Heartless ➳ TWD² [COMPLETED]

Chapter XV ➳ Signs

TORY was whining, which caused me to wake up with a grumble and shut off the baby-monitor. I walked from my room to her, resembling as a Walker.

"Shh, shh," I tried to hush her, as I hovered over her crib. "You're alright." I picked her up and held her in my arms, trying to soothe her that way. "We need to get you ready for the day. Somebody wants to see you before I have to leave and go back to Oceanside."

Carefully, I changed her dirty diaper, fed him a bottle, and dressed her up in something that wasn't too fancy. Nevertheless, she looked so nice and beautiful.

I started to leave her room when I looked at the back of her door, which was Dwight's last written message to me. I had framed it and put it in here, just in case that, one day, Tory wants to know all about her dad.

Tess, I love you more than my next breath. I'll find you again someday, even if it's in the afterlife. Never, ever give up. I love you. —D

I went down the stairs quietly, not to wake Mollie up. However, as I came down the stairs, she was already sitting on the couch and staring me down. "Where are you going?"

I sighed and faced her. "I'm going to go see someone real quick," I claimed, which was the truth. I sat Tory on the ground in front of the couch, to play with her toys. "Good thing you're up. I need you to watch her while I go get dressed. Can you do that for me?"

"Yes, ma'am," she replied, plainly. I nodded and headed back up the stairs to get dressed for the day, even brushing my teeth and showering.

After I got dressed, I came back downstairs to see that Mollie was now dressed for the day while Tory played on the ground, happily. "Mollie, what are you—"

"I wanna go with you," she pleaded, eyes wide with remorse. "You always go see the same person every week. I want to know who he is, too."

I stepped forward with my hands somewhat up in surrender. "Mollie, y-you can't because—"

"You always take Tory to go see him," she snapped back before I could finish again. "Is it her dad? Is that who it is?"

"Hell no," I spat out, not meaning to curse at her. I shook my head and tried to quickly recover. "No, baby girl. It's... It's a man that knew her dad. He's a very bad man."

"But," she breathed out and walked up to me, looking up, "why do you always take Tory to go see him if he's bad?"

It was very hard to explain to her, especially because she is so young right now. I hope that I get the chance one day to explain it to her when she's older. For now, I tried to sum it up for her with ease. "I really can't give you a straight answer, except that I used to hate this man. I kind of still do, but... No matter how much I hate him, he may never die because of that. He doesn't deserve mercy, but... I just go to talk to someone from time to time."

I watched her eyes change before she nodded. I took that as her backing down, so I went and picked up Tory, heading for the door. Just as I opened it and was about to leave, Mollie called to me: "I'm coming with you. I want to meet him, too."

I didn't have time to argue when she flew out the door with me, as we headed down the stairs and the sidewalk, going straight for Negan's cage. A few people walked by and waved, as we waved back. Trying to keep to ourselves for the most part, we headed down to the door and I unlocked it, before opening the door and going down the stairs.

I closed the door behind us and walked down, hearing the sound of his slippers on the dirty ground before I could see his face with the help of the light from the window. "Well," he began saying in his normal and excited tone. "Who might you be, sweetheart?"