be hit. Why?"
I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know but I hate him he made mommy cry, she used to cry a lot. The last time he made mommy cry she was screaming and yelling for him to get off her. I tried to go in there and help mommy but the door was locked. He used to hit her, yell at her; he pushed her down the steps. Was your mommy ever hit, pushed down the steps or yelled at Logan?"
"No."
"Oh, I thought all daddies did that to mommies until Daddy made mommy smile that first time he winked at her and I looked from him to her and there it was." I smiled. "I knew he would be okay in my coloring book."
"Am I okay in your coloring book TJ?"
"Yeah, you and Ian are y'all my brothers." We hi-fived.
"What about Gabby she your sister?"
"For now she's in my coloring book so she's good until she gets me in trouble again then I'm kicking her out the coloring book to the crayon box but yeah I wanted to call him daddy right then."
"So, when did you call your daddy, daddy?"
"I wanted to call him daddy when we were in his game room he called me son I didn't call him daddy that day the next day I called him daddy. It was at a cookout you wasn't there, no Gabby, no Ian it was just me and all of my aunts and uncles and we were sitting around the table and I was in between mommy and daddy he asked me how as the food and I said, "it's good daddy" I looked up at mommy and she had this funny look on her face after I said that I had to use the bathroom, daddy was going to take me but mommy took me we had a talk.
Flashback…
"It's good daddy." I did it I called Mr. Sam daddy! I looked up at Mommy smiling she had this funny look on her face while looking at daddy.
"How's the food babe?"
"It's good."
"That's good."
"Daddy can I have some more drink?" I held up my cup.
"Yes…baby you want some more drink?"
"No, I'm fine." Mommy said she still had that funny look on her face daddy returned with my cup and it was filled to the top usually mommy has a problem with me drinking a lot but she didn't say nothing.
"I gotta use the bathroom." I said as daddy was wiping his mouth getting up.
"I got him baby."
"No, Sam you stay I got TJ. Come munch." I got up from the table mommy reached back to get a napkin wiping my mouth. "Come on." I took her hand and we went to the bathroom in the game room. "Did you wash your hands?" She asked as I opened the door turned around standing on my tippy-toes reaching the soap she picked it up squirting two drops in my hands. "Shake the excess water in the sink."
"Mommy can I call Mr. Sam daddy?"
"I don't think so. It might hurt your father's feelings." She said fixing her hair in the mirror.
"He got feelings?"
"Yes, he does although he has a stupid way of showing them." She turned off the light heading back outside but I wasn't done I had to get this in.
"But I want Mr. Sam to be my daddy."
"Tell me why you Mr. Sam to be your daddy and you can call him daddy?" She asked as we were standing by the door she looked at him then back at me.
"Well...he's nice, he's fun, he plays games with me, he doesn't yell at me when I do something wrong, he makes you laugh and not cry and he makes you happy and you smile and you're not sad all of the time."
"For a 5 year old you're pretty accurate and on point. He does all of that and more."
"See. That's why he should be my daddy." I looked up her smiling and she returned it.
"TJ you made a very good argument, you can call Sam, daddy but I'm still going to talk to him to make sure he's okay with it."
"Okay. So does that make daddy your husband while we're staying here?"
"Thaddeus Joshua Evans."
"Then she had a talk with daddy that night I was faking sleep."
"Before we do let's talk."
"Okay, what you want to talk about?"
"What happened at dinner?"
"Oh, giving TJ too much drink?"
"No, that's okay." She fiddled with her hands biting her lip. "Sam, he called you daddy."
"I know…and."
"He called you daddy. Sam, we only was here for what 2 days."
"Okay. Your point?"
"That don't bother you that 2 days and to him you're daddy."
"Then I dosed off but I woke up because I didn't say my prayers and I prayed God in heaven hear my prayer keep me in thy loving care. Be my guide in all I do, bless all those who love me too. God Bless Aunt Brittany, Aunt Quinn, Aunt Rachel, Aunt Santana, Aunt Stacey, Uncle Kurt, Uncle Blaine, Uncle Artie, Uncle Puck, Uncle Stevie, Mommy and Daddy and by daddy I mean Sam. Amen."
I got back in bed and faked sleep I heard daddy enter my room. "Daddy loves you Thaddeus Joshua Evans." He kissed on my forehead adjusted my covers. "Amen." He hit the light and went back outside.
I open my arms. "Daddy been my daddy ever since."
"That's cool TJ!"
"I know enough talking about this. You wanna listen to some stories daddy recorded of him reading to me before he left for San Diego."
"Yeah."
"Great, let's go to my room because it's a book on it called Do You Want To Play With My Balls it's great! It's about blue balls and hairy balls." We got off the bed running to my room I got my iPad and went to the videos searching through them. "Where is that book? The balls book was the first one. Let's go ask Aunt Stacey that book was on here a few days ago."
"Ask me what?"
She said leaning against the door frame. "It was a book on here called Do You Want To Play With My Balls it's not on here no more. Where is it?" I gave her my iPad.
"Your mother told me to delete it she didn't want you listening to that book." She set my iPad on my table.
"But why it was a good book Aunt Stacey. Sally kept messing with someone balls she even squeezed them and they got blue balls even the dog licked the balls!" I shouted in protest.
"That's the reason right there your mother didn't want you to have that book. You'll know when you get older. Come on let's go eat breakfast." She ushered us out my room.
"Where are mommy and daddy?"
"They went out to take care of something they should be back soon."
"It's handled and it's done right." I heard mommy say.
"Mommy!"
"Uncle Sam!" Logan and I ran down the stairs jumping in their arms. "Where y'all go at?"
"Aunt 'Cedes and I had business to take care of. Y'all feel better?" He leaned down rubbing our tummies.
"Yes, we're starving Aunt Stacey was just about to fix our plates."
"Stacey, we're back. You don't have to fix their plates. I got it."
"Okay Mercedes. Well I'm going to be heading home for today. I'll be back later but I got the guys to give y'all the house for the day as well. I don't know of the last time y'all actually had the house to yourselves. Do y'all remember?"
Mommy and daddy both looked at each other trying to remember the last time. "It's been while."
"I know. So enjoy these hours without us have family fun with TJ and Logan. I'm going to go take a shower and get dressed and I'm heading out." Aunt Stacey turned around heading back upstairs Logan and I were still being hugged by mommy and daddy.
"Uncle Sam."
"Yes, Logan."
"I'm glad your TJ's daddy I heard about his fake daddy and I don't like him one bit. He hit Aunt 'Cedes she's too fine to be hit."
"I agree Logan. How about you run off to the game room Aunt 'Cedes and I want to talk to TJ."
"Okay."
"Am I in trouble?" I asked as we heading over to the couch sitting down.
"No. Why did you tell Logan about Tank?"
"Logan, saw Tank I didn't think he did and he asked me about him and I told him how he hit you and bad things and I told him how daddy is my real daddy and how I wanted to call him daddy when he called me son in the game room. You remember that mommy."
"Yeah, I do."
"But I called you daddy at the cookout and mommy was surprised that I called you daddy."
"TJ, how do you remember this?"
"I have a good memory daddy." I tapped my forehead. "I don't forget anything especially that wink that started it all you were right over there mommy and I here and I knew you were okay in my coloring book when you made her smile. Now daddy, I asked mommy this but she didn't give me no answer."
"What is it?"
"When I called you daddy I asked her does that make you her husband, but granddaddy said that you have to pop the question, so daddy have you asked granddaddy for mommy's hand?" I propped up my head.
"Well, have you Sam?"
JJ's POV
Puck, Stevie, and myself are at the meeting spot to interview that potential bodyguards while Puck is updating us with the latest Tank BS bulletin.
"So, how many times he called her phone?"
"I don't know but too many for my liking I cussed his ass out I'm waiting for his ass to walk by these windows. I'd bust through them." Puck said sipping on his drink looking out the window knowing him, he'd do it.
I heard a guy clear this throat I looked up and was greeted by some big dude extending his hand for a handshake. "Hi I'm Shane Tinsley."
"I'm JJ, this is Puck, and Stevie." I offered him a seat. "You know why we want to talk to you."
"Yeah, being a bodyguard for a family."
"Yeah. Our sister now that fool called her phone this morning but that's neither here nor there well actually it is. I got one question and its, if we all ride out to kill this mofo are you down with get the down."
"As in break necks and beating the shit out of someone leaving enough life left for them to be tortured by another, hell yeah."
"He's hired!"
"Puck, I got more questions to ask Shane." I held up spiral notebook.
"You're hired!"
Sam's POV"
"Talk about being put on the spot." I scratched my head. "No, I haven't but when I do, I'll ask you too for mommy's hand."
"Okay. Now mommy I got a question for you." He turned to face her.
"Now mommy is in the hot seat."
"What is your question TJ?"
"Why you tell Aunt Stacey to take off the book about balls from my iPad?!" He pouted. "It's a good book I wanted Logan to see it, Sally kicked someone in the balls and he lost one."
"It's not a good book for you to listen to besides how do you know about Sally kicking someone's balls you didn't make it that far." She raised her eyebrow TJ slid over to my lap sliding down on the floor. "You went back and watched it after I told you not to."
"Um...I gotta run! Bye!" He dashed to the game room closing the door behind him 'Cedes was right on his tail coming in a little bit late. "Thaddeus open this door! Thaddeus Joshua open this door!"
A/N: 5:45 AM I got this chapter done! YES! I'll be back in a few hours after I catch these Zz's I've been up since 11 AM yesterday with no nap or sleep. [update I'm up around 10 ish]