Chapter 3
Lacey closed and waited for the pain to come, but after a few minutes when she didn't feel or hear a thing, she slowly opened her eyes and saw Rick holding back the man who held the gun to her. "Just calm down, Daryl."
Daryl now relaxed as Rick let him go. "You don't know her Rick. Why are you stopping me from killing her?"
Rick walked over to Lacey and put his arm around her shoulder protectively. "Because she made sure that Judith was safe. And besides, she has nowhere else to go." Daryl then walked away from the group and Rick turned to Lacey. "Sorry about Daryl, Lacey. He's been protective of us for a long time."
Lacey smiled at Rick. It's ok. If I had been with you for as long as he has and then someone new shows up, I probably would've done the same thing. Thanks for stopping him from shooting me."
Rick smiled back and then walked away and joined Daryl. "Have you heard from any of the others?"
"Beth, Maggie and Glenn are at the camp that we set up a few days ago. By the way Beth has been going crazy about Judith."
Rick called Carl and Lacey over and told them about the camp that Daryl was staying at. When he mentioned the other three that were with Daryl, Carl smiled and started running around. "What are you waiting for? Let's go see them!"
Lacey however had mixed feelings about going to the camp. She knew that she would probably like the other three people that were with Daryl and that Rick and Carl knew, but on the other hand she didn't know them at all.
Rick saw Lacey's face as she thought about the new people that she could probably call friends. Rick walked over to her and smiled. "You don't have to worry about how they are going to react when they see you. Beth especially is going to be ecstatic when she finds out what you did for Judith."
Lacey smiled at Rick and knew that what he just said was going to be true, but she still have doubts. But then Rick didn't need to save her from Daryl, but he did. "If you think that they'll like me than I'll go with you. I just hope that they don't react the same way that Daryl did."
Rick laughed and then he turned to Daryl and said. "Lead us to the camp Daryl."
Daryl nodded and lead them to a clearing that wasn't all that far from where they were. "Wait here for a few minutes." He said before he walked to the camp. "Hey guys. I have a surprise for you."
Beth looked at Daryl before saying "I hope that it's not another squirrel for us to eat. A girl can take only so much of that for a meal."
Daryl smiled at her before turning his head and motioned for Rick and Carl to come closer to the camp. When Beth saw who Carl was carrying she leapt up out of her seat and ran over to Carl and took Judith from him "I never thought that I was going to see you guys again, let alone Judith. However did you guys find her?"
Rick smiled as he hugged Beth. "It wasn't all that hard, but we didn't find her."
Before he could say something else, Lacey walked over to them while Glenn had a gun pointed at her. "I don't know who this woman is, but she said that she knew you."
Rick and Lacey shared a look before Rick said. "Put the gun down Glenn. This woman is the one who made sure that Judith got back to me and Carl."
Glenn put the gun down "Sorry, but it doesn't hurt to be cautious about strangers these days."
Lacey smiled at Glenn "It's ok. I knew that another person was going to put a gun to my head. I was just waiting for it."
Glenn looked at Rick with confusion in his eyes. "Daryl did it to her as well."
They then settled down and found out what happened to each other after they left the prison.