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╔══════════════╗ c h a p t e r f o u r ; the hug ╚══════════════╝
After watching the blonde woman jump the wall, Gina began to work her way back towards her family's apartment building, hoping her husband was there to begin constructing a new beginning. But she already knew that he wouldn't be, considering he has a class during this time. They need to get out of here before this place becomes anymore dangerous than it already was.
It gave them a sense of normalcy while shielding them from the outside world. That can be dangerous in itself. Despite them having a normal neighborhood that can protect their son and give him a chance to live an ordinary childhood, even if it was just for a little while longer, they needed to think about Ben and how Gina and James wanted him to grow up. Yes, it got a chance of a longer childhood, but it was in the expense of living under a dictator than can take a leap into crazy-ville at any given moment. The Governor made Merle, a man that Gina considered a friend, fight his younger brother to the death in a ring of walkers and fire. Who's to say that he won't make the people of Woodbury do it next as a power play to get the residents of this town to follow him out of fear instead of loyalty?
But when they were able to escape where could they go that can be safe for Ben? Gina began to wonder if the people at the prison would take them in. Maybe if Merle saw them outside their gates, he could convince those people to give them sanctuary. They could even give inside information of Woodbury's in exchange for a place to live if need be. At this point, Gina would rather take refuge in an eight by ten cell than their loft at Woodbury.
But it always came back to how they were going to escape this disaster of a town. They can't just walk out the front gate since the last time people wished to leave it turned into a mob with screaming and guns being waved around.
She began to think that they just needed to take a page out of Andrea's book and just jump the wall where there could be less guards, or even where Sasha and Tyresse were taking point. Considering they didn't put up much of a fight to keep Andrea inside. Hopefully, that would mean that the two aren't on the Governor's pay roll yet.
Looking up towards the clear darkened sky, Gina was able to tell that it was close to six to seven o'clock according to where the sun is located, which has almost disappeared over the horizon. James had taught her the trick when this whole end of the world took place. He needed to know that she could tell time since she couldn't rely on her phone or watch any longer since they had both been lost to this disaster. He needed her to be prepared in case she ever needed to know what time it was.
Walking up the steps of the red bricked apartment building, Gina made her way up to the third floor. One good thing about this world-wide catastrophe was that her stamina has never been what it is now, but that's only because it was built up from running for their lives.
