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DARYL DIXON
the infirmary is quiet as eugene lies in a bed with rosita by his side. i'm staring out the window as i anxiously bite the inside of my cheek.
i drove the truck back to alexandria with rosita and abraham in the backseats with eugene. i tried my best to focus on getting us home as quickly as possible, but it was hard not to notice the absence of denise and grey.
we need to get denise's body and give her a proper burial.
we also need to hunt down the saviors who took grey and get her back—alive.
the door swings open and in walks abraham, "rick's comin'. how is he?"
"bullet just grazed him, but it's a good thing we got him back when we did." rosita fills him in on eugene. "the antibiotics we picked up could save him from an infection, could save his life. that's what denise did."
eugene coughs himself awake.
"you here?" rosita asks him.
"present." he mumbles.
"hang on."
i quickly follow rosita as she heads to the sink behind the counters.
"rick ain't gon' like any of this." i say to her quietly as she fills up a small, plastic cup of water.
"yeah, no one is."
"i'll tell him about dwight and grey, all right?"
the faucet knob squeaks as she stops the water from running. she gives me a quick nod before heading back to eugene's bedside.
it's not only the fact that the saviors killed denise or that eugene got shot, or that they lied to us about the deal.
it's the fact that they took one of our people hostage and that person is grey. that is why i'm simultaneously dreading and impatiently waiting for rick to walk through the doors of the infirmary.
and then he does, the front door opens again and rick quickly walks in. his eyes are fixated on eugene as he heads straight for him, "are you okay?"
"i am coherent." eugene nods in between taking sips of water. "i don't know if i'm gonna be okay, but those antibiotics seem to have done a mighty fine job."
"for now, but let's take it easy." rosita reminds him.
rick nods his head, glancing at all of us as i brace myself for the question.
"what the hell happened?"
rosita begins to explain how our run started off, but i can't hear a word she says as i watch rick look over his right shoulder and then his left.
