Safe haven, Rick Grimes

049. WE NEED TO TALK

Chapter forty nine

"We need to talk."

Scarlett couldn't take it anymore, after their walk, Rick had gone to work and Carl was there to look after Judith, Scarlett headed out of the house and walked down the street to her old house and when she made it to the garage, she saw Jessie standing there cleaning up "you wanted us to talk?" she asked her, and as she did, Jessie nodded "we do." she told her, turning around and walking into the house, and as she did, Scarlett followed after her.

Where heading into the house, it was strange, as they made it into the kitchen, it looked the exact same as she remembered along with the dining room and living room, as she walked into it, she noticed her wedding picture on the side table, she remembered how she destroyed that dress "Scarlett." Jessie said, as Scarlett turned to her, Jessie held out a glass of lemonade, as Scarlett took it "thank you." she told her, drinking from it "sit. Please." Jessie told her, motioning to the couch, the two sat down on it, looking at each other, neither saying anything at first.

"You don't have to be afraid of me, Scarlett." Jessie told her "it's..it's not you that I'm afraid." Scarlett told her, looking around them "he's not here right now." Jessie told her, as Scarlett turned back to her "the day I saw you outside my house. I wanted to talk to you because he told me that you were crazy. And I couldn't quite understand why because ever since I met him he was practically obsessed with you. Between pictures. Calling me the wrong name. Telling me not dye my hair because he liked it blonde. And then the way he always spoke so highly about you." she shared.

As Scarlett nodded "yeah that seems to be the consensus between you, Deana, Aaron and Eric. But what none of you know is that when we were in our residency program and had gone out for drinks with are friends and I spoke to one of the guys for so long that he thought I was flirting with him. And I laughed because me and him had been together since college and yet he got this look in his eyes that I've now seen countless times including on my own father who beat my mom to death when she was a little girl. So let's just say it was a surprise the next morning when I woke up with my eyes swollen shut." she shared.

And when she did, Jessie had this look on her face "and I can tell by the way your looking at me that you know exactly what I'm talking about or else you wouldn't have wanted to talk to me." Scarlett told her, and as she did, Jessie looked down at her hands "I thought it was only gonna happen once because he kept telling me that he loves me but it never..never stops." she said "it just happened over and over for different reasons. Different mistakes. The last thing he ever did to me was throw me down those flight of stairs.." Scarlett shared, looking to them and I woke up to him kicking me in the back. Where I ended up in the hospital with broken ribs and what could've been a ruptured kidney." she said, looking at the floor, she remembered herself lying there, drinking her lemonade.

"Scarlett." Jessie told her, as Scarlett turned to her "he's going to kill you. Last night, when we came home from the party I thought he was going to hit me but he wasn't even thinking about me. He was thinking about you, and didn't even hesitate when he told me he was going to kill you." Jessie shared, as Scarlett nodded "I know that. When I talk to my family about this place I keep telling them that they're gonna be safe here, I never mention me. Because..Because he's threatened to kill me before and he meant it which is the entire reason I left." she shared, her voice breaking "I ran away but I always knew he would find me but Rick told me that I'd be safe and I was. But now being back here, it's like I never got out." she shared, her voice breaking.

"Maybe we can help each other." Jessie told her, as footsteps could be heard behind them "help each other?" Pete asked, and as he did, Scarlett and Jessie stood up, looking at him "I mean I just came from talking to your husband." Pete said, laughing, stepping toward's them, Scarlett stepped back toward's Jessie "Pete." she told him, as Pete stepped toward's her, punching her in the face, Scarlett fell to the ground "Pete, leave her alone." Jessie told him, her voice breaking "no, no, this is her fault." Pete told her.

As Scarlett looked up at him, Peter looked down at her "I told you. I told you, you couldn't leave me. I warned you!" he voiced, punching her in the face again, Jessie stepped toward's him and as she did, Pete shoved her back, as Jessie hit into the table, falling down "maybe..maybe I should kill him, huh? Cause I bet that's what he's gonna do to me, right?" he asked, kicking her in the stomach "because I can't imagine my life without you. You're all I have." he told her, kicking her again, Scarlett rolled over, looking up at him "you don't have me." she told him, bringing her leg up and kicking him in the leg.

Pete fell over, as Scarlett quickly got up, running to the front door "Scarlett!" Pete voiced, running after her "no, no!" Scarlett voiced, grabbing onto the door handle, she opened it, and as she did, Pete slammed it shut, as he grabbed onto her "just let me go! Please just let me go!" Scarlett voiced, as Peter spun her around, throwing her to the floor, he turned around and locked the front door.

And as he did, Scarlett put her hands out in front of her to push herself back up, but as she did, Pete grabbed her by the hair and pulled her off the ground, making her look at him, he slammed his head into her's, and when he did, he hit her so hard that it knocked the both of them out, as they fell to the ground.

Where some time had passed, as Carol came walking up to the door, she knocked on it and and when she did, nobody answered, as she put her hand on the door, it was locked, as she turned walking off, heading down the street and to the house, she opened the door "Scarlett!" she called out, and when she did, Rick walked up to her "she's not here." he told her, as Carol shook her head "no, no, cause Sam told me that she was in danger. He said that heard his dad tell his mom last night that he was going to kill her." Carol shared, as Rick looked at her with wide eyes "I have to kill him." he told her, as Carol nodded.