"You're quite a lady." The quote ran through her head all through the day. The words that Axel had said. She had no interest in Axel in that way, but the compliment was all she could think about. Before the whole walker outbreak, she'd spent everyday being knocked down by Ed. Every single bit of confidence and self - esteem she had was physically and verbally knocked out of her. He'd called her worthless and ugly so many times that the words had just engraved in her mind. That's what she was. She believed it. She had spent years, and years believing it, never expecting anyone to see good in her...
Axel had somehow seen past the words that she felt were written all over her. "You're quite a lady." He said. She'd spent the whole day smiling to herself. Despite the fact that the person who meant the most to her had left, and she couldn't deny that she felt lost without him, she was happy. She replayed the words again and again in her head, trying to cover over the mental scars that Ed had beaten into her. She felt as though she could try to believe it. Try to believe that she was a lady, who was worth being treated right. Not just some battered housewife who hid under her husband's shadow.