Olivia woke up first the next morning and quietly walked into the kitchen to wet a small cloth. Sadie clenched her teeth with her mouth open once hearing her weak footsteps. She blinked and tried to sit up. 'Agh. As far as I can tell, Negan doesn't have that lustful tendency. Maybe I am safer with him.'

"What time is it Olivia?" She asked groggily. "Oh." She turned around with a hand on her chest. "You startled me Sadie. I thought that you would still be asleep." She walked over with a smile.

"Sorry." "It's quite alright. It is now five thirty." Sadie lay her head back down. "Oh." The cloth was set on her forehead. 'Get some rest darlin'.' Sadie sighed.

"You're an early riser as well?" "Yes." She nodded. "I like to sit on the porch every morning and listen to the birds." "Cute." The girl closed her eyes. 'I can't feel my side.' The woman felt the girl's left cheek with her backhand before opening the door.

Frollo stood up once Olivia had left outside and cleared his throat. His eyes looked across the room to Sadie and sighed. 'Like watching an angel in her slumber.' "Good morning Sadie."

Sadie opened her eyes but didn't say a word. 'I'm not in a talkative mood.' "I see. Intimidated once again. Well then." He knelt beside her. "Why don't you stand up and we will start the day with a lesson of how to overcome hardships."

'No.' Sadie remain silent. "Sandra. Don't you dare defy me like this." 'You really are an idiot aren't you?' "Can't you see that I'm wounded?"

"Which is exactly why I am telling you to come with me. God will heal your wounds."

She groaned. "Claude stop! I don't have the energy to argue with you." "And you are conflicted once again by your astray ways." Sadie huffed. "I thought so." He left the room. 'Good. And never come back.'

She slowly stood up but stopped once the stitch tugged at her skin. "Ouch! Wow. Even in an apocalypse doctors are still efficient in their duties."

Carl turned the corner and held out a hand to her. Sadie took it, keeping her balance. "Thanks Carl."

"Welcome." He left with a shrug.

With a deep breath, Sadie took her backpack and set the cloth on the table before slowly walking around the house to find the bathroom.

"Will you just leave me alone?" Her eyes welled up as she turned to him. Frollo stood lustfully in the doorway with a grin.

She shut the door and quickly locked it, her back stood against it. 'Perhaps I can hire Negan to kill him.' She heavily sighed and unzipped her bag, taking out the bottled water and one of the pills from the container.

'Huh.' She squinted as she tilted her wrist to examine it. 'Worth a try. He wouldn't kill me. He seems very nice.' The girl shrugged and put it in her mouth, swallowing it with a gulp of water. She brushed her hair into a scraggly low ponytail and looked down at her shirt. "Perhaps I can find some salt in the kitchen to get rid of this stain."

Frollo rolled his eyes and left back into the living room. "Women. Hello what do we have here?" He knelt down and picked up her hoodie off of the ground. He deeply inhaled it and hazily sighed. 'Oh dear lord.'

Rick stepped into the room and unsurely blinked. "Does it need to be washed?"

"No. Not at all." The judge nodded and set it back on the couch.

Sadie quietly unlocked the door and opened it. 'Good.' She hurried into the kitchen and saw Judith sitting in a high chair. "Oh. Hi sweetie." Sadie smiled as Rick walked it, setting a small bowl of what looked like applesauce in front of his daughter.

"Looking for something Sadie?" "Yeah. Sorry. Do you know where I can find some salt?" "Salt? For what?" "Yeah. To get this blood stain out." She pointed to her shirt. "That's an interesting way of dealing with that. But here. I'll throw it in the washer. Don't have a lot of supplies, for obvious reasons." Sadie blinked. "Okay. Thanks."

Sadie left back to the bathroom to take off her top and put on her hoodie. 'Kinky.' She smirked and left back to the kitchen. 'Going braless is so much better. Then again I always do that.' "Thanks again Rick. I really appreciate it."

"No problem Sadie. Are you hungry?" 'Um.' "A little but I'm fine. I have some food in my bag." Rick looked to the side for a minute and set a hand on her shoulder. "About that. You can't keep all of it."

Sadie shook her head. "Huh? But I scavenged all of it by myself and.." "I know. But it is required that Negan and the rest of the Saviors have half of it. Even if he doesn't know, he will find out eventually. And trust me, it won't be pretty."

She heavily groaned. "The Saviors? That's what they call themselves? More like the Grasshoppers." Sadie slowly took everything out and split everything half and half. "Wow. You found all of that by yourself?" "Yep. Or by dumb luck as I call it. So when are they coming?"

"Good question. They're unpredictable too." Rick put her top and a basket of clothes in the washer. "I kind of figured that one too." She suddenly huffed as a splat of applesauce landed on her left cheek. "Troublemaker." She smiled at Judith and wiped her face with a napkin.

"Judith!" Rick shut his eyes. "I'm sorry about that." "Ah no biggie. Kids'll be kids right?"

Frollo scowled and walked into the room. "I hate to interrupt but Sadie and I have somewhere to be." "No we don't." Sadie urged. "Oh yes we do." He dragged her outside towards the chapel.

"You can't force religion on me!" "No. I can not. But I did let you have your way last night and now you have a promise to uphold." He looked down at her. "Or perhaps I can teach you differently." Claude grinned.

"No."

"Fine."

The gate opened and two trucks drove in.

Sadie panted as Frollo stepped behind her and softly nibbled on her left ear. "I swear to god you are going to hell." She hissed and kicked him between his legs. "That won't solve anything Sandra." He kissed her neck.

"I'm sure that you mastered the basics the other night my dear. May I suggest something slightly different?" "Get your damned hands off of me!" She sighed and spun around. Frollo effortlessly held her back with a single hand on her forehead. "You are only embarrassing yourself dear."

Negan stepped out of his truck and grabbed his bat from the passenger seat. "You.." He pointed to it. "..are feeling thirsty today." He smirked and strolled down the sidewalk.

Sadie yelped as she heard a slam echo off of the church wall. Frollo moved his hand and looked away guiltless. 'Ugh. These constant interruptions.'

"Oh crap." Negan pressed his lips, looking at Claude.

Sadie slowly backed up.

"You okay down there?"

Sadie glanced down and noticed a small bulge in his pants. 'Oh god. Here we go again.' She rolled her eyes.

"I am perfectly fine. However, she is not. She and I made a deal two weeks ago and she failed to uphold it." Negan slowly nodded at every word and looked at her.

Sadie blushed.

"And what was this here promise?" "That if I let her live and did not burn her alive, she would be mine for eternity."

'I can't believe he said that out loud! Negan is going to beat the living shit out of him! And I'm glad. Finally a sane man who hates and will not tolerate the concept of rape!'

Negan rose his eyebrows with a light smile as he looked to the ground. "Ah. So to keep the big and bad ol' son of a gun at his finest point, you need all the god damn ammunition you can muster. But I don't." Negan narrowed his eyes at him. Frollo simply blinked.

"Rape!" He proclaimed. "Rape here is a big no no where I come from folks!" Negan announced as he caught Rick, Carl and Olivia's attention as they stood on the porch.

"It was not rape. Sadie knows what is expected of her."

Negan looked into her eyes then down her legs. He could sense the fear and stress she had endured within the last many days. "Well excuse me fine sir." He slowly started to circle around Frollo. "Now." He scratched his chin. "I have a theory. A pretty damn accurate one might I add."

Rick gulped and handed Judith to Olivia, motioning her inside.

"After living half of a century on this beautiful.." Negan empathized, clearing his throat. "..planet, you have learned a great amount of lessons haven't you? Some old, some new."

'I have not lived half of a century.' Frollo's eyes followed him.

"Then there are people like you!" Negan leaned back on his right hip with a smile. "A true model citizen. Ain't nothing wrong with you." He shook his head. "Nope!"

Claude sighed. 'Finally someone who agrees with me.'

"But!" He stopped behind the judge. "With every shirt you buy comes a wrinkle. And they never even out."

He swung his bat and smacked Claude on the right side of the head.

Sadie fell to the ground, traumatized. 'I don't know how to feel! Relieved or angry?'

Negan swung his bat to the back of Frollo's head and kept doing so over and over again. Sadie looked away. 'I'm free!'

"S..adie." Claude gargled in a helpless cry. 'No!'

With one last swing, the minister of Paris was nothing more than a rotting corpse.

Sadie tightened her eyes, just waiting for it to be over.

Negan gestured Dwight to dispose the body and walked over to her. "I'm sorry you had to witness that darlin'." He stood beside her with arm around her, rubbing her right shoulder.

The more Sadie remembered every time Claude had physically hurt her, the more satisfied she became. 'He's right. A man should never lay a hand on a woman, no matter what the circumstances are.' She absently stared at the blood stained ground. 'Now you have shed your sins.' The girl blinked.

Carl clenched his teeth and aimed a rifle at him from the porch. "Carl!" Rick warned and lowered it.

"It's fine." She replied blandly with a sigh. He led her back to his truck and Sadie stepped into the passenger seat. "Curiosity killed the cat."

Negan sat his bloody bat on the floor and lay her head on his shoulder. "That's a pretty shitty excuse darlin'. What happened between you two?" He started the truck and drove back to Sanctuary. She closed her eyes. "He hit me a lot. Pushed me, shoved me."

"Why in the absolute hell would he lay a hand on you?" "Because I'm small. Pathetic. Useless." He lifted her head and lay it back on the head of the seat. Her eyes opened. "You are not any of that shit. You hear me?" She sighed. "I understand." "Alright."

The truck was parked at the Sanctuary compound and she gulped. "Step right up darlin'." He picked up the bat and opened the passenger door, offering a hand to her. Sadie reached out and took it, exiting the vehicle.

"This the finest facility for miles!" He lightly pat her on the back. "Cool. So what goes on here? Am I an employee now?" "You?" Negan looked at her and scratched his neck. "You're on standby for now." Negan led her inside and showed her around, but she stopped once she saw a group of older men walking around and hauling boxes.

"Shy type huh?" "Yes sir." Sadie quickly nodded and kept her head down as he walked her through.

A door later flung open and he heavily sighed. "Home. Sweet. Home." He smiled and lay his bat against the wall. Sadie stood still and watched as he filled two wine glasses. One was obviously filled with wine and ice while the other was taken over to a sink. He turned on the faucet for a few seconds then turned it off before placing in a few ice cubes.

She walked with him over to two couches and sat on the one across from him, back aligned and legs together. Negan set the glass of water in front of her with a blink. "So!"

Sadie hiccuped and met his eyes. "I want to get to know you a tad bit more." He leaned forward with his legs spread. "A tad? How much?" "About that f*ckin' messed up relationship you had with that guy."

'Swearing doesn't bother me.' Sadie blinked. "Um. Okay. Well I was aiding two people who were confronted by a few zombies and after I shot them all, he snuck up behind me and grabbed my wrists hard."

"Shitty introduction." He took a sip of his glass.

"Can I try some?" Negan stared blankly at her. Sadie shook her head. "Sorry."

"Don't ever get your hopes up darlin'. Ever. I'm not letting you anywhere near it." Sadie quickly nodded.

Negan quickly changed the subject. "What do you like to do?" "Killing zombies." He lightly smiled. "Pardon me lil' Miss Badass. I meant opposed to that." He gestured with his hands.