Don't want to go on without you

A decision needs to be made

"You wanted to kill my daughter for your political advancement? What the hell were you thinking? What did my daughter do to you? Bayley has been a great daughter and has never given you any problems." Linda asked in a deadly calm voice. Rick knew he was up shit creek and wouldn't get out of this. "I never meant for it to kill her, but I knew she would heal at some point. Your daughter just being around was an issue for me. She never fell in line like Charlotte or Michael, and then your daughter changed her name to your late husband. After all, I did for her! That was a slap to my face. I gave her a home to live in, and she couldn't attend political events." Rick said. Roman could see Linda was about to lose control. "What did you do for her? If she didn't act as you wanted her to or got bullied at school, you would make her sit in a corner and go to her room before I walked in. You would threaten her so she wouldn't say anything to me. She was a straight "A" student, which wasn't good enough. So once again, what did you do for her?" Linda asked.

"I put her in a job at the military base. I gave her a roof over her head and food to eat. I let her work for your brother, did I not?" Rick asked. "That job you gave her was crap. You wanted to break her and make her fall in line. You put her in the smallest lab, and you would have them go through her stuff. Bayley was never an issue for you! She wanted to protect her secret more than anyone. Bayley was not only protecting her secret but mine as well. You never trusted her and looked down on her. FYI, I was going to send Bayley to Roman with or without your approval anyway. You are not in charge of my daughter. It would help if you decided what you want. Can you do things right or stay aligned with Black? But choose correctly because you could lose everything. This is a re-election year, and you don't want to lose all this! Oh, by the way, Black was hitting on Charlotte and made her feel very uncomfortable. You really would allow someone like that to hit on Charlotte." Linda said.

"What did you just say?" Rick asked. "Black was hitting on Charlotte. She came to see me and told me." Linda said. "I have a bodyguard on her, and she won't leave Charlotte's side. Linda was right about Bayley; she would never tell anyone what she was because she respects her mom more than anyone else. But you couldn't see that because you were blinded by power." Roman said. "I have security that could protect her," Rick said. "You know that isn't true. Black could get to her if he wants to. So your partnership isn't that strong, and he knows who he will go after to get you to do what he wants you to do in the end." Roman told him. "I will be staying with Roman for a few days. Charlotte will be joining me for her protection." Linda said. "I never meant for this to happen. How am I going to fix this problem?" Rick asked.

"It depends on you. I can have a team help you if you want. Think about it and let Linda know what you want to do?" Roman told Rick. Linda had one more question she needed answered. "How did you find Bayley when she took off?" Linda asked. Rick looked nervous before answering, "Black had his men go look for her. They were only to locate her for me. I told him she was a lab worker for the military that could help get the stuff he needed for the drug." Rick said without looking at Linda. All Linda could do was look at Rick before she and Roman disappeared. Rick didn't want to lose Linda or Charlotte. He was going to have to give in and leave Bayley alone. Linda and Roman were right; she wasn't the one he had to worry about; it was Black. "Linda, I'm sorry you have to deal with this. We will keep an eye on Black. We can watch over your health here at SSI." Roman said. "All I care about is Bayley and Sasha. I want to make sure they are protected at all costs. Their unborn children need to be protected. Eddie's tribe lives on through Bayley and Sasha." Linda said.

Roman agreed with what Linda had just told him. "I can beef up security around their house. I will call them back to my office so we can talk." Roman told Linda. "Hello, can you please return to my office? We need to talk!" Roman text Sasha. "We are on our way back now," Sasha replied. "Do you need something to eat? It's been a long night so far, and you need to keep up your strength as well." Roman tells Linda. "I'll get something here in a little while," Linda said. Linda didn't like putting Bayley in this position and didn't want to put any stress on Sasha. But she knew they needed to know what was going on.

"Who texted you?" Bayley asked Sasha. "It's Roman, and he wants us to return to his office. Roman texted, saying we needed to talk. I told him we were on our way to his office." Sasha said. Sasha looked at Bayley and could see worry in her eyes. "I won't let anyone hurt us, but we need to hear them out," Sasha tells Bayley. "I know you are right, but I don't feel good about this," Bayley tells Sasha as they leave the office. "Babe, are you hungry? You haven't eaten much today." Sasha asked. "I'm okay, and I can wait until we get home to eat," Bayley said, letting Sasha enter the elevator first.

Sasha didn't like the fact Bayley didn't eat anything before they left. Baylor only cooked for her and didn't make anything for herself. "Sasha, please don't stress yourself out. It won't help you or the kids out." Bayley said. Bayley wanted to change the subject, so she decided to talk about the names they wanted to give their unborn kids. "We need to figure out what we will name our kids," Bayley said. Sasha didn't want to name them until they knew their sex. "We should ask Roman for a sonogram to find out what we are having," Sasha said to Bayley. "We could wait until they are born and then name them. All I want is for them to be healthy and you to be ok." Bayley said, kissing Sasha on the top of the head.

"That's all I want and to have you by my side," Sasha said as they walked into Roman's office. "Hello, thank you for sticking around. We want to share with you what we found out and have a plan to protect both of you." Roman said. "What do you mean a plan to protect us?" Sasha asked. "We discovered that Rick was targeting Bayley, and we believe that might still be the plan. Even though Linda told him to stop, we both feel we need a plan." Roman said. All Sasha could see was red, and they wanted to kill Rick. Sasha wondered if her dreams were coming true. If the dreams were coming true, she needed to protect her family. Even if Bayley isn't happy with her mom and uncle, they will need their help to protect what they have together. All that matter to Sasha was to protect Bayley and their unborn babies.