The Hunter's Angel

Chapter 26

Seaira's POV

That night Rick comes downstairs in his uniform and says we can go sleep in our own homes and settle in. Rick, Daryl, Carol, and I are on the porch, talking about how we can't get weak. if they can't make it, then we will take the place, I told them what Deanna offered me, except when she said she needs help with Daryl. Rick and Carol liked the Idea, but Daryl just stayed quiet. 

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I wake up in Daryl and Is house. I turn in bed and Daryl isn't there. I look around, I remember my boots are on the porch, Daryl's Vest is gone, and my jacket is hung on the hook. I get out of bed and go to the bathroom, I brush my teeth and hair, putting it in a messy bun again. I use the restroom and go down the stairs with my jacket in my hands. 

I toss it on the back of the couch. I look around downstairs for Daryl, and he isn't there. He is probably mad at me for accepting a job. I sigh and go to the kitchen, I look around the cabinets, fridge, everywhere. I decide to go simple and make some Rice Krispy cereal. I pour the milk, Ill have to see the farm they have for it. I grab a spoon and start munching away. Feeling like a kid again, I walk around the house to get used to it.

The front door is between the living room on the left, and the kitchen on the right. The stairs at the other side of the living room and a hallway next to the stairs, a small bathroom, and one bedroom downstairs with a garage. upstairs are two bedrooms and two bathrooms. hallway closet upstairs. a laundry room downstairs at the end of the hall. 

the kitchen is beautiful with an island in the middle with a sink and a small dining room connected to the kitchen. 

I go into the bedroom downstairs and it's like a kid's room, books, comics, video games. Carl would love it, but I'm sure he has the same room in his house. I look at the books and see some that I use to read. I gasp and nearly choke on my cereal. I put the spoon in the bowl and grab the book I see. It's my favorite book, The Giver. It's paperback and it's always been a small book but with many chapters. It fits perfectly in my back pocket. 

I leave the room and finish eating my cereal. I wash the spoon and bowl and put them on the dry rack.

I go upstairs and look into the other room that I haven't been in. It's an adult room, barely anything in here. Just a bed, one dresser, and a closet. I could probably make something of it. I go into the garage and find a nice truck parked there. I just notice it's a two-door garage, another vehicle could be parked in here, but it's just the truck. tools everywhere, a horizontal freezer for storing deer meat, at least that's what id use it for. 

Daryl would love the garage, I could fix the truck up if it needs it. I could find him a Bike he could tinker with. I go out of the garage and back into the house to go to the back door that's in the laundry room. I step out, and it's not a big backyard, but it's not small either. fenced all the way around the back. the back porch is screened in, with a small outside table and a few chairs, and a rocking chair. 

Im sure Daryl is on a hunt or with Rick, ill just talk to him when he gets back. I then remember we promised to never split up. I sigh and get out my book and sit in the rocking chair. I start reading.

I read for a couple hours, I then get up and go inside, into our bedroom, and put the book on the nightstand. I look in the closet and the dresser, and I find some ripped blue jeans and a white T-shirt. I put them on and put my other clothes in the hamper. I go to the front porch and grab my boots. I go to the garage and find a mechanic rag that clean and I see a sink in here. I clean my boots and make sure I don't get water in them. I dry them off and put them on and lace them up.