Bound By Blood

Chapter 35

Bound By Blood

Chapter 35

Daryl

I'm really happy that I'm finally going and picking up Samantha and bringing her home tomorrow, it's taken longer than expected Samantha has had issues that prevented her from leaving, but it wasn't because she didn't want to leave. Aaron and I took some others with us and left yesterday, it was uneventful but unfortunately we had to stop as it got darker, I took the late watch when in the middle I got a sudden sense of danger, something was happening so I checked the perimeter and everything is fine maybe I'm just not getting used to being back out here and I finished on a rather uneventful night

We finally reached the Commonwealth I left Aaron and the others to look after our horses and headed towards Samantha's house. I climbed off my bike and knocked on the door, there was no answer I tried the knob and it's unlocked like most of the homes here, I enter. "Baby? You here? I've come to take you home." I walked upstairs and down the hallway, it smelt like blood but I couldn't see any then I suddenly stopped when I looked in a bedroom the bed was covered in blood what the fuck happened here?

"Samantha? Baby? Where are you?" I took my knife out walked towards the other room it was empty then I heard it.

"Daryl! It's Aaron."

"I don't know where Samantha is she's gone there's blood everywhere."

"You left before they had a chance to tell you..." I grabbed Aaron and shoved him against the wall.

"Tell me what?"

"Easy there, Daryl. She's okay it's not her blood. She's at the hospital."

"Thank god. I gotta go see her."

"Can you take your hands off me, Daryl?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry brother." I let go of Aaron and ran out of the house and back on my bike, I wasn't exactly sure where I was going but I had seen signs pointing to it so followed the arrows and finding it, I parked and went looking for my family. A nurse told me the room number and I found her room, I opened the door as I did I was hearing voices.

"So, why was he at your house? He said you and Jennifer took him to your place because her husband was home."

"I didn't I went home alone. Jennifer turned up said could she use one of my spare rooms around eleven, I said okay. Daryl, oh god you're here." I walked over and kissed her.

"Sir, you'll have to wait outside we aren't finished questioning Ms. Dixon."

"Well, I want to be here. Any questions I'm sure you can ask them in front of me. Is it about the house?"

"Yes, sir it is. The man who is arrested at the moment is saying that you attacked Jennifer and tried to kill him."

"Why would I kill my friend? I mean I wasn't happy they were there but if she and her husband are okay in an open relationship that's their business. I felt the bed move and someone was touching me. My first thought was that maybe Jennifer climbed into bed but I heard his voice, he was saying I was a pretty woman." I sat down beside her and took her hand. "I don't understand why he killed Jennifer." She starts to cry.

"Okay, this is the story he's telling us. That you and Jennifer took him home and while he and the victim were engaged in sexual intercourse you left the room, while she was on top of him you had come back and sliced her throat."

"If I'd done that where's the blood? She was my friend. I was clean I'd be covered in blood if I'd killed her but I wasn't. I woke up told him to get out of my room and house, then I ran out of my bedroom and downstairs into the kitchen I threatened him if he didn't leave I'd kill him."