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Like Daryl, Like Belle

(3rd POV)

Carol and Daryl sat at the window, peering down at the city of Atlanta. They followed the car with the white cross on it all the way here, knowing this was the best way to get information on Beth's whereabouts. Ever since Daryl lost Beth, he had thought nonstop about the people who took her. The white cross.

He emptied the chip packet into his mouth, tossing the wrapper to the side after balling it up. He had something on his mind.

"You said I ain't like how I was before?" He turned to Carol, referencing their earlier conversation. She hadn't touched her food.

"It's like you were a kid. Now you're a man." He kept his gaze on the hospital until she spoke up again. "I think she's taught you a lot. Annabelle. You showed her how to hunt and set traps, sure, but she taught you how to grow up. She loves you, you know. You're like...a father to her."

Daryl scoffed and shook his head. "I ain't the type."

"You are." Carol insisted. "For her, you could be. You love her, and you know that's what she needs. A family. You."

Daryl processed her words. The thought of Annabelle out there right now, wondering where he was, why he didn't tell her he was going, pained him. But he knew he had to. He had to get Beth back.

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This one is really small, like a tenth of what I usually write

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