Daryl's Girl

Chapter 99

Glenn was the first one to leave and storm back to the car. I was soon to follow him to stop myself from swinging for Tyler as he just stood smiling at me. All I did was snarl back at him. No doubt he was going to try and act as if everything was alright but he knew damn well it wasn't. Just because he knocked Merle on his ass, doesn't mean mean he's made up for all the shit he's done.

It wasn't long before the others came over to join us, leaving Tyler and Merle over by the trees. Rick then took Daryl, Glenn, Maggie and I up the road a ways to talk, leaving Michonne by the car. I didn't think it'd be too long before we were having this conversation.

"It won't work bringing them both back." Rick started.

"It's gotta. Merle at least." Daryl argued.

"It'll stir things up." Rick disagreed calmly.

"Look, the Governor is probably on his way to the prison right now. Merle for one knows how he thinks and we could use the extra muscle."

"I'm not having them at the prison." Maggie spoke up ignoring Daryl's reasoning.

Glenn also shook his head. "Do you really want him sleeping in the same cell block as Carol, Beth or Lily?"

Daryl turned his nose up and looked at me. "He ain't a rapist."

"Well his buddy is." Glenn snarled. Maggie snapped her head towards him and the look on her face told him to shut up. Something happened back there to make Glenn act this way. It's up to them if they choose to tell us or not.

As Daryl turned his back to the others I saw a large cut on his cheek from where he was beaten by Merle. It mirrored the same one I had but I realised I was trying to avoid making an opinion. "They ain't buddies no more. Not after last night."

"There's no way Merle's gonna live there without putting everyone at each others throats. That goes for Tyler to." Rick looked at me.

I rolled my eyes. What happened between me and that prick is in the past. I've moved on. "So your gonna cut 'em both loose and bring the samurai home wih us?" Daryl spat again.

"She's not coming back." Rick reassured.

"She's not in a state to be on her own." Maggie stuck up for her.

We all looked at her leaning up the car for support. "She did lead you guys to us." Glenn also supported her.

Rick turned his nose up to her. "Then ditched us."

"She didn't ditch us." I interrupted before I even realised I was talking. "She told me she was going after the Governor. I offered to go with her. Obviously things went bad. She helped you get me and Daryl back. We can't just leave her like that." I wasn't backing down without a fight.

"At least let my dad stitch her up." Maggie nodded at me.

Rick shook his head. "She's too unpredictable."

"That's right. We don't know who she is." We stopped and all looked at her again. She was staring right back at us. She looked as if she knew what we were talking about. "Merle. Merle's blood."

"No, Merle is your blood. My blood. My family is standing right here and waiting for us back at the prison." Glenn spat. This was true.

"And your part of this family." Rick spoke immediately after Glenn had finished. "He's not."

"Man, y'all don't know." Daryl grumbled. No one said a word. I felt so guilty for not telling him that his brother was still alive and in that town. Time to come clean.

"I knew Merle was alive when I went to that town the night the farm got overrun. I'm sorry. I didn't know Tyler was there though. I knew the Governor was a psycho. He had fish tanks filled with human and walker heads. He had a walker trapped in a cage, for god sake. I should've told you and I realise that now. Maybe if I'd said something, we wouldn't be here having this conversation. It's like I said before, I figured if you didn't know about them, they wouldn't be a problem." I stopped and saw all eyes looking at me. "Even if Merle and Tyler were to come with us. We only have one car and there are eight people. It's not gonna work."