Hey everyone! So sorry for the little hiatus. Anyways, here's the next chapter.
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Daryl watched Rick with weary eyes as he closed Lena's door.
"You wanna tell me what all that was about?" Rick asked, putting his hands on his hips in a stern manner.
"It was nothin', man," Daryl quietly said, keeping his gaze on the floor and his promise to Lena.
"Don't lie to me, Daryl. I've never seen a girl look that scared because of 'nothing'."
Daryl debated telling the truth. He felt that it really was right to tell Rick the truth about Lena, but he did make a promise to the girl. He didn't know why, but he found himself not being annoyed when he was around Lena. He was afraid that if he told Rick about Shane, then Lena would be pissed at him. But he was also afraid that if he kept his mouth shut, Shane would attack Lena again and really hurt her.
Rick sighed, then rolled his eyes while shaking his head. He then laid his hand on Daryl's shoulder and started guiding him to his cell.
When they arrived, Daryl started to walk into his cell then decided he had made his mind up.
"Hey, man. I can trust ya, right?"
"Of course," Rick immediately responded, confused at Daryl's sudden words.
"Well….somethin' really bad happened back at Lena's," Daryl started before pausing in thought.
"I figured as much. What was it?"
Rick's question made Daryl sigh even though he had brought up Lena.
"Just forget it. I shouldna said anythin' in tha firs' place. I promised Lena I would keep quiet," Daryl said after suddenly changing his mind.
"What happened, Daryl?" Rick asked slightly annoyed before starting to panic. "Did something happen to Lena? You need to tell me if something happened. Lena's a good girl. She don't deserve getting hurt."
"It was Shane, man," Daryl admitted after Rick proved he only had Lena's best interest in mind.
"What? What do you mean? What did Shane do?" Rick glanced around to be sure that no one was around. Rick kept his voice low in case someone was near.
"Shane… He came in ta give Lena some file, so she walked over to take tha thang from h'm…and then he jus'…" Daryl stopped to shake his head in disgust. "He ran his disgustin' finger from tha gurl's lips down to her hips-"
"You mean just randomly. Unprovoked?" Rick interrupted, not believing what he was hearing.
"Yes! She was jus' doin' her job when he started touchin' on her. Tha' ain't even tha worst part. After tha', he reached behind Lena an' jus' grabbed a handful of her ass."
Rick stood completely still, completely taken back by Shane's actions. He believed Daryl completely. Why would the man lie about something like that? Rick knew Daryl liked Lena. He could tell since every time he would come to take Daryl back to his cell, Daryl wouldn't have the usual scowl on his face.
"I can't believe- He just did all that with you right in the room?!"
"Yeah, Man. He didn' care at all. Didn' even look ma way."
"What did Lena do?"
"Nothin'. She didn' do anythin'. The gurl looked so scared. She was white as a sheet."
Even though Daryl was the one locked up in prison, he felt that Shane should take his place.
"Alright," Rick said, thinking for a minute on how to handle this situation. "I'll go talk to Shane and see if he says anything. When you go see Lena again, act as if you didn't say a word."
"How's tha gon' help Lena?" Daryl doubted Rick's plan was gonna do a damn thing.
"It's all I can think of right now. Give me some time and Lena won't have this problem ever again. I can promise you that."
"Alright," Daryl said, confident that him and Rick would make things right.
Several hours later, Shane looked up from his computer screen when he heard a knock on his office door.
"Come in!" He called out.
Rick walked in, glancing around the room to make sure no one would be present for the conversation he was about to have with Shane.
"Oh! Hey, Man! How ya been?" Shane smiled. Deciding to take a break to have a chat with his best friend, Shane relaxed back into his office chair.
"Hey! I'm good. I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" Rick plastered a fake smile on his face, hoping Shane wouldn't notice the cold sweat that covered his body.
"Nah. Course not. I always got time for you."
"Great. I just wanted to talk to you about something…kinda important."
"Alright." Shane sat up straight. "What's the issue?"
"You know that new girl? Lena?" Rick questioned, take a seat in one of the chairs in front of Shane's desk.
"Of course. What about her?" Shane was confused as to where this was going.
"I don't know…I was just… She's quite a looker, ain't she?" Rick decided to try and take a lighter approach to the serious topic.
Shane's eyebrows shot up in surprise.
"Yeah. She is. Why? You interested?"
"No! Of course not!" Rick immediately shot back. "I'm a married man! I would never cheat on Lori! You know that, Shane!"
"Alright, alright. Calm down," Shane held his hands up in defense. "You're the one that brought her up, Man."
Rick nodded, accepting Shane's attempt at an apology for his mistake.
Aw, fuck it, Rick thought. Might as well get right to the point.
"Hey, listen, Man," Rick nervously started. "There's word going around that you.. Uh… Well…" Rick stuttered.
"Well? Spit it out," Shane encouraged, getting irritated with Rick's nervousness.
"Alright. I've just been hearing that you touched Lena. Inappropriately."
Shane sat still for just a minute.
"What do you mean 'inappropriately'?"
"As in you touched her ass, Man."
Shane was quiet once again. Suddenly, he busted into fits of laughter, startling Rick.
"I wish!" Shane joked, once his laughter started to die down. "Who told you this?"
"Just, you know, heard it through the grapevine," Rick said, getting nervous again that Shane would catch his lie.
"Through the grapevine, huh? What's that mean? An inmate or another guard?"
Rick shrugged, not meeting Shane's eyes. Shane knows that Rick's a bad liar.
"Rick, come on," Shane said, in a slightly threatening tone.
"An inmate," Rick admitted, deciding that's all he was going to say on this matter.
"An inmate?" Shane began laughing again. "You don't really believe a single word these inmates, do you? I mean, these guys would lie for an extra pudding cup!"
Rick just studied Shane for a second. He noticed that although Shane was smiling (a smile that didn't really reach his eyes by the way), he was daring Rick to say something else against him again, without saying an actual word.
"Haha. Yeah, you're right, Man," Rick said, trying to backtrack a little. "I don't know what I was thinking believing the guy."
"Yeah." Shane agreed. "Well…I have work to get to. And so do you."
Rick caught on to Shane's subtle words telling him to leave.
He stood, putting another fake smile on his face.
"See ya later, Shane." Rick said, heading for the door.
"Yeah. Oh, and tell Lori and Carl I said 'hi'."
Rick looked over his shoulder at Shane, truly seeing him for the bad, lying man he is.
"Of course."
Shane's focus returned to his screen as the office door softly clicked shut.
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