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DISCLAIMER: NOTE CHAPTER 1
PROTECTING LOVE
Ch 2
Daryl felt his blood freeze in his veins when he heard that name fall from her lips." We may have to take you to ur office for any further questions." he said before walking away to talk to his brother. He saw the irritated look on Merle's face and waited for the complaints.
"Officer Friendly just informed me that Sweet cheeks there will be staying with us until we solve this." Merle grumbled. " This was probably one of the local gangs in town." he added. Daryl sighed before looking down.
"This was the Governor's work." he said softly. Merle swore as he paced.
"The Governor? This is bad. Sweet cheeks is better off with us until we catch him." Merle said before he sighed. "go to the car and get it warm we'll take her up to the office maybe we can show her some mugshots for the others she saw." He said before walking toward Beth.
"Hey," Daryl started making Merle stop. " How are we suppose to solve this. We have never caught him with the other victims." Daryl said. Merle looked over toward Beth then back at Daryl. " I think we now have an incentive. As long as he is out, She is in danger." Merle said before continuing toward Beth. Daryl ran his hands over his face in frustration before walking to his car and waited for Beth to join him in his car.
Daryl's eyes kept drifting to the young woman laying on the couch in their office as Merle read the file they had now typed up. SHe had pulled her hair into a ponytail on the way to their office. After they got to the office, they showed her several shots of different pictures which she was never saw the two people from the crime. She later fell into a fitful sleep on their couch. He could see blood on her jeans from when she leaned over her father as she had untied his hands. "You going to keep staring at her or are you going to do something?" he heard his brother ask. Daryl looked over at his brother and flipped him off. Merle chuckled before going back to reading the file. "Why don't you wake her up and take her to her house to pack a bag so she will have some clean clothes for when she stays with us. I'm going to cal her sister and tell her whats going on then go home and set up the guest room for her." Merle said. Daryl nodded and stood to wake up Beth. She jumped awake and Daryl stepped back with the way her limbs flailed about. She looked at Daryl scared before she was aware of where she was.
"Sorry." Daryl said softly. " Just thought you might want to pack some clothes before going back to our place." He said awkwardly. Beth nodded before standing and trying to fix her ponytail. He led her out of the office to the car and drove off to her family home.
Daryl was surprised at the size of the Greene's farm. He knew from the file that Hershel was a vet but he didn't know that some of the animals were brought to the family home. He followed Beth into the home and saw all the family photos. He watched her go up the stairs before he glanced at a photo that caught his attention. It had the entire family all smiling what caught his attention was Beth she had her hair in curls and was smiling as she was sitting on a swing in a white dress. She looked beautiful. He shook his head and went up the stairs to Beth's room. One wall was a sky blue and the other had a mural of the forest with a small creek in the corner. The carpet was dark brown to look like the forest floor. It seemed to fit her from what he saw. He saw she was on the bed with a couple of suitcases opened but she was holding a picture and crying. "I"m never going to see them again am I?" she asked. Daryl looked confused. "Momma, Shawn, Daddy."She continued. " I heard them say Daddy might not make it." She looked up at Daryl before she wiped the tears away. "Why can't I just stay here and call my sister to be here with me? " She asked. Daryl sighed before sitting next to her.
"You can't. The man that did this is very dangerous and its best that he doesn't know about your sister." He said. Beth look confused.
"How dangerous?" She asked.
"Beth, that man if you want to call him that, has eluded the police for several years. He has taken many family hostage. He has raped and tortured all the women in the family while making the men watch as his men torture and beat them then kills them when he is done 'playing' with them. You are the only one who has survived an attack. The last survivor was found dead about a week into the investigation. That's why when we heard you had survived we decided to take every pro-caution to keep you and your sister safe. That's why its better if your sister stays where she's at and you stay with Merle and I." Daryl said. Bath nodded.
"So when Shawn took me to the shed he was protecting me." She said looking at the photo of her brother. Daryl nodded.
"Yeah he was." Beth nodded before she finally got up and started putting in her clothes into the suitcases stopping only briefly to lock eyes with Daryl.
"Will I come back?" She asked. Daryl looked back at her.
"I promise to you Beth Greene, you will get your life back once this man is behind bars." He said strongly. Beth gave a small smile before going back to packing her clothes.
"Well have you figured out where she is?" asked the Governor. His men shook their heads.
"It's like she disappeared boss, we can't find her anywhere." They said. "But we have informants everywhere looking for her." they added quickly when they saw his face start to turn red in anger.
"Good,good. May be its time to get my own informant on this as well. Leave" he said as he reached for the phone. When the men left his office and turned back to the phone when he heard someone answer.
"Shane...yes I need a favor."
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