Glenn

Andrea asks to speak with Daryl and me. Her eyes are red and swollen but she's composed. She wants to know about her sister's last hours. I tell her how brave Amy was and that her last thoughts were of her family. Daryl explains briefly that we put her to rest and that he knew how to do it because of a man on the flight out. He hands over the necklace. Andrea seems comforted knowing that Amy remembered it during the crisis and wanted to bring it with her. She puts it on but it's a young girl's necklace and is a little close to her neck, as it was on Amy. When Chloe comes up and sees it, Andrea puts it around her daughter's neck instead. Chloe runs off to show Caleb and Andrea smiles.

"We're all going to lose people before this is over." Andrea nods towards a gangly bearded man sitting as if in a trance. "That's Jim. He lost his wife, son and daughter the first day. He's a mechanic. Dale is trying to keep him occupied fixing the RV. Dale is a nice man."

T-Dog is worried. He wants to go into the city to see if his cousin and his Gran got out. Daryl and I are going with him. I still remember some shortcuts from my delivery days. A few others are coming along to salvage what we can. There are about twenty of us at the quarry and we'll need supplies.

We return with quite a haul and a truck to store it in. But it won't last forever and we'll need to keep going back. The block T-Dog's Gran lived on is still smoldering and we couldn't get close enough to check her building. He's hoping for the best but prepared for the worst. So much uncertainty but there's one thing I am certain of and it's time to tell Daryl.

We haven't been together since the studio. First we were focused on getting out of L.A. and then T was with us. Tonight is our best time yet. Plus we're as safe as it's possible to be right now. Afterward I come out with it:

"I love you, Daryl. I wanted to tell you after our first night together but it was too soon. Then after our second time I didn't want you to think I was just grateful that you came to get me."

"I love you, too. I didn't want you to think I was just saying it because we had great sex so I was gonna wait until we had sex that wasn't so good."

"I thought we just had really good sex!"

"We did. I think it's always gonna be good so I figured I better say it now."


In the morning we unpack stuff from Atlanta and rearrange our tent. Daryl finds a package in my backpack that I brought from California.

"What's this?"

"You, of course. The prototype was the last delivery to my studio. Made exactly to my specs."

Daryl looks over the details which are flawless. "It's a good job. But weird to see me as a doll."

"Action figure. And perfect as it is, it's still no match for the original."

"You're just saying that 'cause I'm anatomically correct."

"And full sized. I might even say super sized in that area."

"We'll probably never know how I would have sold."

"That makes this a true collector's item. Only one in existence and it's mine."

"The original model is yours, too."