Carl POV

It's been three days since Beth was attacked by that arsehole, and I am still blaming myself for it. I know it sounds completely fucking stupid to blame myself, but apart of me feels guilty for not being there with her. If I was there, I could have defended her, maybe even stopped her from getting hurt. Not that it matters now, we were all really lucky that Daryl was in the area and saved her, or who knows what would've happened to Beth, honestly just thinking about what could've happened gives me nightmares.

"Carl!" Dad called.

I jumped out of my seat, I had completely zoned out, and had not heard him call me numerous times beforehand.

"Yes Dad." I asked.

"You okay, you look lost in that head of yours."

"I'm fine Dad, just wondering what we're going to do about the prisoner." I said, which was also true, we were all completely split about what to do with him.

Dad sat next to me, and said,

"I don't know Son, more people want him dead, but who knows who this guy is, he could be a member of another gang, and we don't want to start a conflict with others." Dad said

I guess I never thought about it that way, truth be told I only want him dead because he harmed Beth, but for the whole crews security, would it benefit us more if we let him live?

"Anyways, don't dwell on it." Dad said getting up.

"Oh, and you're Mother tells you to stay away from him Carl. Under no circumstances must you go near that man. Okay." Dad stated.

"Yes Dad, I won't go near him." I muttered.

"Good." He said.

"Oi, you two idiots, get in hear, it's time." Daryl shouted at us.

Time, time for what?

"Dad?" I asked.

"We're deciding what to do with him, whether we let him live or die." He said.

We were all surrounding the long dining room table, silent.

"So, I guess we go round the table, and give our vote." Shane said.

"I'll start, kill him." Shane said bluntly.

"Kill him." Glenn and Maggie both said unanimously

"Let him live." Carol and Sophia voted

"Kill him." T-Dog said.

"Let him live." Jimmy declared.

"Kill him." Hershel said

"Let him live." Dad and Mom both voted for.

"Kill." Daryl stated

"Let him live." Patricia said

"Let the boy live for crying out loud!" Dale proclaimed.

"Kill." Beth said.

Only then did I realise that my vote was the tiebreaker, and everyone was looking at me.

"Uh, k-kill." I sputtered out.

Shane smiles at me and clapped his hands together and proclaimed,

"Right then, that's that. So when are we doing this thing." He proclaimed.

"Tonight." Dad said.

"Well then, it's settled." Shane said, before walking off.

Dale then proceded to walk off, muttering under his breath. He was clearly not happy about the decision.

I walked outside, knowing that I just condemned a man to death.

"Carl." I heard an angelic voice say from behind me.

"Are you okay?" Beth asked.

"I'm good thank you Beth." I stated while giving her my best smile.

"Are you sure, you just sentenced a man to death." She said worryingly.

"He hurt you, so as far as I'm concerned, he deserves it." I said bluntly

She smiled at me, then kissed me on the cheek. I immediately blushed, and looked down to the ground with a goofy grin on my face.

"Thank you Carl, you're such an amazing friend." She mentioned.

"Th-thank you Beth, you are the greatest friend anyone could ask for." I looked up at her, and, wait. Was she blushing to?

"Th-thanks Carl, I've got to see Maggie, but I'll talk to you later." She said scurrying off.

Wow, i made her blush.

It was about ten o'clock, and I decided to watch the bastards death. I walked up to the barn doors, and looked inside. Inside, Shane and Daryl were standing by Dad, who had his trusty revolver put against the prisoners head.

"Do it Dad!" I exclaimed.

All three of them looked at me, with Shane immediately coming over to me and grabbing me and walking me towards the house. I found out the next day, that Dad decided not to kill him, which would definitely be down to me.

Three days later, he had escaped, and we were going after him.

The End Of Chapter 17

So, here's chapter 17, I hope you enjoyed. Chapter 18 will be out in the coming days.

Until then, Goodbye!