Blind devotion

8.

He grabbed Candace's arm and made sure she was between him and JDM while one of the security guards took hold of Dixon's harness before a circle of guards led them towards Tom's Booth.

They could see the exit sign in the distance and saw three girls come back in from the outside. Norman's phone went off causing him to look at it,

TP: Those were the girls that Sadi was with.

NR: Thanks

As they walked off the three of them went through the exit into a secluded patio where some people were smoking. He could see them all looking at both he and JDM in awe as they made their way through the courtyard.

There they saw a young child and his mum knelt beside a girl on the floor as the child covered her with a blanket and the mother raised Sadi's feet so they were on her lap. He recognized the girl as Sadi. Pushing past his security team he went and knelt beside the child who looked up at him with wonder on his face.

"You're Daryl Dixon." He smiled at the child before looking back at the mother.

"Is she ok?" He asked the woman. She looked up at him and became speechless, "ma'am, is she ok?" Shaking herself the woman nodded,

"Yeah, the poor girl fainted. Her friends managed to bring her out here and then they said they were going to find her boyfriend to let him know she had fainted." She looked at him, "Are you the boyfriend?" He nodded his head at the woman as she smiled,

"Good." The woman smiled as a golden retriever came up to the girl and laid his head against her stomach. "Oh, such a cute dog." She said then she noticed the harness. "Oh, your girlfriend is blind." She remarked although there was no disgust in her voice just genuine concern.

"Yes Ma'am she is. Thank you for sitting with our friend." JDM said as he laid a hand on her shoulder, "I'm glad someone was here for her." To show his appreciation he pulled the woman and her son away so he could take some selfies with them.

"Hey, kid," Norman said to the boy who was stood next to his mom. He turned to look at Norman. "What's your name?" The boy smiled and held out his hand.

"Daryl sir." Norman couldn't help but smile at that.

"Well Daryl, thank you for taking care of my girlfriend. Why don't you and your mom come straight to our booth at the end of the day so we can take a picture and give you some walking dead goodies." The boy smiled and hugged him,

"I hope your girlfriend is ok." He said before his mom pulled him away

"Me too kid." He looked down at Sadi and noticed a slight discoloration on her face. "Does that look like a bruise?" He asked Candace as she knelt beside him.

"It looks like it." She said, "So what do we do now?" She asked both the men around her.

"I guess we wait until she wakes up." He said as he gave her a one-armed hugged

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As Sadi woke she could feel pain in her side where the girl had kicked her earlier, also her face felt like it was all puffy. While she came into awareness though she could smell Norman's aftershave that he had put on this morning.

"Norman." She said while she heard the thump of a tail, "Oh thank god. Dixon." She said as the dog licked her hand.

"Hey, how you feeling? You fainted babe." Norman said to her as he helped her sit up. Although he did notice her wince and place a hand on her side.

"No, I didn't faint. I got booted in the head." She said, "and the side." She could feel her shirt lift slightly before she heard Norman and Candace hiss at the sight. "Is it bad?"

"You are going to be sore for a few days." He said as he dropped her t-shirt.

Suddenly Norman's phone began pinging. "Hold on its the others asking how you are?" He said,

"Its ok brother, I'll reply back and head back upstairs. I'm glad you are awake now." JDM said as he walked away.

"Come on Sadi, you are going to come and lay down between mine and JDMs booths. We have a little partitioned bit where we have food." He picked her up and carried her back into the building.

"And here we go back to the carrying?" She said laughing into his chest.

"Yeah well, you are so slow at the moment that I'd never get you through the crowds of people intact." He said as he kissed the top of her head.