A/N: No I am not back to writing. Just going through all my old files and seeing which stories to throw away. I am updating this to where I left off and inspiration went out the window. Maybe over my holiday break next month I will finish some of these stories I am uploading today, but I make no promises. I have had some bad things happen where I work, and I am using this weekend for Samcedes escapism to take my mind off the daily grind. Stay safe and Vote and live each day as the gift it is and try not to stress too much about tomorrow that is my pep talk for myself that I am sharing with you guys.

Disclaimer: I own nothing from Glee but this unfortunately is mostly my writing and warped mind that comes up with this nonsense.

Chapter Two

One year later in a restaurant in Lexington, Ky...

"Sam my man Evans, I thought that the rumors were a lie that no way could your white bread ass be in a thruple with Quinn and Mercedes, but since following your wives on social media I know it's gotta be true that you are Lexington's own Bill from Big Love." Artie said giving his former close friend a slap on the back before wheeling his chair at the table of the local diner.

"You know both Mercedes and Quinn, Artie, and do you believe for one second that I am sleeping with either of them?" Sam said with weariness in his voice.

"After Corona and Black Lives Matter finally mattering, I am willing to believe anything. I had just finished taping a special on a documentary on the history of racial violence committed by the cops in Louisville not just Breonna Taylor but all the cases of this when I decided to come to Lexington to check on the people I haven't seen since forever.I DM'ed Mercedes and just like a good wifey, she told me I would find you at the station. She suggested I take you out to lunch instead of coming over for dinner."

"She didn't tell you why she suggested that or why she is living in Lexington permanently?"

"Nope, I just assumed that Rachel was right when she heard from Kurt and Blaine that you three were living in a nontraditional relationship. At first I thought it was a menage, but Tina said that you would be too jealous to share Mercedes with anyone, even another woman. So, after that we knew it had to be polygamy. That you all probably had nights that you let each slept in your master bedroom with you with Mercedes getting five and Quinn getting two. We just been waiting to hear that Mercedes had been knocked up by you by now. I was around you two when you lived together in New York, and Blaine and I both knew that you couldn't keep your hands or lips off of her."

"Sorry to disillusion you, but that is not the case at all. Mercedes and I barely talk, and I try to stay out of her way as much as I can. I have to be nice to Quinn, but I feel resentment because of my own issues. I can't go into too much detail, but Quinn is sick, and Mercedes is basically in Lexington taking care of the girls and trying to manage the household. Quinn lived in New York for several months getting treatment, while Mercedes went back and forth and basically have become a second mom to Sammie J and Katie."

"I am sorry, man, I had no idea that Quinn had been ill. While she was in New York, we could have been there for her."

"That is my problem with her. She didn't even tell me her husband in name only but still her husband that she was sick. I had to find out through our insurance. She is being so secretive even with the girls. They are so confused and call Mercedes mommy now even though she tries to correct them. They have spent more time with her than their own mother unfortunately, and Mercedes treats the twins like they are her own kids. I am not complaining about that at all. I am grateful for her, but I have been about to lose my mind." Sam just broke down and admitted to Artie what he had been keeping inside and not expressing to anyone not his father, not his brother, and definitely not his pseudo wife and her best friend.

"Have you talked to Mercedes about this at all or have you just been bottling all this in?"

"I can't talk to her man because she knows how I feel about her, and Quinn knows how I feel about her, and they don't think it's a problem with her living there, and me being unable to express my love for her out of the fear that she will reject me again. Everybody knows that I don't love Quinn. I was stupid to have married her, and even more stupid to stay married to her once we realized we were simply not compatible. However, I let her convince me to be a sperm donor, so she could have our twins, and I love my daughters, and I would do anything for them even stay married to a woman that I don't love and will never love."

"Whoa, man that is some deep doo doo. But Mercedes has always had everybody's back in glee and let you and Blaine basically live with her rent free. She is the salt of the earth goodness, and she is more than willing to be the friend you need right now. The problem with your relationship with her is that you were never content with being her friend. Right now she needs a friend and you need a friend. You two are co-parenting as it is, and I hope Quinn is going to recover, soon but the bond that Mercedes have built with those girls will never disappear. She is their godmother. I don't know what you were drinking when you and Quinn thought that was a good idea. Probably the same thing you were drinking when you decided to get married and weren't in love or even interested in each other in that way."

"My mom almost dying of cancer convinced me to give her her dying wish and marry Quinn and have a family of my own before she left the earth. Right now, I realized Quinn and I could have faked the marriage and just did the in vitro process as we ended up having to do. But every time I look at Mercedes and sometimes even when I look at my daughters, I imagine what if I had just waited. What if I just told Quinn hell no, and then when Mercedes lost her ability to sing, I could have been her knight in shining armor and rescued her and finally convinced her to take a chance on us and our love. I am a twisted SOB and I can't help waking up from dreams and convincing myself that they are real that Mercedes and I are together and we are raising our children and living happily ever after, but the truth is that is detrimental to all involved."

"Well, I still say you should do the polygamy thing if you are unwilling to divorce Quinn because she is ill and you would be seen as a bastard. You and Mercedes are living together like a couple even if you are avoiding her. I bet she makes sure your uniforms and suits are cleaned, that the bills are paid, that your family is fed. She is your second wife without benefits. At least now you could finally taste that Chocolate Thunder that none of us thought that you could handle if our queen deigned to lower her morals and let you in the past and especially now that she may feel sorrow for your sorry ass to let you get a little something something since Quinn has basically made you an eunuch."

"Get your mind out of the gutter. I am a married man. I made vows, sickness and health to death do us part, and I am not going to dishonor my daughters, Mercedes, and even Quinn by doing such a thing."

"I might not have been a member of the God Squad and might not know the Bible, but I am sure there is a verse about if a man lusts in his hearts and do things with his mind, it is the same as doing it bodily. You can't tell me you have been celibate for four years and haven't jacked off to a video or memory of Mercedes' ass or boobs."

"Well, I am an elected official, and I have to have a reputation above reproach to be re-elected and I tell you all I had to do to clean this town up of racist homophobic cops that I don't want another good old boy to take my place because I have alienated my base my committing the crime of polygamy and openly living and loving on my second wife, while my first wife is ill and could be dying."

"Who cares about your constituents. If you are doing a good job that is all that matters. I am sure some of these women have been flirting with you and know you are married like our waitress did when she took our orders. Your mother is still in remission. Mercedes Jones has enough money to move you all to Utah and set you all up on a commune and y'all can be free to be what you all are."

"How do you know what we are?"

"You love Mercedes Jones and are miserable because you can't see a way for you to ever be together. She is trying to help Quinn even though it means sacrificing her life and having you be a dick to her on the daily while raising your children. Quinn has an older sister, a mother who is alcoholic but a mother nonetheless that could be helping out. And you have a family right here in Lexington. Mercedes doesn't have to be here; she is letting Quinn emotionally manipulate her into being her and taking over the wifey role because she loves Quinn, she loves those girls, and she probably still loves you; Lord knows I don't know why when she could have better."

"A part of me knows what you are saying is true. And if I were a good man, I would probably send her back to Lima, but I am not. Knowing she is here and in my house gives me the comfort of knowing that she is not in a relationship with a better man. Stevie has been flirting with her and trying to date her, and she treats him like her little brother. She is the queen of friend-zoning males."

"Yep much to the chagrin of every male that she hypnotizes with her body, talent, face, and grace. Man I guess you got to be true to yourself. Just don't take her for granted, and stop being an ass to her."

"I will try but I don't know how to act around her. I have made some mistakes and literally had to be hypnotized by Sue to be willing to date Rachel when Mercedes is all I have ever wanted. I just think we are modern day Romeo and Juliet. We are destined to be star-crossed lovers."

"I don't envy you at all. I am going to be in Louisville for the rest of the month, and I would love if I could meet up with your nontraditional family. Have Cedes text me when would be a good time." Arties aid realizing that Sam's lunch hour would soon be up.

"Yeah, I will let her reach out to you. It is not COVID, but we really have to be careful with Quinn's immune system and having visitors at the house has been out for awhile, but maybe we can meet in a restaurant or at my parents' house without Quinn."

"That sounds awesome. I can't wait to burst Berry's bubble and disappoint Tina, but I will set them straight Chief Evans."

"Thanks man, we gotta keep in touch." Sam said as he held the door open for Artie after settling their bill and headed back to his day of being Lexington's Chief of Police; his job was the only place that he had peace. At home, Mercedes' smell and her voice both lured and haunted him to the extent that he was just about tempted to be the bastard that Artie suggested he be and Quinn would give her approval, but he couldn't do it. He had cheated with Mercedes on Shane but cheating was not something that he could do while in a relationship with someone. He was a hypocrite like Artie had said, but as long as Quinn and he were married, he would keep his hands off of the love of his life who he was destined to love for the rest of his life because she was just so dang loveable and good and the best woman he knew. He knew that she wouldn't disrespect Quinn by committing adultery with him anyways. He would keep his distance to ensure that he wouldn't do anything to hurt Mercedes or his girls. He deserved this because he married a woman who he couldn't even have sex with because he was so gullible and now he had to hope and pray that she would beat cancer and they could eventually divorce and maybe one day they could both just be happy even if Quinn and he were never able to find love and keep a relationship with others; they would both be free to love another if given a second chance.

"God please heal my wife. Allow her to be the mother to our daughters that they need. And help me to not blame her and myself for this mess that I have allowed us to be in." Sam prayed as he entered the police station. He knew, Quinn knew, and Mercedes knew that it was going to take a miracle for Quinn to beat cancer. They were all praying for that miracle, but Sam had to prepare his heart for his girls just in case remission never happened and they lost her much too soon.