Over the next couple of hours after around 10pm and everyone from the party went home, Rick stayed close incase Lesley was to need anything or incase he had to take Lesley to the hospital for whatever reason. Trying to rest as much as she can throughout the night, Lesley started to find it more difficult to stay comfortable when she swore she started to continue to have consistency with the contractions and decided she had to wake Rick up after turning her side lamp on..." Rick... Rick…. I need you to wake up... Richard!"

" Lesley I'm right here..." Rick sprang out of bed quickly to be at her side..

" Rick, I think I'm okay... I don't think we should panic at least not yet... but I think the contractions may have started to become consistent. I think maybe you were right and this baby is trying to come now..."

" Les, can I do something for you…. What do you need me to do to help you?" Rick asked

" Just stay relaxed... Can you try and keep me to stay relaxed…. I need to try to stay calm and relaxed especially if this baby does decide he wants to come now." Lesley replied and reached for Rick's hand while she started to focus on keeping herself calm as well as with her breathing.

" You think you may have gone into premature labor?" Rick asked

" I think it's possible….. Something did feel different while we were at Dino's and then later when I was talking to Jessie and Audrey just before everyone had gone home and I thought maybe it was just braxton hicks and then when you thought something was off and you had me sit down for the rest of the time…. I think our little guy was just maybe alittle excited from the surprise you had waiting for me because I've had Braxton Hicks on and off since after you came home... Maybe our little guy is just saying ' I'm gonna play a mind game or 2' but I just hope Rick that he's gonna wait because it's too early for him to come yet and I'm not ready yet..." Lesley adjusted to sit up alittle more with Rick's help as he was about to examine her.

" Lesley right now I want you to relax and just breathe…" Rick said, hoping he was only direct.

" Rick, I know that look. You're concerned, why are you getting concerned."

" Lesley I do think it's very likely that you are in premature labor… you are slightly bleeding but it's not much."

Rick tried his best to keep Lesley calm from getting too upset after he answered her question and finished with examining Lesley before he was gonna tell her what he was gonna do.

" I'm gonna get Dana on the phone... Find out whether I should take you in or not.. l refuse to take any chances with this especially because you're 3 cm dilated and I don't think that would be a good thing." Rick insisted and went to reach for the phone but stopped when Lesley gripped on his hand when another contraction started…

" Well contractions are somewhat strong but my water hasn't broken so maybe it hasn't officially started and they'll slow and maybe they'll even stop... I do think however, ah that we should call Jessie and see if she could come back to stay with the girls... They can't be left alone if you have to go and take me in and I don't want them to have them around up here if I have to end up with delivering here in the house again they're too young to be around this kind of situation." Lesley answered while trying to stay relaxed

" Anything you need me to do, I'm right here right by your side" Rick replied with a smile and gave Jessie a call while staying at lesley's side and later called Dana who advised him right away that he had to bring her in.

" Dana suggested that we just head in but I want to monitor and watch before just going in… she did say to look out on if you have started to dilate further and told me to take you in for sure if you've dilated past 5cms."

" Hopefully our son will settle and decide to wait and if he does then we won't have to go…." Lesley paused when Rick gave her a kiss. " You're gonna have a son you realize that don't you..." Lesley leaned over to Rick when another but stronger contraction started again " Or not….. wh-what are you starin' at.." Lesley barked with a slight smile while trying to keep calm with her breathing.

" I'm staring at my beautiful wife… and you are Lesley…. and I'm the luckiest man in the world." Rick kissed Lesley after insisting that she take his hand anytime she needed to. " I'm so… so gl-glad that you're here with me… I don't know what I would do if you weren't here."

" And you won't have to sweetheart... Because I'm gonna be here and I promise you that Lesley. Anytime you need to you take my hand it's what I'm here for if you feel like you have to squeeze you do it. All I care about is you and the baby."

" You know something Rick, I think I can guess where our son's arrogance and his strong stubborn side came from." Lesley slightly smiled as Rick started to grin

" Just as I know for sure where his determination came from. He gets his strong determination from his beautiful mother. Is there something I can get for ya?"

" No I'm alright… I think if I just rest, stay calm, and relax, hopefully the contractions will start to subside and they'll stop or at least slow down enough that we won't have to go up to the hospital.." Rick helped Lesley to lay down to try to stay relaxed

" I'm gonna have the hospital keep the NICU and that on standby just in case. I'm not gonna take any chances especially if anything comes up that we would have to worry about." Rick gave Lesley a kiss before making sure she was able to relax again.

" You think we should just head in, don't you? You think I'm in premature labor don't you?" Lesley asked alittle worried " Well at this very second all l'm gonna do is have them on standby, we'll worry about that possibility when and if it shows up… Hey you're gonna be fine and so is our son so whatever fears and that that I see try not to let it get to you because I promise you l'm gonna make sure nothing is gonna happen to you or our son." Rick wrapped his arms around Lesley as she tried not to get scared that something was wrong.

" I think the party and the surprise was alittle too much excitement for this little one and me… I think he's gotten tired of missing out on the fun and he wants to finally come out to get to be here for it." Lesley added while trying to stay relaxed.

" I'm gonna go check on the girls and make that call. I want you to take a few deep breaths and try to rest. I will examine you again when I come back... Are you gonna be alright for a few minutes?" Rick gave Lesley a kiss before stepping out after Lesley said she was okay.

Just when Lesley was relaxed and was asleep for the night again, she managed to get about another 15 mins until she could've sworn that her water had finally broken when she woke up to a stronger cramp that felt more intense that had started and she started to notice she was bleeding after sliding to the side next to the bed when she couldn't stand from the intense cramping that followed after she started bleeding when her water had broken.

Rick went to check on the girls and thought to bring up a couple of things incase Lesley needed anything but nearly dropped everything with the tray table when he came in as Lesley was along her side of the bed by her nightstand with alot of pain again gripping along the the comforter trying not to become scared that something was gonna go wrong.

Rick scooted fast " what is it Lesley. What's the matter?"

" I don't think this baby is gonna wait.. Oh... Rick it's too... It's too early." Lesley cried and gripped for Rick's hand

Rick didn't think twice to help get Lesley on the bed when she was suddenly afraid to move. " Alright, easy try to relax and try not to panic. Hey everything's gonna be okay I promise you just try to stay with your breathing." Rick got up quickly and started to reach for the phone." Rick, please don't leave me, I really need you." Lesley grabbed Rick's hand

" Lesley I'm gonna be right here you take my hand and you squeeze as much as you need to. I don't care how hard you have to… you take my hand." Rick replied and stayed right at Lesley's side while Jessie had just gotten there as Lesley's labor had really started to progress.

" Jessie I'm gonna have to try to take and rush Lesley in. We can't wait anymore, not even for an ambulance. Her contractions are on top together already and Dana was adamant that she is to come in if she's past 5cm. I just examined her, she's already at 7 and a half cm. Can you stay with the girls?" Rick asked

" Course I will Lesley you just try and stay relaxed and don't worry about anything Rick and I will handle everything you just keep your head up and focus on staying relaxed." Jessie replied

" The both of you make it sound... Oh..." Lesley had to take a moment when another contraction started. " You both make it sound so easy... You know... Know Rick if I could trade you..." Lesley looked between Rick and Jessie in spite with her contractions starting to pick up and Rick carefully got Lesley out to the car " Les, right now I want you to just focus and just breathe… I will worry about everything else."

" Richard l don't find that amusing not in the least….." Lesley barked while continuing to try to keep calm.

Rick was about to reach the hospital just 10 minutes after leaving the house, though Lesley knew that they weren't gonna make it to the hospital when she started to feel like she had to push like the baby had started to crown

" R-Rick... I don't think I can make it... I feel like oooh... I need to push.."

" I know it's hard for you to fight the urge... I want you to take my hand and you squeeze if you need to.. we're gonna be at the hospital any minute..." Rick replied and tried to assure Lesley.

" R-Rick please... You're gonna have to pull to the side... This baby is not gonna wait…. He c-com-coming right now..." Lesley gripped onto the door as a last resort from trying not to scream out.

Realizing it now Rick knew then he had no choice but to pull over to help Lesley... When it took all in her not to push even as she started to feel that the baby's head was right there and later she started bleeding again. Rick pulled over to the side to help Lesley move to the back except Lesley couldn't ignore the urge when she started to push before Rick could help her to get out of the car. " Rick his head!" Lesley shouted when she felt that the baby's head was already starting to come out into her hand.

Realizing that Lesley couldn't resist the urge to push after he pulled over, he had to try to at least move Lesley to the side of the car. " Lesley you're gonna be okay. I'm not gonna leave your side."

" Lesley you're gonna be alright... I need you to focus now and I need you to push."

" I don't think I can… It's too… it's too much" Lesley cried out

" Lesley look at me..." Rick paused for a split second " Lesley I believe in you and I know you can do this because while we're both scared... You've come this far... You can do it he's almost here don't you dare give up on me now you take my hand Lesley... You can do this you can because I am right by your side. Now you take all the strength you need and take it from me. I refuse to give up on you Lesley… we can do this together.!" Rick replied, trying to give Lesley more encouragement even as he saw the clear signs that her blood pressure was dropping. " C'mon Lesley you can do this, I need you to keep pushing. He's almost here"

After another 15 to 20 minutes Lesley was able to finally feel like the weight she had was lifted as well as the relief that took over when the baby was born and there Rick was just grinning like he was a moron because he was just the proudest man in his mind of the woman he loves more than anything else ironically though, he knew he could've missed out on this if Lesley had turned away completely when he showed himself just a little over 3 and a half weeks ago because he knew he had hurt her but he never took it for granted the feeling that he had when she pleaded for him to return home and now that they were able to meet their son for the first time

" Is he... Is he alright... Why isn't he crying... Rick, why can't I hear him!!" Lesley asked right away trying not to panic or get upset that she wasn't hearing her son cry.

" He's gonna be alright Lesley I promise you and so will you ..." Rick smiled as the baby started to give a weak but small cry and gave Lesley a kiss

" You have... You have a son Rick." Lesley looked at Rick just before she fell and started seizing.

" You're gonna be alright Lesley... I'm gonna get you to General right now." Rick stayed right at Lesley's side but knew she was in serious trouble.

" Lesley, I need you to stay with me. I know you want to rest but I need you to stay awake... Lesley!" Rick called out Lesley's name as Lesley then started to convulse into another seizure.

Hearing a faint sound in the distance, Rose had gotten up to see if anyone needed help only to see that it was Rick who was pulled over trying to find a way to get Lesley back into the car with the baby to get them to General Hospital.

" Rick, what happened out here…" Rose spoke out after coming out to see what was wrong.

" Rose thank god you were still up. I need you to get an ambulance for a mother and a micopremiee newborn. Tell them Lesley has heavy bleeding and the loss of blood is unknown and she has already had 2 seizures. It could be eclampsia. I went as fast as I could but we had to pull over when the baby started to come and Lesley's blood pressure spiked let them know there was additional heavy bleeding but it started back at the house before I attempted to rush Lesley in and her blood pressure has dropped and she's tachycardic." Rick explained the best he could while trying to focus on Lesley and the baby both

Rick followed with Rose behind the ambulance praying that he wasn't gonna lose either Lesley or their son.

" Young mother and a newborn, respiration is low, BP is 76/42 and dropping… She lost alot of blood at the scene and she's tachycardic at 167 possible eclampsia respiration is very shallow, almost lost pulse in route following a 3rd eclamptic seizure. Was intubated on route from the scene." The paramedic said

" The pediatric NICU is on standby..." Georgia called out

" Thank you Georgia!" Dana said

Rick paced back and forth after an hour waiting for word on Lesley's condition and how the baby was given from delivering on the side of the road.

" Rick?" Dana said

" Is Lesley alright?" Rick replied fast

" Lesley had a close call and her vitals are lower than what they should be and she's very weak but she's hopefully started to stabilize….. And we're gonna have to watch her closely for the next few hours." Dana explained

" What else Dana? ls there anything else that could've been missed from her last appointment?" Rick asked while trying not to be scared.

" Rick you were lucky that she seems to have had no further major complications with the delivery however her blood pressure has really dropped and there was a slight complication with delivering the placenta which has started to cause further bleeding most likely from the seizures that also caused a placental tare and possibly from an unseen infection Dr. Gonzalez is in right now to take care of that and we're gonna monitor her vital signs closely incase the infection gets worse and I have already started to transfuse as well as we're watching incase she has a cardio setback so I have Cunningham on standby... Otherwise Lesley is hopefully gonna stabilize..." Dana assured Rick the best that she could

" And the baby? Is he alright?" Rick asked

" Your son is 15 weeks premature and he's under 2lbs weighing in to 1lb 13oz. l had to place him on a ventilator because he cannot breathe on his own."

" But he's alright, he's got no other problems?!" Rick asked

" we're gonna do everything we can for both Lesley and your son." Dana tried to assure Rick...

" Go and sit with Lesley Rick... She's gonna want to see you when she wakes up." Dana pointed out.

Rick thanked Rose for her help and stepped in to sit beside Lesley while she was still unconscious and made arrangements to spend the night with her.

" I'm right here Lesley... And I will be right here for when you wake up." Rick said to her and took her hand

A few hours after Lesley was admitted, she finally woke up to seeing Rick grinning like a complete fool while sitting by her side.

" It's alright Les, everything is okay and we're gonna get the tube out in just a moment." Rick reached for Lesley's hand hoping he was able to ease her fear after calling for the nurse on duty.

" Rick... What's going on.. what happened.."

" You're okay, easy... Do you know where you are?" Rick asked carefully

" Everything is alittle fuzzy... What's happened?" Lesley looked up towards Rick alittle confused

" What do you remember?" Rick asked

" Ah I remember that I was at home with you and the kids and Jessie was over with us for a while but later went home before you and I went to bed and after that I remember that you had gotten me into the car to leave like we had to go somewhere... That's all I can remember and Jessie was back over at the house... Did something happen?"

" Les, everything is okay... You had bleeding before and after leaving the house and you had a few seizures and you're here in the hospital but you're gonna be okay... Just rest." Rick said as gentle as possible

Looking at Rick for a few minutes, Lesley started to put the pieces together with why she was in the hospital... " Rick... Something happened... The baby... where's the baby Rick..."

" Lesley everything is okay with the baby... He's up in the NICU and he's okay.." Rick replied to assure Lesley

" We can't lose him Rick... We can't lose our son..." Lesley tried not to cry

" Hey we are not gonna lose our son he's gonna be alright Lesley I promise you... but I need you to rest! Because you are not fully stable." Hoping Lesley would rest, Rick gave her a light sedative to help her relax and get some sleep while he had gone to check in on the status of the baby.

" Dana, our son... Is he alright..." Rick asked straight out

" For arriving early at 15 weeks, he's holding his own. We had to give him alittle more help with his breathing as I thought which meant placing him on the ventilator up on arrival but otherwise Rick, your son has continued to hold his own... He's quite a fighter and I am confident that within a couple of months or so I will be able to remove the oxygen for him to breathe on his own." Dana exclaimed

" Yeah he gets it from his mother... What about with Lesley... She bled quite abit during delivery before I was able to get her here in time..." Rick asked

" Lesley is still very weak and the infection caused from the placental tear has maintained but I'm hopeful that she'll pull through the night...Lesley will be okay... I promise you we are doing

everything we can to get the infection cleared and we can stop the internal bleeding." Dana answered.

Dana sat beside Rick for a moment in the waiting area. " Rick, there is no reason to think that Lesley is not gonna make a full recovery. She's beat the odds before."

" Dana, you said this before, that this pregnancy was alot more dangerous to her than when she was pregnant with the twins.. just how high of a risk was this pregnancy this time around."

Just as Rick and Dana were talking about Lesley's status Dana heard the code blue warning that sounded from Lesley's room as Lesley went into a complete seizure following the indication that she had gone into respiratory distress before Dana could answer Rick's question

" Rick I'm sorry but I'm gonna need you to stay out here so I can work and help her." Dana blocked Rick's path as she headed to Lesley's room fast. " push 2mg Midazolam IV push and page Dr. Quartermaine and Dr Mark Dante stat!" Dana ordered as she continued to work on Lesley and got ready to re-intubate Lesley again to secure an airway.

Evaluating Lesley further, Monica decided that she had to consult with Mark who ordered a head CT and saw that Lesley had a ruptured vessel in her brain that started following the seizure and her ICP started to increase.

" Prep Lesley stat and alert O.R. We have to get the bleeding and her ICP under control now and alleviate the pressure before she loses full brain function."

Mark stepped out to make sure there was an O.R and later went to prep the O.R but he also made sure to talk to Rick beforehand incase he was to expect any complications

" Mark, you do whatever it is you have to do."

" I will do my best Rick, I promise you that. Lesley couldn't be in better hands while under my care."

~~~

After a couple weeks Monica had removed the ventilator but kept her on high flow oxygen after Mark Dante finished his evaluation and while Rick was up by Lesley's side when she started to come out of acoma and opened her eyes to see Rick watching and just smiling at her

" She's coming around….." Monica said " Lesley, can you hear me, it's Monica… and Rick is right here."

Alittle later Lesley woke up again to see Rick continuing to watch her sleep after Monica and Dr. Dante had been in to check on her and her progress following delivery.

" I'm okay... I'm fi-fighting as hard as I have to."

" That you are Les, and I am very proud of you and I'm thankful that I didn't lose you." Rick smiled and leaned over to kiss Lesley

" How's the baby… How's our son.?" Lesley asked

" He's alright Les, he's showing what a strong fighter he is just as he's proving to be just as determined as his strong beautiful mother... And soon I'm gonna take you up to see him for alittle bit but for right now I want to see to it that you are okay."

" I'm sorry… You shouldn't have to worry about me like this." Lesley stated

" Hey don't ever be sorry Lesley not for anything my job is to be there when you need me and you needed me I would do it again if I had to for you... Just try to get some rest Les... It's been a rough period for you and you need time to heal and get better so when it comes time that I get to take our little guy home, you will come with us."

" Is Jessie on her way?" Lesley turned her head slightly towards Rick

" I'm gonna give her a call in alittle while to check on the girls but first I just want to spend some alone time with you... I think I owe that to you after... putting you through all that hell..." Rick looked away

" Rick... Please look at me..." Lesley paused for a second then continued." Rick... You don't owe me anything... What's important is you're here now and me and the baby we're gonna be alright. I know it hurt you to do what you did and I understood why you did it. I sti-still do. All you did was prove for the thousandth time that you were the kind of a man that you are... And it's that man Rick that I fell in love with… You did what you had to to protect the family you love. I could never fault you for that Rick. Please stop beating yourself up for that."

" You truly are amazing, you know that... I truly don't know how I managed to have someone like you... I just hope I never have to worry about my little bug like that again..." Rick smiled.

" I'm gonna fight this Rick. I'm gonna fight this infection as hard as I can. I knew it was gonna be risky to keep the pregnancy… I knew but I took the risk anyway. I did it for you."

Over the next couple of hours Rick stayed true as always to his word and brought Lesley after it was determined that she was stable enough with Dana's permission over to visit the baby in the NICU

" I hate it that he's got to be strapped to the respirator... He's just so small Rick… He's too little." Lesley said while trying to hide the tears from Rick.

" Dana is quite confident that in a few more weeks he will be off from the machines and we both will be taking you home..." Rick gave Lesley a kiss

" I'm just so glad you're here with me Rick... If I had to do this alone I don't know what I would do..." Lesley leaned back into Rick

" Let's get you back up to bed... You have had it very difficult with recovery and you're still recovering after you were rushed into surgery... And I'm gonna tell you one last time, Lesley Webber and I want you to listen to me, you will never have to go through anything alone... Not now, not ever Lesley, I promise you that." Rick insisted

Lesley shook her head " No I don't wanna be away from him Rick... I just don't think I could leave him alone, not when he's here fighting for his life." Lesley sniffled as a few tears had run down her face when she looked up towards Rick.

" Sweetheart don't cry... Hey, our son is a stubborn little boy.. I'm starting to see where his stubborn side came from and I'm starting to doubt it came from my side... He's gonna be okay... Right now I want you to get some rest. You had a rough time after he was born and you need rest to get better so when we take him home you guys could spend all the time you want… Lesley our little guy is proving he's just as tough as you are." Rick insisted again

Lesley nodded and leaned into Rick trying to keep herself calm. " I love you Rick..." Rick wrapped his arms around Lesley like he was placing her in a cocoon where she felt safe. " I love you too sweetheart. Everything will be okay."

Rick brought Lesley back to her room so she could get some rest and he stepped out while Lesley was asleep so he could take some of the time to check on the twins and talk to Jessie.

" How's Lesley?" Jessie asked

" She's finally asleep. I finally got her to get some sleep after bringing her up to the neonatal intensive care... I figured to take some of the time to talk with you and check on the girls.." Rick answered

" They're okay, they miss you guys, they want to know when the 2 of you are gonna be coming home along with their new baby brother." Jessie replied

" As soon as Lesley is able to get her strength up and she gets better, we'll be coming home... Right now Dana wants to keep a close watch with her incase of anything she is concerned about Lesley's blood pressure being real low still and Dana is worried about the risk of her developing another infection from the placental complication she had and that's not discounting that she also had a few seizure episodes after she was brought in... I'm just as concerned... She had a rough period during and after the baby was born and there was a slight complication

with removing the placenta and it's possible that she's developed an unrelated condition where she's got internal bleeding I couldn't get her to the hospital here before the baby was born I had to pull over to the side of the road when he started to come out before I could help Lesley to the back seat thankfully Rose happened to have heard that we needed the help and called the ambulance..." Rick replied on the phone

" Well you remember what I've always been telling you... Lesley is a fighter and she's hardly one to give up on anything. How's the baby?" Jessie replied

" So far he's okay but he's not out of the woods…Dana had to put him on a ventilator to help him with his breathing because Lesley developed a complication… but she's hopeful that she'll be able to take him off where he can be home aside that, he was born below the normal weight at 1lb and 13oz. It's just a matter with Lesley and her condition. Dana was pretty concerned that she developed eclampsia beforehand and it went unnoticed and she had 5 seizures that brought on a cranial bleed they had to rush her into surgery." Rick explained

" Well keep your chin up Rick, and remember that Lesley and your son are both fighters..." Jessie pointed out

Rick went back to be by Lesley's side but noticed that Lesley was slightly pale and her stats had dropped again.

" Bobbi, could you find Dana and have her paged immediately... I'm alittle concerned about Lesley.?" Rick asked

" Dana is in the O.R right at this moment... I'll have Georgia get ahold when I go to leave..." Bobbi said but couldn't hide her slight resentment towards Rick

" Bobbi I can hear that tone and I'm sure I deserve it but I also already explained my reasons for what I had to do. I took a chance and a big risk where Lesley is concerned because it was up to me to keep her safe and I will never be sorry for wanting to protect my family." Rick pointed out

" I know Rick and maybe it should be none of my business but I can't help but remember that you kept Lesley in the dark about how you went about it and she had to go through the worst thing in her life…" Bobbi walked away but left word for Georgia to page Dana as soon as possible. Rick wasn't sure what Bobbi's issue was, all he was concerned for was Lesley and what could be going on with her health.

Rick went back to Lesley's side hoping maybe he could get through to her and he could help her to wake up..

" Lesley I need you to wake up... It's me... It's Rick please Les, wake up... Lesley come on I know you can do it you can do it for me and our son... We need you"

Rick's fears couldn't help but show more when Lesley wasn't waking up and responding to his voice by that time he was sure there was something really wrong especially as her blood pressure hadn't gone up by that point and she still had bleeding.

" Something is not right Dana... She was fine an hour ago... And I finally got her to get some sleep and I just came back from talking to Jessie and checking on the kids... I went to wake her to see if she needed anything.. she knows my voice she knows it's me and she isn't responsive you have to do something." Rick got out

" Rick, Lesley's condition is stable, her vitals are still weak but we're watching out for anything that could happen. She's not out of the woods, but she has started to stabilize and the hope is that her body will start responding to the transfusual means and the antibiotics and she'll improve. All we can do is wait and watch to see how her body responses " Dana assured Rick

" Dana we can't just wait until something happens we have to help her"

" Rick it is normal for Lesley to be out like this with everything she's gone through... I've started her on stronger antibiotics for the infection incase she was to develop sepsis otherwise she's okay and so far she's stable" Dana tried again to assure Rick

~~~

" Ruby, thank you for your help with the girls. I made the mistake of letting them have a couple pieces of sugar before their bedtime ." Jessie said while sitting in the living-room

" No problem... Have you heard anything on how Lesley and the baby are?" Ruby asked

" So far they seem to be doing fine... the baby was born smaller and under the normal weight and Dana had to put him on a respirator but he seems to be holding his own... Rick is alittle jumpy about Lesley..." Jessie answered

" Well nothing went wrong did there... Lesley's always been able to keep it together" Ruby stated

" Well I think he's jumpy because of how delivery with the twins and how Lesley's condition was at that time... Their delivery had turned to be dangerous on Lesley and she almost died in his arms from the bleeding she suffered..." Jessie explained

" I still can't believe he's been alive all that time and he left us without knowing what was going on... That had to have alot harder for Lesley to handle" Ruby said

" I chewed him out for it but in the end game of it all, if it were me and I had to make a choice like that I would've done the same especially for Lesley.." Jessie replied

~~~

" Lesley you come back to me... I need you to wake up. We have something with our son that we still have to do... And I'm not gonna do it without you..." Rick pleaded while sitting beside Lesley in maternity before Bobbi came in get her vitals

" I took a risk to keep her safe… and it may not even matter." Rick sat beside Lesley

" Rick…. She'll make it so you hold on to your faith." Bobbi said

" I'm trying to Bobbi…. But it scares me. It scares me that I could lose her after all I had to do just to protect her ."