15. Trust?

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Flashback from the end of the last chapter:
"Thank you," Rosita murmured during the hug and kissed Abraham on the mouth, who returned it. "Not for that," Abraham said gently as he broke away from the kiss and held Rosita in his arms for a moment before he let go of her and pulled away. "We should go in too," Rosita said as she pulled away. Abraham nodded in agreement, so the two of them went in after all, even though they didn't really want to go in.

Now:

Abraham and Rosita went in, whereupon Daryl noticed and said nothing. Meanwhile Rick was talking to this Gabriel about where he got all the supplies from, whereupon Gabriel explained that he had plundered all the houses that were here in the bogey, except for one, which he had left out and not plundered."What stopped you?" Rick asked curiously, waiting for an answer from Gabriel. "Because it's occupied, there are a dozen," Gabriel explained, whereupon Rick nodded before saying something else and saying that they could manage a dozen. Suddenly Sasha went to Rick and said that she and Bob would come with him. "Tyresse should stay here and look after Judith," Sasha said honestly but also in a gentle tone while she looked over at Tyresse, whereupon Ric asked if it would be okay if Tyresse could look after Judith. "Sure, if you ever need me to look after Judith, I'm here," Tyresse said gently as he looked at Rick with a smile. Tyresse then suddenly looked at Rosita and Abraham before saying something again. "I wouldn't have a problem looking after Sophie either if you don't want her to come with you," Tyresse said in the same tone as he continued and looked at Abraham and Rosita, who briefly looked at each other and were unsure whether she could leave Sophie with him."I don't know," came it in Abraham's usual tone as he looked at Tyresse. There was a moment of silence as Abraham and Rosita considered whether Sophie should really stay with Tyresse or not. Suddenly damn Carol spoke up. "You can leave her with Tyresse, when we were all separated I was with him and he always protected Judith as best he could, so if anyone can help with this then it's him and besides it would be better than taking her with you," came Carol's honest and serious response as she looked back and forth between Tyresse, Abraham and Rosita. After a few minutes Abraham and Rosita agreed that Sophie should stay with Tyresse. Then Rick turned to Tyresse and thanked him for looking after him and for Tyresse's help in general. "Hey, I'll draw you a map of the way to the house," said Gabriel, who was immediately interrupted by Ricl to say that he didn't have to because Gabriel was coming along. "I'm not going to be much help, you saw me, I can't handle walkers," said Gabriel with a nervous smile as he looked at Rick while he spoke. "You're coming anyway," said Rick seriously, to which Gabriel nodded in confirmation that he would come along. Shortly afterwards, everyone who was coming along got ready and Rosita called Sophie, who was sitting on a bench with Carl, who was in the church with Judith and Judith tried to touch Sophie's hair, which Carl and Sophie found funny. When Sophie heard Rosita, Sophie went to her and Abraham, whereupon Rosita knelt down to Sophie's height so that they were at eye level."Hey darling, you're staying with Tyresse, OK? No going off on your own, don't just go anywhere, you're staying with him," Rosita said seriously as she looked at Sophie, but Rosita was still worried about whether they could leave Sophie with him. "Okay," Sophie replied, nodding as she looked at her parents, but you could tell she was scared."Are you coming back?" Sophie asked, now anxious and nervous, whereupon Rosita's gaze softened and she noticed Sophie's fear. "Of course, we would never leave you alone, it's just safer if you're not there because there are a lot of those things," Rosita explained gently but also seriously, whereupon Abraham nodded in confirmation. "Mom is right, but don't worry, we'll always come back, none of us will die," Abraham said as he looked at Sophie, who nodded. "Promise?" Sophie asked, now uncertain. "I promise I'll never die, only when I'm old, and mom won't die anytime soon either," Abraham said with a smile, whereupon Sophie hugged him and Rosita too, which became a family hug. After a few minutes the two had said goodbye to Sophie and Sophie went back to Judith and Carl where they both continued talking while Rosita and Abraham went to Rick, Bob, Sasha and Gabriel where Michonne was. So they went to the house where there seemed to be some supplies and meanwhile Carol and Daryl also left but only to get some water, Maggie, Tara and Glenn also looked around nearby.So the only ones who were "left behind" were Carl, Judith, Sophie and Tyresse. A little later, when some time had passed, Carl and Sophie talked and told each other funny things they had experienced, but they became a little closer in terms of friendship. After a while, Tyresse came to them after checking again to see if everything was really safe. "Hey, I checked again and everything is safe, is everything OK with you?" came softly from Tyresse as he went to Carl, who was holding Judith, and went to Sophie. "Yes, everything's fine," came Carl as confirmation, whereupon Tyresse looked at Sophie because he also wanted to know her opinion. "Yes, everything's fine, Carl and I talk about funny things," came Sophie, smiling and giggling a little. "That's nice," came softly and smiling from Tyresse when he heard that. "Hey, can you take Judith for a minute?" Carl said in a normal tone as he looked at Sophie, who nodded with a smile, so he carefully gave her Judith and showed Sophie how to hold her. "Exactly," Carl said with a smile, whereupon Sophie also laughed. "What are you planning to do?" Tyresse said curiously but also a little confused as he saw that Sophie was now holding Judith. "I wanted to go to the house next door, which is next to the church, we haven't been there yet," Carl said, explaining but also seriously. Tyresse nodded and said that Carl should be careful, and Carl assured him that he would be careful. Carl left the church and went to the house that was right next to the church, and looked at the house skeptically.

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