Heartless ➳ TWD² [COMPLETED]

Chapter XXXII ➳ Scars

➳ "MOMMY!" Mollie called to me from the playground, smiling and waving her little hand my way. "Look! Look!"

I took a moment to pause, tilting my head and grinning. She was playing with Gracie and Judith, taking turns swinging each other on the swing-set. The two girls had Mollie high up in the air now.

"Yes, honey, I see you," I called back, before eyeing Miss Maple, who was sitting nearby and supervising the kids while they played. She had turned her head and her eyes met mine, all while holding Tory in her lap. I nodded and she nodded back to me before I dipped my head and kept on walking.

I had heard over the Walkie-Talkie of strangers arriving at our front gates, so I headed down there from my home. I arrived there at the front gates just as they opened and Michonne stood there, ready to greet them. So was I, too.

I walked up behind Michonne and glanced over her shoulders at the new strangers, surprised to see a couple of children standing there. Scott stood there with them while Rosita held up a lady, who appeared to be hurt.

"Found them wandering not far from here," he confirmed to Michonne before taking a step towards her. "One of them's hurt."

That's what I figured, too. I stepped up and kept glaring down the woman, who Rosita held up, and kept my hand firmly on my gun — which was on my belt. We couldn't trust anyone, even someone with children.

Michonne readjusted her head just a little before she pulled her eyebrows together, staring down the woman. The woman spoke out first, "Oh, my gosh... Michonne?"

I almost broke my neck when I quickly went to stare down Michonne in equal question as the new woman. Our fearless leader smiled with tears in her eyes and spoke back, "Jocelyn?"

➳ "JOCELYN!" Michonne called out to her old friend, who was running out of the infirmary like the place was on fire. I ran up with the others to figure out just what in the hell was going on.