Bentley looked up at Negan unable to think of anything to say so she settled on a simple, "I'm sorry."
Negan looked down at her, his eyes full of questions but their moment was quickly interrupted by the sound of gunfire outside of the compound.
Negan's head jerked at the sound as he looked down once more, "The doctor is going to take good care of you and we can continue this discussion later on."
Bentley watched as Negan raced out without a kiss or any indication of what was going on in his mind. Her thoughts were put on pause as Dr. Carson addresses her.
"Can you tell me where it hurts?" he asked, placing the dopler back on the counter.
Bentley looked at him, her eyes vulnerable and not tough like usual, "I think I'm Ok. My ribs hurt but that's really it."
Dr. Carson nodded as he looked at her bruised face. "I'm going to give you a full evaluation and then I can let you go rest."
Bentley nodded as Dr. Carson proceeded to do a number of tests on her. Once he was done, he smiled at her. "You got off easy after a wreck like that. Your baby is fine but you do have 4 bruised ribs so you need to take it easy. You have bruising all over but it's all superficial. Please come back in if anything feels unusual in any way," he instructed.
Bentley nodded as she slowly got off the table and stood. Her legs were shaky but she was alright. She needed to find Negan. She left the office and started looking through the halls.
As she neared Negan's room, she could hear his voice. She knew where he was and it made her feel instantly ill.
She entered the room to see the 'wives', Negan and Rick's son from Alexandria. He must have been responsible for the gunshots.
Negan saw her enter the room and he nodded in her direction, "Baby, Amber disobeyed my rules. What do you think I should do about it? You know how seriously I value the rules." As he spoke, he stared daggers at her.
Bentley swallowed as she replied, "That is up to you. It's not my place to decide or make suggestions. I support whatever you choose to do."
As Negan looked away from her and pulled Sherry aside, Dwight and Daryl entered the room with a tray of food.
"Dwight, you let my prisoner out? Did he finally make the right choice?" she asked as she grabbed a toothpick from the tray and placed the point to Daryl's throat.
Dwight shook his head, "He hasn't but we thought showing him might help him decide."
Negan looked over at the group and placed one finger in the air to let them know he wanted silence and he leaned forward and placed his lips to Sherry's.
Bentley wanted to run out of the room but she was forced to watch. When Negan was done, he walked back over and gestured for Daryl to give the tray to Carl.
"Cmon boy," Negan said to Carl.
Daryl puffed his chest out and uttered, "If you hurt him, I will kill you."
"Don't talk to my Baby like that," Bentley began but Negan interrupted her.
"He's not your responsibility anymore," Negan said, "Take him back to solitary, Dwight."
Negan didn't say another word as he left the room with Carl right on his heels.
Sherry looked at Bentley with a sympathetic glance, "What have you done, golden child?"
Bentley shook her head, "I don't want to talk about it." Bentley left the wives area and headed to her room where she closed the door and sunk to the floor. She didn't know what to do if Negan couldn't accept this scenario. She didn't want to live with the other wives and just placed into rotation. She knew she needed to speak to him but she didn't know when or how. After some time had passed, there was a knock at door. Bentley sighed as she finally stood and turned to open it. Negan was on the other side leaning in.
"Yes?" she answered, unsure of how to reply.
Negan's lips curled into a large smile as he walked into her room, twirling Lucille. "I just got finished putting some closure on the Amber issue and I need to take the kid home but we need to decide what to do with you…."
Bentley nodded as she sat down on her bed, awaiting her punishment.
Negan looked down at her before getting on his knees in front of her so he could see her face, "What's the matter, Baby?" he asked, placing Lucille on the ground and his hands on her arms.
Bentley shook her head, "I'm just waiting to see what my punishment will be for going against our deal."
Negan shook his head as he looked at her, "Why would I punish you? A baby is what I've been after. Hell, I certainly didn't think success would come with you because we weren't tracking it or anything but your my best wife. So, tell me what's wrong? I've seen that pretty little head of yours doing way too much thinking lately."
Bentley took a deep breath as she answered him, "I want things to stay like they are. I don't want to be locked up like the others because of this pregnancy. And…" she trailed off afraid to reveal her true feelings.
Negan raised his eyebrows, "And?"
Bentley swallowed hard as she whispered, "I want to be your only woman," she revealed, looking away from him, afraid of how he'd react.
Negan shook his head, "Now, Baby, I have many wives for a reason and I can't have you running around in the dangers of this world while your carrying my child. You've gotta understand that."
Bentley shook her head, "I did but I don't anymore. If what you want is a baby then I can give you that. And if you get rid of the others then I can stay behind on missions but I won't do both."
"Look at you, telling me what you won't do?" Negan replied, "Remember your place, Sweetheart. You may be my favorite but I can't let everything you do slide. I'm going to Alexandria and I need you to think about what you're asking. We can talk again when I return."
Negan stood and grabbed Lucille. Bentley stood as well, "I want to come with you."
Negan looked like he was going to argue but he nodded, "It's not a dangerous mission so I suppose it'll be ok."
Bentley nodded as she followed him to the cars.
They rode in silence to Alexandria where they were greeted at the gate by Olivia.
Bentley took this as a chance to be herself once more, "Did you miss me that much, you've been waiting by the gate?" she teased.
Negan placed his finger to his lips, gesturing for Bentley to be quiet. "Don't mind my associate. I see you haven't tried to lose any of that extra weight yet. Do you need some incentive?"
Olivia's shook her head as her lower lip began to tremble like she was going to cry.
"Oh Darlin," Negan began, "I didn't mean you hurt your feelings. Want me to fuck you? You'll feel better, I promise."
Olivia looked shocked as Bentley looked away so he couldn't see how much what he was doing was affecting her.
"Take me to Rick," Negan ordered, "I have his kid."
Bentley began to follow them but Negan stopped her, "Wait here, Baby. I'll just be a minute. "
Bentley nodded as she noticed Olivia closely examining the bruises on her face. Bentley took a deep breath as they walked away not sure what her fate was anymore.