|Hero|

Chapter 35

Hello guys, here is another chapter.

This chapter continues after the whole thing with Carl and seeing how Ali is handling it.

Ali is strong.

I hope you all liked this chapter and be sure to wait for the next one.

Have a nice day.

*Ali's P.O.V*

It's time to read Carl's letter to me.

Sigh. I'm not ready for this but I have to see what he said to me on this piece of paper.

I took a deep breath.

Here I go.

Dear Ali,
By the time you read this, I'll be gone but I wanted to be able to say goodbye to you before I left. I first wanna apologize for not obeying what you had told me to do. I should've stayed where I was and if I did then I still would've been here with you. But I had to go. Before my mom died, she told me that I should always do the right thing. I had to honor my mother in doing the right thing by bringing Siddiq back to Alexandria. I know you won't be able to trust him but I want you to try, for me. I'm also sorry for not having you by my side when everything happened. I should've brought you with me because then all of this would've been prevented. I'm so lucky to have been on that run by myself to then have found you. Finding you was the best thing that's ever happened to me. I always smiled when I was with you and I always smiled a bit more when I wasn't. When you smiled, I smiled. I hope after reading this letter, you'll be able to understand my reasoning and I hope you do the same thing. Do the right thing. I know you're gonna continue to take over this world and beat it. I know you'll beat it. You have it in you to finish this fight. I have faith in you. Please remember all the memories that we've shared. Whether it was playing with the hose, playing with Judith, going on runs, running from walkers, reading comics together, having food fights, picking on Daryl when he's in a bad mood, everything. I'm still here in spirit and in your heart. Just always remember to think about me when I'm looking down on you and watching you beat this world. Continue to be strong beautiful. I love you so much and I always will.

Love,
Carl ❤️

Reading Carl's letter to me made me shed tears and I couldn't stop.

I hate not having Carl near me and it's not going to be the same. But like he said, I have to be strong and I will.

I kiss the letter and put it near my bed.
I'll most likely read it again before I go to sleep.

I then stood up and went back to where Rick and Michonne was.

"We have nothing planned so if you want, you can go to Hilltop." Rick told me.

"Thank you. That's what I was thinking." I smiled at them.

"See you later." Rick and Michonne said and I was already out the door.

I'm gonna have to get to Hilltop quick because I know that Enid is there and she probably already knows about Carl dying.

I don't even know how Enid and I will be without Carl. Carl was like her brother.

We'll have to see.

I just continued to walk and walk and walk until after maybe an hour, I made it to Hilltop.

Kal opened the gate and I went through it. I saw Enid with Maggie and Siddiq happened to be with them as well.

"Hey Ali." Enid said with sadness in her eyes with she saw me.

"Hey." I said.

"I'm so so sorry about Carl. If you need anything, I'm here for you." Enid said trying to make me feel better.

"It's fine. I'll be getting better each day." I said.

"He would want that." Enid said.

"Is Judith here?" I asked.

"Yeah, Tobin has her."

"Thanks, Enid. I'll have to go and be with her later." I said.

"Everything will be okay, Ali. Carl was able to do it part and now you'll be able to do yours. You'll get through this." Maggie said.

"Thanks for sticking by me, Maggie." I smiled at her.

"It's my pleasure." Maggie said and then went to go see Jesus.

"Ali, I do apologize for everything." Siddiq said to me.

Is he serious right now?

"I'm sure you are. Just leave me alone." I said and then walked away and I was happy when Enid followed me.

"What was that back there?"

"I'm making sure that Siddiq knows not to get on my bad side." I said very serious.

"You don't like him do you?"

"I don't trust him. I didn't even trusted him when I first saw him at the gas station when I went with Carl." I said looking at her.

"It's your decision. I'm not going to change your mind." Enid said.

"Do you trust him?" I asked.

"Not yet. I'll have to see how he is."

"Fair enough."

"Let's go see Judith." Enid said and then grabbed me and we went to Tobin.

"Hey Ali, you want Judith?" Tobin asked.

"Yes sir." I said.

Tobin handed me Judith and then Enid and I went inside the building that was Hilltop and was in the living room.

"Hey baby girl." I said watching her play with her toys.

Carl did told me to take care of Judith and I'll do that.

"He also told you to trust Siddiq." The voice in my head said but I ignored it.

"Do you think she was able to know that her brother is gone?" Enid asked.

"Certainly. She cried when he was saying his goodbye." I said.

"This is just so hard." She said and had sadness in her voice.

She wasn't wrong. This was going to be hard and I wish Carl was still here.

"Carl would want us to be strong." I said.

"I know." She said, her voice cracking.

Carl dying obviously broke our hearts and it will most certainly leave an impact on us. It's taken its effect on us.

I sigh.

"Whatever we do from now on, let's do it for Carl." I said and Enid nodded.

"Sounds like a plan." She said while having a small and sad smile on her face.

It's our turn now.