Lesley had woken up but quickly started to feel like something was wrong as she saw that someone who looked like her attending nurse that was in the room but couldn't see that the supposed attending had tampered with her IV where Lesley started to have trouble with her vision and she quickly started to feel like she couldn't breathe.

" Lesley might be waiting on me... Steve I'll let you know if we need anything" Rick said

Rick headed back to spend some time with Lesley while he had a chance but sensed that something was really wrong when he saw someone leave her room that he didn't recognize.

" Steve get Monica on standby now…. Lesley!..." Rick ran into her room as fast as he could as she started gasping to try to breathe

" R-Rick please….. Som-somethings wrong... The IV... I.. I ca-can't bre..." Lesley tried to cling to Rick with fear

" Sweetheart I'm right here... Everythings gonna be okay..." Rick replied but ran for help when Lesley went limp and suddenly coded

" Lesley! Don't do this, don't you leave me" Rick called out when Steve and Martinson ran into her room " Rick you need to step outside..."

Rick stepped out but refused to go anywhere because of what's going on the fear that something was gonna happen to Lesley threatened Rick to go crazy when just alittle while ago she was fine and now the more that Rick thought about it the woman he saw leaving Lesley's room he knew she had something to do with it

" Georgia, which nurses are assigned for this floor...?" Rick asked quick

" Here's the board, why what's wrong?" Georgia replied

" I'll explain later. Has anyone been assigned other than you or Bobbi to Lesley's care?"

" No, not that I can think of..." Georgia answered right

" Call head of security right now I want Lesley guarded at all times until I get to the bottom of all of this… And I am to be notified of who comes and goes other than the doctors and Steve that have been on her care." Rick stated.

" Another round of Epi stat" Martinson said while continuing CPR after he intubated

" Epi's in doctor!"

After another 45 minutes Steve and Martinson were able to resuscitate Lesley but agreed that her vitals were still too unstable where they couldn't get her blood pressure and her heart rate to stabilize.

" We were lucky Steve but we're not out of the woods not by a long shot..." Martinson turned towards the nurse " I want theses labs back ASAP and have Dr. Quartermaine paged stat" Martinson requested

" Yes Doctor" nurse left the room

" We have to move Lesley to the CICU. She will need to be watched every second with the arrhythmia..." Martinson said

" I agree Earl her vitals are very low and her BP has dropped all of the sudden.." Steve agreed

" Steve! I'm sorry to get in the way, but somebody posing here in the hospital is what's going on with Lesley. I think somebody tried again to go after her and they posed as an attending to do it.." Rick called out

" What do you mean Rick?" Steve replied

" I got off the phone with Ruby and checked on the kids and after that I turned to head back here for Lesley after you and I spoke briefly... I saw a woman coming out of here... I don't know exactly what went on but Lesley was scared and she clung to me and was trying to beg me not to leave her... That's when she suddenly coded and went into cardiac arrest." Rick explained

" Do you think someone is after her again?" Steve said.

" Yes I do... I am about to arrange for security to be assigned to her room. I will not take any chances. Martinson have her old IV tested... If you haven't already, she tried to tell me that something was wrong just as she went into cardiac arrest.." Rick implied

Rick went with Steve and Martinson as they moved Lesley back to the CICU and he stayed by her side until Bert Ramsey was to get there later in the day

" Lesley, don't you dare think about leaving me right now... I need you to come through this.." Rick sat by Lesley's side and held her hand

~~~

As confused as Lesley was, she knew she had a choice she had to make rather if she was to wake up or stay with Laura..

" What's going on..." Lesley asked while starting to see someone in the distance

" You have an important choice to make, Lesley... Don't be afraid.."

" I don't understand..." Lesley exclaimed

" Right now you are caught in a world between life and death where some get a chance to choose if we want to live or if we want to stay… and others are brought here for a greater purpose" Joseph replied

" If I live..." Lesley started to say

" You will suffer significant brain damage and you may never walk or communicate normally again." Joseph exclaimed " but if you come with me now you will have peace without suffering."

" Why is this happening to me... Who could prey on someone who is in a hospital... I don't understand" Lesley replied

" There's a reason for everything, not all can be understood. There's a greater purpose that is different for every person."

" Lesley don't leave me I need you... The kids they need you" Rick pleaded with her while he sat by Lesley's side

Rick refused to leave Lesley's side even with the guards outside her door because he didn't know what was wrong and the thought that somebody would try again and again it terrified him.

" I'm here Lesley. I'm by your side. I need you to find a way back to me and to the kids… we all need you Lesley I need you!"

" Rick?... We need to chat." Monica asked

" Monica, now's not a good time... I need to be at Lesley's side."

" Rick I understand that but it's about her condition and what we may not be able to do." Monica stated

" What the hell does that mean..." Rick bit out and pulled Monica to the side

" The labs came back from her IV and her toxicology report..." Monica said

" And? What's going on? Why is Lesley so critical again when she was fine?!" Rick replied

" She has a rare neurotoxin in her system that has gone into her bloodstream... Most likely from the IV... It would explain the arrhythmia and sudden cardiac arrest... And why she can't breathe on her own." Monica explained as easy as she could

" What the hell are we gonna do about it... There's got to be something that we can do about this." Rick spoke up

" Only an antidote for the specific toxin can cure... We don't even know what toxin she was given and it could take forever to narrow down the answer just because it's a rare toxin"

" Unless Maybe Mr. Frank Smith knows I'm betting he knows." Rick bit out and went to look for Jessie.

Jessie had just walked in to the Webber home to relieve Ruby when Ruby answered the phone to Rick looking for Jessie

" Jessie just walked in, is everything okay Rick? You sound upset" Ruby asked

" No, everything is not okay. Somebody has just made an attempt to get at Lesley again. She's back in the CICU on a ventilator…." Rick got to the point

" Oh my... How bad is it" Ruby replied with Jessie's attention

" If Monica and Martinson can't figure out what toxin it is that was put into her system, and find a way to get an antidote It's gonna kill her…"

" Hold on just a moment Rick..." Ruby turned to Jessie... " It's Rick on the phone... Somebody's tried to kill Lesley not too long ago again... She had to be put in CICU on a ventilator..."

Jessie reached to take the phone " Rick I'm gonna be up there I'm leaving your house right now I just got here but I'm coming back up there right now you keep that chin up Rick and we'll talk when I get there." Jessie told Rick and got off the phone

" That poor girl has never gotten a break... Ruby I'm sorry I came to relieve you but would you mind staying alittle longer with the baby and the girls?"

" No go ahead Jessie Lesley is more important than the errands I was gonna run" Ruby assured Jessie

Rick refused to leave Lesley's side at least while Jessie wasn't there because to think that there was another chance of someone hurting Lesley while he stepped out terrified him

" You have to hang on Lesley... I can't do this by myself, not without you. I don't even want to think about what I would do without you... So don't you dare think about giving up."

" Rick I'm sorry to interrupt but I want to get an evaluation before Martinson comes by.." Monica said carefully

" Monica I'm sorry... I'm not handling this right.."

" Rick, don't apologize... It's not easy having to sit by while someone you love is suffering... And while it's no secret that Lesley and I haven't been the best of friends... I know what she means to you and to Jessie as well.." Monica replied

" I just don't understand why anybody thinks Lesley is a threat to them... She has never hurt anybody... I know that I am asking you alot but I need you to step out and I promise I won't be long.." Rick asked carefully

" You've known me for a very long time Rick, you should know if you ask for a favor I would help you out".

" I hate to ask this Monica but I need you to stay with her until Jessie gets here... There's something I need to do and it may be her only chance to survive"

" Rick, it's no trouble for me. I don't have any other appointments for a few hours. I will stay here with Lesley until Jessie gets here. You be careful!" Monica replied and patted Rick's arm

" Thank you Monica." Rick took off to head out to the PCPD to talk to Captain Ramsey.

~~~

Rick only took at least 20 minutes to reach the police station to see Captain Ramsey before he was gonna see and attempt to get answers from Frank Smith

" Bert I'm not asking because I think I have the time. I'm demanding because he's behind why Lesley is in CICU fighting for her life and Smith is responsible for it. I don't want time, I want answers." Rick stated down to his point

" Rick I understand but I don't have the authority to allow you to see him. And not only that but how do you know for sure it was Smith to begin with he's been in prison." Bert expressed while it only upset Rick more

" Bert I'm no fool and it's not a game Smith is the only one who has been after my family starting back to when I operated on his daughter who didn't make it through surgery. He's been out to get at Lesley and my family ever since and now he's gone after her again, this time coming real close to succeeding in killing her. I want answers and I want them now." Rick demanded. After another hour Frank was just about to head back to his cage when he had a sudden visitor.

" If I had the means I would like to rip that smirk right off your face.." Rick bit out in a snarl.

" Why? Because you think I would be responsible for everything happening to you and your precious family... Please don't flatter yourself Webber." Frank answered with a smile

" You ordered someone after my wife, you slipped something that was given through her medical IV... Because of you she's barely holding on to her life..."

" You still are pathetic aren't you Webber you really think I could do that to Lesley when she has always been a nice person and nice to my daughter who you let die when you were supposed to save her life." Frank snarled back

" And there's your motive Smith because Jennifer died on the table which I told you I was gonna do everything I can. You went and decided that my family should have to pay the price. You know I respected you for a long time until what you did to my daughter and now what you're doing to my wife who is innocent. What did you send to have slipped through my wife's IV..." Rick snapped out

" Oh like I'm gonna tell you... Yeah right get lost Webber... Go try to your problems elsewhere" Frank walked out

~~~

Thinking about Rick Lesley wasn't sure what she wanted to do at least she wasn't for awhile until Lesley had a visit.

" Lesley you have a big choice to make... The question is what is it that you want." Irene reached out a hand

" I don't understand...?" Lesley asked

" Oh my love... you have a big choice to make… but I can't choose it for you, only you can choose if you will stay or if you will wake up again." Irene spoke out

" I don't wanna leave Rick or the kids... But I don't know that I can go through anything else with my medical situation. It just terrifies me that I could hurt Rick." Lesley admitted

" Lesley, from the moment that you were born you couldn't hurt anybody even if you wanted to, you have done so much good for your life... I have never been more proud of you than I have been before."

" I wish you were in my life... I wish you could know who Jessie and Rick are Mom. You would've loved them especially Jessie.. she's been so wonderful to me and so has Rick... He's done so much for me since Laura was killed and since the kids were born... " Lesley replied

" Go home my love... Be with your family. We'll be together again one day... You deserve at a chance of your life so take it. Go and be the mother you've always wanted to be" Irene smiled.

" I don't know that I can... My heart is telling me to stay with Rick and my children... But my head is telling me differently.. I don't want to die... But I don't want to live in the fear that something is gonna happen either..." Lesley looked over towards Irene

" I have watched over you for as long as I can think…. You have a 2nd chance I don't want to see you throw that away.. especially when you have a beautiful little boy who is gonna depend on you to teach him what he should and shouldn't do later down the road. Take your 2nd chance lovebug…. Go and be happy as you deserve." Lesley's mother gave her another hug hoping to have convinced Lesley to wake up though it was gonna be clear that Lesley had to choose soon if she was gonna survive.

Jessie stayed at Lesley's side hoping maybe that she was gonna wake up in time for when Rick had returned from the county jail.

" Lesley... Rick and I we're right here all that's missing is your smile... So you better wake up soon cause we are not ready to let you go and you have so much to fight for so much to give back don't you give up now." Jessie said while sitting beside Lesley.

" Jessie?! Anything...?" Rick asked