A/N: I usually have a bug story but since the change of the seasons I got are ant stories but I did kill a spider outside dude was crawling on me in other news I'm going to Missouri totally looking forward to that when I went to Georgia I did throwback chapters I'm thinking about doing the same who knows. *kick* Write about me. Hey y'all. Alex J here! *twirls in the belly*
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Wednesday….
Mercedes POV
"Ladies and Gentleman I would like for you to welcome our keynote speaker for today she's an accomplished singer and songwriter 2-time Grammy award winner and domestic abuse survivor, Mercedes Jones!"
"I would like to thank you for in-inviting me today to speak about d-domestic violence. I-I w-was…." Gripping the podium Quinn rushed to my side as the tears fell from my eyes I whispered in her ear. "I can't read this get Sam up here."
"Sam!" She whispered. "Mercedes can't read this she's going to be in a ball of tears I would read it myself but I don't have a knife handy and me stopping halfway through this to stab his name wouldn't look pretty, you're going to have to do it. I got Mercedes."
"Okay baby you are awesome and I love you." Quinn helped me back to my seat once situated I gave Sam the okay. "Hello all I am Sam Evans, the husband of the beautiful and talented wife, singer and mother Mercedes Evans now I know you were all expecting to hear her speak but as you saw she was overcome with emotion it's been a rough and rocky 9 going on 10 days and we all thank you for your prayers and thoughts please continue to keep us in your prayers. Prayers by a show of hands how many of you believe in the power of prayer that's the majority of the room that's good I'm going to share this prayer with you that I overheard it goes, "Now the light has gone away, Savior, listen while I pray. Asking thee to watch and keep and to send me quiet to sleep. Jesus Savior wash away all that has been wrong today help me every day to be good and gentle and more like thee. And Jesus let daddy stop hitting mommy and yelling at me. Amen."
"That prayer was said by my son TJ when he and I lived with the man that physically and verbally abused me it broke my heart to know that he was a witness to my beatings and shaming and that he too was being abused as well now I know you're thinking, so why didn't you leave? Leave? Leave to me and leave to you are two different things your leave is as leaving and not coming back but my leave was leave and come back and I did leave but I returned because he told me you can go but leave TJ here with me so I know that you'll come back to me and I did many of times the cycle was never broken until the last time I left I don't know what lead up to getting me beat but when I say he beat me good, he did broken ribs, busted lip and two black eyes and a concussion had I not gotten out of that house he would have beaten me worse I drove the majority of the night until I arrived at the house of the man who still had my heart Sam he sprang into action to make sure that his Mercy was okay he called our friends from high school to rally around me give me that support of love that I surely needed that night not one of them judge me or said anything that would hurt me more than I was they took my phone so that monitor my text messages and calls I remember either it was Quinn or Brittany could have been Santana probably Kurt that read his messages to me and I took up for him saying, "he don't mean that", see I was in the mentality I had to be broken to be healed. Come on somebody. Mercedes didn't write that I just added that in. Y'all liked that."
"The whole crowed laughed so did me my first laugh in a few days. "In the days that followed none of them left me they camped out at Sam's house for a couple of days until they felt safe to know that I was fine but I wasn't because my son was with God knows who so in the middle of the night I waited for Sam to fall asleep so I could slip out to return home, I didn't go home I went to the studio slept there for a few hours then to the house because that wasn't no home it was hell. I opened the doors and I heard my son's voice all was good but not good Tank was not there he soon arrived putting on this act in front of his mother like all was right with the our little world when his mother wasn't looking he whispered in my ear that once his mother left he was going to get me, he did, he raped me last thing I remember was me crying for him to get off me and TJ crying for him to get off me I awoke the next morning and I said to myself Mercedes, girl you got to get up out of here you can't keep your son in this situation but I don't want Sam to know about TJ. Stay or go. Stay or go. Go. Stay. Go. I contemplated in my head but as I placed TJ on his bed I thought back to last night and his prayer repeated in my mind, "And Jesus let daddy stop hitting mommy and yelling at me. Amen.", and with that I was gone I never looked back I was gone for good we were gone I broke the chain off of that we were free and it was the best feeling in the world hundreds and thousands of women never get to experience that because their lives are taken each day 3 women die because of domestic violence, every 9 seconds a woman is beat or assaulted in the US I would love that number to drop to none. We have the power to make changes don't turn a blind eye to your neighbor yelling out, that woman in the grocery store on an overcast day wearing sunglasses to hide her black eyes, the woman wearing long sleeves on the hottest day of the year hide her bruises, or the woman that shows up at your house at midnight. I'll close like this I came across this while doing my research, "when we treat our spouses and intimate partners with dignity, respect, trust and honesty, we will shape our future as well as our partners, our spouses, our children and our families. Thank you." The crowd erupted in thunderous applause shouting my name he motioned for me to join him at the podium. "Come on baby please say you will mmm…join me she's not that little ditty that I just sang is the song I proposed to Mercedes to I would share my story about this but."
I cupped my hands around my mouth. "Share your story baby go ahead."
"Okay I won't be with you for too long I just want to make it quick share with you my feelings during this time you ever love someone so much so that you'd go above and beyond just to be there when you aren't there physically. That was before Mercedes left to return to Tank I purchased her a phone a techie tweaked it so that everything that she did I would know I had access to everything the night she left she told me, "Sam, it's a lot you don't understand it's a lot I haven't told you but I can't stay here another night with you. I have to go back. Thank you for everything that you done but I gotta go." That hurt me here it is me I opened my home to you and I still don't know everything but I finally got to know everything when TJ's picture appeared on my monitor she had a baby here she was in my house for those days and didn't say not one thing about him maybe because she thought I would not want anything to do with her or she was to shame to say Sam I have a child there or she didn't want me to deal with her business, her baggage, worry about something that I didn't have no parts of well she was wrong on all cylinders. I made it my business and when she found out about me spying on her she was upset with me she could have left with TJ and I'd still do the same because my love for her and TJ and our baby girl exceeds everything else that I do. Now I'm going to stop talking and return to my seat. I just want to put a shameless plug in here tomorrow turn on your radios because my sister in law and PawPaw will be on the radio you will not be disappointed."
"Leave it to Sam to throw in a shameless plug. Mercedes your words took me back to this summer it was a bittersweet summer more sweet than bitter All the fun we had wish I could hit rewind. Remember when we're all getting ready for our last minute beach trip and TJ got upset because you wouldn't let him back into the kitchen with the guys because they told him to ask for toys." Quinn handed me her phone. "Then I showed him this picture of you all dressed in Gaga outfits."
"Yeah and I screamed! I still can't believe you saved that picture but I'm glad you did."
Sam reached over taking the phone. "You know TJ asked me daddy where is your Gaga outfit I told him that I'd dress up as her for Halloween can't do it, won't be the same. Here is your phone." Some guy walked by Sam slipping a note in his pocket his eyes jumped out his head reading the note. "Wow."
"Sam tell us what does the note say."
"Remember when Alex J was doing all of that spending she purchased TJ a watch I set it up the watch has GPS TJ was wearing the watch the day he was taken get this get closer he has radar on TJ. Last night he was Texas still there making their way to Louisiana. You know what this means we can now forewarn the people of the state to be on the lookout."
Thursday…
Denise POV
"As I told you at the top of the hour that we would be having two special guests in the studio they are the aunt Denise and great-grandfather they call him PawPaw of TJ Evans the missing kid that's getting all of the publicity right now. Welcome to the show! First I would like to say our prayers are with Sam and Mercedes along with the rest of the family um Denise you and PawPaw are wearing some cool shirts I know folk out there in radioland can't see them what does your shirt say."
"My shirts says Tank Gotta Die I will say that a lot throughout this interview so get used to it, I'm like a broken record. He got to die you just don't understand me he has to die. Also on the back it says Amen and Amen again."
"Yeah, Trickey I agree with my Pawpette right here Rank, Crunk gotta go see we as a family a couple of months ago beat his ass at this party Dijon went to and I got the word late so I didn't have my pants on so I just had a thing protecting my mini me from the ladies Monica don't like when they see my goodies they may come to my yard. Hey baby I love you and Jazzy. Also I'm selling something too I got this prayer CD recorded by the one and only Santana titled She Got That Oil heard if you are drunk it will keep you partially sober."
"Alright we'll put these up on our IG, can both of you gives us an idea of who Tank is, he's name has been uttered since this happened he has a following of people that are in his corner along with a GoFundMe that has since been taken down before it was removed he raised a total of 4k which isn't a lot to some but that's a lot of money. Why did he start a GoFundMe?"
"The reason the GoFundMe was started was because his fans wanted to help him out that call themselves the Tankettes and they believe his story of not hitting Mercedes over Mercedes who has photos and has done numerous interviews about it she had a luncheon on yesterday she went but couldn't speak so her husband read what she wrote and he spoke too he did an excellent job and the video is on YouTube for those who want to watch."
"Wait…who is on the phone put him through welcome to the Rickey Smiley Show, care to say your name and where are you?"
"My name is Tank and my location isn't none of your got damn business I hear you got PawPaw and that crazy lady with that hatchet on your show first and foremost I want these fools to keep my name out their damn mouths they don't know my story or the shit I went through with Mercedes got her ass all out I watched that little luncheon video and it's all lies….."
"You would say! Jerk face! I wish your dad had spilled u down the toilet. You are a complete waste of space. You are such a treacherous bastard. How could you beat TJ. There is a special place below hell for u and your malicious crew. I hope u choke on a chicken bone and die."
"Damn….hold tight the lines are blazing call in to ask Denise and PawPaw some questions. Tank stay on the line."
A/N: Geez the fetus took over my A/N okay Alex J. Shoot until next week. I got stuff to handle. Until then iamJLS. *kick* What's the number?