If Lee Survived

Chapter 9: Betrayals

Clem

I awoke to the sound of Mike talking to Arvo. I looked over to see him checking Arvo's face. " Jesus, He coulda Killed you. The fuck is wrong with him?" Mike mumbled shaking his head in anger. I glanced over to see Sarah and Sam sleep next to the fireplace behind me.

" Oh, You're up. Kenny and Lee are out back trying to get some stupid truck started." Jane spoke catching my attention. I got up from the floor sitting next to her and AJ as he slept in a small crate.

She handed a can of chilli to me after a second of silence. " Here you should eat something. " She suggested.

I took the can and sighed. " You okay? " Mike asked Arvo again as he sat tied to the bottom of the broken stairs.

" Thank you." He replied lowly.

" I can't believe he's gone." Jane sighed causing me to look up from my food.

" I've lost people before, but..." She trailed off causing me to shake my head.

" No one you've done-" I started but she cut me off.

" Yeah, okay. I know we fucked up but. Goddammit." She sighed lowering her head into her hand.

" I shouldn't have come back." She shook her head.

" Then we would be dead. You saved us, so I'm glad you did." I shrugged. She smiled at me as Mike left saying he was going to find something to clean up Arvos face.

I shook my head as Arvo thanked him. Just as Lee walked in smiling once he saw me. " Hey Sweet Pea. You feeling better?" He asked as he walked over to me looking down at Sarah and Sam still sleeping on the floor.

" Yeah, A lot better. " I responded smiling back.

" That's good. Kenny and I found a truck out back, He says he thinks he can get it working. We gotta get moving. This place is safe for now but it won't hold for long." He explained.

I nodded in agreement. I wanted to get far away from here and hopefully away from Arvo too. If Bonnie and Mike wants to stay, they can, Jane too. But I was ready to finally get out of here.

" I'm gonna go help Kenny. You get some rest, Clem. As soon as he gets that truck up and running, we leave." He nodded to me before leaving.

I looked over at Jane who had a strange look on her face. " What's wrong?" I asked causing her to turn and look at me.

" Kenny's losing it. The way he beat that kid. He's gonna get everyone killed at the rate he's going. " She sighed.

" Give Kenny a break. You all are so quick to judge him and make it seem like this is all his fault when it's not. Bonnie lead Carver right to us, Got our friends killed. You stole Arvo things, and he in return , attacked us, even though he knew we had a baby and we were innocent. And if leading Carver to us wasn't enough, Bonnie convinced me to try to save Luke and almost got me killed. I don't see how you can't see your own faults in all of this. Kenny isn't the problem. You all are." I replied glaring at her.

She sighed standing up. " I'm gonna get some fresh air. " She mumbled before walking away. I rolled my eyes and laid down next to AJ's Crate with my back to Arvo.

After a few minutes I heard Mike come back into the room. It was silent for a second before he began to talk. " Kenny's a fuckin' psychopath. We need to get away from him. " He whispered unaware that I could hear him.

Arvo said something in his language ( Russian) before speaking in his broken English. " He will try and stop us." He voiced.

" Don't you worry about Kenny. I have a plan. I'll untie you when everyone goes to sleep. We take your supplies and leave, simple as that . I already told Bonnie the plan, we leave as soon as everyone goes to sleep." Mike explained causing my eyes to widen.