The next morning
Kellie came downstairs to find Tyler asleep on the couch. She walked out of the penthouse and found Jason in the hallway.
"I was just coming to see you," Jason said, "Any luck with Sage?"
"Ramon staged her death," Kellie said, "She still doesn't want anyone to know she's alive. Have you heard anything about my little escapade?"
"Ramon has men looking for Tyler," Jason said.
"I was hoping they'd think he didn't make it out," Kellie said.
"Are you planning on keeping both of them here?" Jason asked.
"I guess," Kellie said, "I don't know. For once in my life, I don't have plan."
"We need to convince Sage to come back from the dead," Jason said, "We'll leave guards on her. I don't think keeping both Tyler and Sage cooped up will work out. If people know Sage is staying with you, then no one will ask questions when you start buying more food and stuff."
"She's not telling us everything," Kellie said, "My brain is on overload right now."
"Hey it's okay," Jason said, "No one expects you to have all the answers, Kellie."
"And people's lives are on the line," Kellie said, "I messed up with Tyler once I can't do it again."
Lorenzo approached them, "Why are you standing in the hallway talking?"
"Tyler's asleep on the couch," Kellie said, "I didn't want to wake him up."
"He's involved in this," Lorenzo said, "As much I hate to, we have to include him in figuring out what to do." Lorenzo started to open the door.
"You can't go in there," Kellie said, "I need to make sure my other guest is ready."
"No more secrets, Kellie," Lorenzo said, walking into the penthouse. Sage was walking down the stairs and realized too late to keep Lorenzo from seeing her.
"Sage," Lorenzo said, shocked.
"Great, you could have a least told me Uncle Lorenzo was coming," Sage said.
"I tried to stop him, Sage," Kellie said, "However, he seems to think that since he owns the building he can come into my penthouse regardless of what I have to say about it."
"How?" Lorenzo asked.
"Ramon has been pulling strings since before Sage's death," Kellie said, "He staged her death rather brilliantly I might add."
"Why didn't you find a way to get in touch with me?" Lorenzo said, "I would have protected you."
"He threatened to kill you if I ever tried to contact you," Sage said, "I wouldn't be able to live with myself if you had been killed because of me."
"Would you please stop yelling and let me go back to sleep?" Tyler said, waking up "It's the least you could do since you insist on holding me hostage."
"Good luck," Kellie said.
"What is it with every woman in this room feeling responsible for someone's life and death?" Tyler said.
"I guess it runs in the blood," Kellie said.
"You and Sage are related?" Tyler said, "If you and Sage are related, then so are you and Lorenzo."
"Shocking, isn't it?" Kellie said, "You've missed a lot."
"No kidding," Tyler said, getting up and leaving the room, "I should have gone into pro bono work. This is just getting crazy."
"There's aspirin in the bathroom if you need some," Kellie yelled after him.
"I'm touched you'd show concern, Sage," Lorenzo said, "But I don't want you doing so at the expense of your own safety. After Luis died, I promised I'd take care of you. I would have done everything to protect you."
"There's nothing you could have done," Sage said.
"You wouldn't even let me try," Lorenzo said.
"You think you know what's best for everyone don't you," Sage said, "You don't even have all the facts."
"Why don't you tell us what we don't know?" Lorenzo asked.
"I can't," Sage said, running out the door before anyone could stop her.
In the hallway, Milo went to stop her.
"Milo, just let her go," Kellie said. He let her go. "Stay on her, Milo." He followed Sage.
"Why didn't you stop her?" Jason asked.
"Weren't you the one who said she needed to come back from the dead?" Kellie asked, "If we let her go, we don't have to convince her to do it. She's already done it for us."
"Why was I not informed Sage was in fact alive last night?" Lorenzo asked.
"She didn't want you to know," Kellie said, "I didn't feel it was fair to just force her into anything she wasn't ready for. Believe me; I've been in that position."
"I had a right to know," Lorenzo said.
"Right now, arguing over who told who what isn't going to accomplish anything," Jason said, "We need to figure out how to get Sage to tell us what she knows and make sure Tyler doesn't go running off into trouble."
"The plan is to keep Sage and Tyler here," Kellie said, "Once the entire world knows Sage is staying with me, no one has to be suspicious of the extra food and supplies I'm getting. Hopefully no one will think that Tyler is staying with me as well."
"What about Sonny?" Lorenzo asked.
"I guess he'll have to stay in prison a little bit longer," Kellie said.
"Have you told Tyler the truth?" Lorenzo asked.
"No," Kellie said.
"You should probably do that sooner than later," Lorenzo said.
"I will tell him when I can deal with it," Kellie said, "I've got enough to deal with as it is. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm sure you can see yourselves out." Kellie left.
