"Josh, there's something I have to tell you and I can
only hope that you'll forgive me."

Josh gently turned her around so she was facing him.
He placed a hand under her chin forcing her to meet
his gaze.

"Donna, there is nothing that you could ever say that
would change how I feel about you."Lyman stated
quietly.

*******

Sam tossed the photographs onto Toby's desk.

"Just the pictures?"Ziegler asked softly as he sifted
through them.

Seaborn nodded tightly. "Yes. This is obviously a
signal that Leo isn't the only one he's going after."

"The President's going to want a meeting with him,"
Toby stated as he stood behind his desk.

Sam nodded. "That's inevitable. We have to prepare for
it though. Lillienfield obviously doesn't care about
committing career suicide."

Toby nodded. "He's gone after Leo, Josh through Donna,
you; so who's his next victim?"

"You," Sam replied quietly. "If he's found out about
everything else he might have discovered your insider
trading trouble."

Toby bristled. "That wasn't insider trading."

Sam nodded. "You and I know that but the press and the
American public doesn't. And that's Lillienfield's
point. That everyone in this administration has a
skeleton in his or her closet. He thinks he can use
that said skeleton to gain more power in Congress."

*******

Josh sat on the corner of the bed next to Donna
waiting for her to continue. Her silence was starting
to scare him. It'd been at least ten minutes since she
had told him there was something he needed to know and
he could only wonder what was so difficult for her to
tell him. He had thought that they had the kind of
relationship both personally and professionally that
she could confide in him about anything no matter
what.

Donna folded her hands in her lap and cleared her
throat. "Josh, back in January you asked me time and
time again to tell you who the man was that I had a
one night stand with."

Lyman felt fear creep up his spine. If the bastard had
come anywhere near her... "Has he been in contact with
you recently? Has he threatened you?"

Moss swallowed hard as she nodded. She felt Josh tense
and instantly reached out to place a hand on his upper
arm. "Josh, he didn't threaten me in the way you
think."

Josh forced himself to calm down as he turned back to
face her. "Donna, a threat's a threat. What did he say
to you?"

Donna finally met his gaze. "He threatened you, Josh."

"What?" Josh asked in surprise. "How could he threaten
me?"

"I swear I didn't know this at the time, Josh," Donna
replied anxiously. "But his name is Nick Halloway and
he's an aide to Lillienfield."

********

"I know we were expecting him to do something like
this, Leo," Bartlet began as he looked at the pictures
Sam had given him. "But Lillienfield has to know he
won't win this. He's going after each member of my
staff and that will not be tolerated."

McGarry nodded grimly. "We'll set up a meeting for
tomorrow afternoon."

******