Summary: When Rick and Daryl along with the group arrive at the Greene farm, they aren't expecting to bump into two familiar young who have pasts with them. Daryl and Bailey Greene find that their feelings have changed for each other but with Bailey carrying a painful secret, can Daryl mend her heart. Rick reunites with his old friend Anna who changes his and Carl's world for the better. Rick/OC, Daryl/OC, Merle/Beth, Glenn/Maggie, Carl/Sophia.
I am so sorry for the late update, real life took over but its all settled now x
Somebody To Die For
Chapter 19
Everyone in the group had almost finished dinner when they heard a knock on the door, and Rick frowned, before getting up to answer it. He was faced with four people, all of them unfamiliar to him. But Phillip recognized them from his old town. Martinez, Karen, Rowan and Haley.
He stood up from the table and looked at them all shocked. "What the hell are you all doing here? How did you survive?"
"We went into hiding," Martinez explained. "After what Brian was doing. But then we heard some group at a prison had taken them out, so we went there to try and find you," he said to Phillip. "Some man, Allen, told us you had left, said you had come this way. So we followed the road, and when we seen the cars outside, we figured you might be here."
"You can stay; you all could do with a rest." Bailey said and the others nodded as they took them upstairs to their rooms to get cleaned up and have something to eat.
"She's a lovely woman, your wife." Will said to Daryl softly.
Daryl nodded as he watched his father carefully. "Yeah, she is, but she's been through some shit. Her last husband put her through hell."
"She was married before?" Will asked.
"Yeah to a man called Dave Howard, he beat her around, hurt her and made her feel like shit and made her lose her baby before this happened." Daryl said sadly.
"Is he alive?" Will asked curiously.
"No, he hurt her and I killed him." He said coldly, not feeling ashamed about how he had killed Dave by burning him alive.
Will watched him for a moment before nodding. "I'm glad," he said quietly. "Because if he wasn't, I would have killed him myself," he said, and Daryl gave him a faint smile. "So what did you and your brother do before all of this?"
"Mechanics mostly," Daryl replied. "Just a little of everythin' here and there, whatever we could find that would pay us to pay the bills."
"I'm proud of you two." Will said seriously as Rose came over and curled into them all as Bailey came down and smiled softly.
"Are you my daddy's dad then?" Aoife asked Will shyly as she held her teddy bear.
"I sure am, sweetheart," Will said with a small smile. "I'm yer granddaddy. If yer dad is alright with that," he said quietly as he looked at Daryl. He really did feel bad for what he had done, he had been trying to become a better person since Rose and Dylan had been born.
"I guess so," Daryl said with a slight shrug as Bailey sat down next to him.
"I'm proud of you," she whispered quietly, as she rubbed his hand, glad to see they were trying to work out their issues.
Daryl smiled at her as he pulled her into him gently and she curled into him as they saw it snow outside heavily.
"Can we play in the snow tomorrow, daddy?" Rose asked Will as she snuggled into him and Daryl couldn't help but smile softly at his sister.
"Of course we can, Rosie." Will said ruffling her red curls.
Rose smiled happily. "We can build snowmen, have snowball fights, make snow angels..." she said yawning as she slowly fell asleep curled up in his lap.
Will smiled softly at Rose and stroked her hair gently as the others watched in silence; Merle and Daryl were both wondering who had made their father change.
"So who was their mother?" Merle asked quietly.
"Her name was Carla," Will said quietly. "We met some years after you boys moved out. She was a great woman," he said with a fond smile. "But after the world went to shit, I had to go out on a run, get some supplies. I told her and the kids to wait for me, but I ended up crashing the car. Took me a couple of days to get back to the spot I had left them, y'know, with my injured leg. Dylan told me the story of what happened afterwards. Carla had thought I was either dead, or wasn't coming back, so they had moved on. They ended up in Woodbury, and Dylan told me what happened to her there."
"I'm sorry for your loss," Bailey said sadly.
"Thank you, you boys would have liked her." Will said sadly and he smiled down at Rose as he picked her up and carried her to bed as everyone watched.
"I guess he is sorry." Daryl said as he played with Aoife.
Merle sighed quietly. "I guess so. It has been about fifteen years since we moved out."
Carol gave them a small smile. "People change."
"Alright, let's give him a chance." Daryl said softly as everyone headed into bed when they heard howling from outside.
"Was that wolves?" Carl asked startled.
Rick went over to look out the window. "Maybe. They might be in the forest somewhere," he said softly, as Anna put Judith into her crib.
They then heard scratching at the door and Katy went to open the back door when she saw a pack of five black wolves run into the kitchen, one of them was bleeding and leaned into her heavily.
"Hey boy its ok." She comforted the wolf.
Hershel hurried over to them, with his medical bag. "Here, let me patch him up," he said, as Katy closed and locked the door behind her. "Looks like he's been shot."
The wolf sagged onto the floor breathing heavily as Hershel tended to the injured wolf as the other wolves searched the room with one of them going to where Judith was.
The wolf looked at Judith curiously and sniffed at her softly before licking at her and then rubbed her nose against Anna's hand softly.
Anna laughed as she stroked the wolf gently. "I think I have competition to be Judith's mother, don't I, girl?" she asked, smiling at the wolf.
"Can they stay?" Penny asked with a bright smile, adoring the new animals.
Rick thought about it for a minute. "I don't see why not, the house is big enough. Y'all kids are in charge of taking care of them though, alright?" he asked, and all the kids nodded enthusiastically.
They all then headed to bed with Daryl carrying Aoife into their room where he and Bailey got her ready for bed and tucked her in gently as she cuddled her teddy bear.
"Now what was that about you making it up to me?" She asked Daryl seductively as she ran her hands up and down his shirt covered chest.
"Join me in the shower?" Daryl asked as he kissed at her neck, and helped her out of her clothes.
"Hmm.. I suppose so," she smirked, as she got him undressed too, and they went into the bathroom, where Daryl turned on the shower and let it run for a bit until the water was warm. He took her hand and pulled her underneath the water with him, as he picked up a bar of soap and began to wash her gently, before rubbing some of the shampoo into her hair, and rinsing it out, as he combed it with his fingers.
His lips moved to hers, his tongue running along the outside of her mouth, before it slipped into it. Their tongues danced, as he pulled her closer. The spray of the water came down on their skin as they felt the warmth of each other. His fingers slid down between them, slowly moving to her nipples. He felt one against the palm of his hand, hard and pressing into it as he squeezed her breast. His fingers closed around the nipple, caressing it, pinching it gently, making her moan softly, thanks to her body being so sensitive.
He moved his hands and ran them down her back before he sensually caressed her body, then moved lower as he began to stroke her legs, feeling her breathing grow heavier and faster as he ran his hands down her calves, then teasingly over her thighs and away again, his progress tortuously slow.
He crouched down and looked up at her, licking his tongue along her thighs and up the inside. After what felt like forever of panting with need, he was gently parting her legs and cradling her ass as he nuzzled his mouth into her. She gasped as he began to explore her with his tongue, the pleasure shooting through her like electricity, almost unbearable, and yet she found herself gasping for more.
He lifted her knee and placed her leg over his shoulder giving him better access, so much so that she almost yelled out. Bailey's hands tangled in his hair then almost involuntarily as he expertly licked at her, the sensations building as he found every sensitive spot. The need and the heat building up in her until she thought she was going to collapse. She leaned against the wall for support, panting heavily.
Just as he felt she could hardly stand a moment more, he finally flicked his tongue directly over her clit and she moaned loudly, the waves of bliss building up with violent intensity, gradually making her insane until she finally came, a glorious flood of pleasure, crying out his name and struggling for breath.
Daryl held her tightly as he looked up into her eyes and kissed her hard. "I hope ya can accept my apology," he said with a smirk.
"I accept your apology." She said gasping for breath as she leaned into him and he held her tightly as he rubbed her stomach where a bump was forming.
"I'll need bigger clothes." She said softly as they got out of the shower.
Daryl nodded. "I can go a run into town soon and get ya some stuff," he said with a smile, as they both got under the blankets. "Get some stuff for our lil' one too."
"That would be nice and I could come with you." She said softly as they held each other tightly and watched Aoife sleep.
"I wanted to die."
"Huh?" Daryl asked confused, as he looked down at her worriedly, stroking her hair. "When?"
"After I lost Celia I just felt so alone and lost, I wanted to go." She said stroking his scarred right arm.
"I'm sorry, Bailey," he said softly, as he wrapped his arms around her stomach and buried his face into her hair. "But ya ain't alone, I'm always gonna be here for you."
"Not always Daryl, no one's around forever." She said and she started to cry into his bare chest as he soothed her.
"Hey don't cry, it wasn't yer fault." He said feeling his eyes burn with tears.
"If only I had left him Daryl, Lori was right I am a coward." She said brokenly.
"No ya ain't," Daryl assured her. "Yer one of the strongest people I know. Look at all the shit we've gotten through. Yer strong, 'cause ya didn't let him win. We beat him in the end. And as long as I'm breathin', I'm gonna be right beside ya, always. Ya won't get rid of me that easy."
"I know I love you." She said softly kissing him softly and she curled into him as she slowly fell asleep in his arms.
"I love ya too," Daryl said as he held her and Aoife tightly, watching over his family before he fell asleep.
Bailey went downstairs the next morning where all the kids were sitting eating breakfast as fast as they could so they could get out and play in the snow.
"I hope you don't mind that I made them something," Rowan said softly. "It's a thank you, for letting us stay."
"Not at all, I hope you're feeling alright." She said warmly as she smiled at the woman softly and helped herself to pancakes as the others came downstairs.
"Shall we go outside?" Rick asked smiling and everyone cheered as they all ran outside with Martinez holding Rowan's hand as they made a snowman when they all noticed something.
There was blood on the snow and it looked it fresh as Rick and Daryl went to look.
"Where do ya think it came from?" Daryl asked worriedly, as they looked around the garden. "Think it was the wolf?"
"I don't know," Rick replied. "See if you can find anything else, any tracks or anything.
Daryl nodded and they looked around the garden when they saw footprints leading to an abandoned house.
"Should we check it out?" He asked Rick.
Rick thought about it for a moment. "Alright, Morgan, Oscar, Merle, you come with us," he told them, and the men nodded and followed Rick and Daryl to the house.
They headed inside the house to see it was covered in blood and other stains that looked gruesome; they heard a man crying out in pain hysterically.
"Please help me, please SOMEONE HELP ME!" He screamed terrified.
"There's someone in here." Merle said quietly.
"The window," Rick whispered quickly, as they all headed to the window and ducked down. They'd seen a man lying on the floor, with one of his legs missing.
But the most horrifying thing was the five men, and one woman, sitting around him, seemingly eating that leg.
"This is good meat, Chris," the woman said with a smile.
"Found the man on the highway." Chris said as he picked his teeth with a bone, the man started to scream as one of the men started to cut at his other leg.
"Please just kill me." He pleaded.
"Don't worry, we will." The woman said smirking.
"That's fuckin' sick," Daryl snarled quietly. "They're so damn close to the house, what if they find us?"
"We'll kill 'em," Rick said simply. "What they're doing is just plain wrong."
"Let's get back to the others." Merle said quickly and they all hurried back to the house where the others were.
Carol noticed their faces looked pale. "What is it? What did you find?" she asked.
Rick was silent for a moment, unsure if he could believe what he was about to say. "Um... cannibals."
Silence hung over everyone as they gathered this information and they all stared at Rick in shock and horror.
"You mean a group of people who eat people?" Peter asked stunned.
Rick nodded. "We found them eating a man's leg," he said, with disgust in his voice. "The man was still alive at the time too."
"That's disgusting." Anna said disturbed as everyone hurried inside into the warm as Rowan, Carol and Bailey cooked soup.
"At least we have proper food to eat," Carol said with a small chuckle, to try and lighten the mood.
Bailey laughed. "I think I'd rather starve than eat human leg."
"I would too." Daryl said as they all ate their soup and talked quietly when Emma saw that she had left her gloves outside and hurried out.
She grabbed them and was about to go back inside when she saw Pebbles and let him get in before someone grabbed her by the arm Pebbles ran into the warm kitchen.
"You're coming with us, little girl." The man said calmly and dragged her off as her scarf was left behind.
Everyone ate their lunch happily, before heading off to do their chores for the afternoon.
Katy came up to Bailey looking worried. "Have you seen my sister? I can't find her, and she needs her injection."
"No I haven't sweetheart but she can't be far." Bailey assured her as they looked around the living room, checked the play room and bathroom then downstairs and they still couldn't find her.
"Maybe she's in her bedroom." Katy said and they headed upstairs where they checked her and Emma's room only to see Smokey and Monty on the bed sleeping.
"Alright, she has to be around here somewhere," Bailey assured her softly, Katy was starting to get into a panic. "She was here at lunch. Maybe she went back outside, shall we go and check?"
Katy nodded and they hurried outside where they found Emma's purple scarf but no sign of Emma and their hearts sank.
"We need to tell the others." She told Katy and they hurried into the house.
Bailey hurried to where Rick was sitting. "Rick, it's Emma. She's no where to be found and we found this in the garden," she said as she held up the scarf.
Rick looked alarmed. "And there's no way she's in the house somewhere and just dropped that?"
"No way in hell, me and Katy have looked everywhere." She said worriedly as they hurried to tell the others.
"What's wrong?" Anna asked as they all gathered in the sitting room and Bailey sat beside Daryl and Aoife.
"Someone's taken Emma," Katy said alarmed as she sat beside Carol. "Please... we need to find her fast, she needs her injection."
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Rick asked as he looked at Daryl.
The Cannibals.
"Yeah I am, we better go find her and get her home." Daryl said as they grabbed their guns and said good bye to the others.
"Be careful." Bailey said kissing him softly and hugging him tightly.
"I will, don't ya worry," he said as he hugged her back tightly and kissed Aoife's forehead.
"Take care," Anna said softly to Rick. "God knows what those people will do if they find you."
"I will don't worry." He said kissing her softly and hugged Judith and Carl before they hurried out of the house and Bailey watched them head into the woods, her breathing staining the glass as she prayed that they would be alright.
Emma had been tied up on a chair and one of the men had come in and was now taking off her coat, he was holding a sleeping beauty costume.
"We're going to make you look so beautiful Emma."
Emma felt tears slide down her cheeks. "Please.. please don't hurt me," she begged. "I want to go back to my family, please," she sobbed, beginning to feel unwell. She needed her medication.
"Shh, everything's going to be OK," the man said with a wicked smile.
The man then got her undressed and into the dress as the woman started to do her make up and they made her smile for all the photos.
"Now for our final one." The man said smiling as he pulled out a syringe and injected her with a sleeping drug as she crumpled in the chair and they placed her on the bed before taking a photo.
"Now let's get rid of her."
The woman nodded. "I'm thinking we go for the legs first, doesn't look like there's much meat on the arms."
The man smiled. "I'll go and get everything ready."
The woman nodded as they both left and Emma lay helpless on the bed, her light brown framing the lace pillows.
"There's fresh tracks leading to the house." Daryl said quietly.
"Ain't no doubt it had to be them," Rick mumbled. "I was thinking we try a different plan this time. You could go to the door, try and distract them, I'll climb in the back and find Emma," he suggested. "Rather than go in with all guns blazing and start yet another war."
"What the hell am I meant to say to them?" Daryl asked frowning.
"I haven't worked that part out yet," Rick admitted. "Make something up as you go."
"Christ." Daryl said worried as they saw the men and woman outside gathering wood and Rick hurried into the house to try and find Emma.
"What the hell are ya doing!?" He asked them as he glared at them.
"We're just gathering some wood," the man, who he recognized as Chris, answered as he held the branches in his arms. "In case you haven't noticed it's snowing, we need something for the fireplace to keep us warm."
"Hello handsome," the woman said with a smile as she got up and walked towards him. "I could just eat you right up," she said innocently. "I'm Theresa, what's your name?"
"Name's Daryl Dixon." He said calmly as he looked at her, she was blonde haired and looked around to be Bailey's age with grey eyes.
"Well I'll be on my way now." He said as he saw Rick sneak around the back with Emma in his arms as he walked back to where the house.
"Kill him!" Chris yelled.
"Fuck," Daryl growled as he tried to reach for his crossbow, before one of the men grabbed his arm. "Rick, run!" he yelled as he tried to break out of the mans grasp. He was going to have to take these bastards down himself.
He grabbed his knife and stabbed the man in the head as he managed to grab his arrows and fired at the others as he saw a group of walkers stumble towards them and he ran back to the house.
He ran as fast as he could and reached the gate as Morgan quickly let him in as they saw the walkers rush at the gate.
Daryl nodded in thanks at Morgan and turned to see Bailey rush towards him at full speed. "Daryl, thank god," she said as she launched herself into his arms. "I'd seen Rick coming back with Emma, and you weren't there, and... fuck, Daryl."
"Hey I'm alright don't worry." He said softly as they headed back into the house where they saw Katy crying into them.
"MY SISTER WAS RAPED!" She wailed hysterically and crumpled onto the floor.
"It's all my fault, I let her down." She whimpered.
"Shit," Bailey whispered as she crouched down and picked up Katy, pulling her into a hug. "No, sweetheart, it wasn't your fault. It was those bad people."
"I'm supposed to protect her and I let her down." She sobbed into Bailey's shirt and she rocked Katy gently as Hershel came in looking upset and tired.
"Anna and I have given her the insulin but her body's very weak." He said as a tired Anna came in looking upset.
Bailey nodded. "Is she... was she..."
"Sexually assaulted?" Carol asked quietly, and Bailey nodded.
"I'm afraid so." Hershel said sadly and Anna ran out of the room feeling her stomach heave as she ran into the bathroom.
She broke down crying.
She heard a soft knock on the door, and looked up to see Rick coming in, who sat down beside her. He knew it would bring back terrible memories for her, He didn't say anything, didn't want to force her to talk if she didn't want to. He just pulled her into him and rocked her gently.
She sobbed into him and clutched at his shirt as she thought of her own childhood, how cruel Connor would be and Alistair would look out for her, play with her.
"She's just a child, Rick." She sobbed.
Rick nodded. "I know, I know," he said quietly as he stroked her hair. "But she's alive, and she's back with her family now. What happened was... awful... but she's safe now, and we need to be strong to get her through it."
Anna nodded and wiped her tears away as they got out of the bathroom and headed downstairs where they saw Katy asleep on Daryl and Bailey's lap along with Smokey and Monty.
"I'll go check on Emma." She said softly.
Rick nodded as he squeezed her hand tightly. "I'll come with you."
They headed upstairs to Emma's room where she was fast asleep on the bed, breathing steadily. Carol had cleaned the make-up from her face, and put her in a pair of pyjamas.
Anna checked her temperature and was relived to see she didn't have a fever as she made sure she had her insulin drip in before kissing her forehead gently when she saw Katy come in with Smokey and Monty.
"Will Emma be alright?" She asked tearfully.
"She's going to be alright, sweetheart," Anna said softly. "Rick got to her in time. She's just going to have to rest for a while," she added.
Katy nodded and hugged her and Rick tightly, "Thank you for saving her." She said as she went downstairs to thank Daryl.
"Poor kid, seeing her sister like that," Rick said softly. "As if they hadn't been through enough already."
Anna tried to be positive and give him a smile. "Yeah, but they have a family to help them through this time."
Rick nodded and pulled her into him as they went downstairs to be with the others.
Katy hugged Daryl tightly as she looked at him with shiny eyes filled with tears of gratitude, "Thank you Daryl for saving Emma."
Daryl hugged her back gently. "No problem, sweetheart. The two of ya are family," he said softly. "I'm just glad the two of ya are alright."
She nodded softly and headed upstairs as everyone headed upstairs to bed with Bailey holding Aoife tightly in her arms.
"Are ya alright?" Daryl asked her softly as they got changed for bed.
Bailey nodded. "Yeah... I just, what happened Emma..." she trailed off as she set Aoife down in bed and made sure she was warm enough. "If anything happened to Aoife or our baby, it would kill me."
"It would kill me too but I aint gonna let that happen, I promise." He said softly as he held her tightly under the covers as they held each other.
"I love you." She said kissing his face.
Daryl smiled as he kissed her back. "I love ya too. An' I love Aoife, an' I love our baby," he said, rubbing her stomach. "Yer gettin' big."
Bailey laughed as she swatted his chest gently. "Daryl Dixon, you better not be calling me fat."
"I ain't calling yer fat, I'm just saying yer getting big." He said softly as he pulled her into him and stroked her bump softly.
"I hope it's a boy." She said softly.
"I bet he would have your hair and your eyes, and he'd be just like a mini you," she said smiling. "He'll have learned how to work a crossbow by the time he's five," she laughed.
Daryl chuckled at that. "What would we call him?"
"Rayland or James, maybe Will?" She suggested and she saw him stiffen at the mention of his father's name.
"Or we could call him something else." She said scared of making him angry or upset.
Daryl gave her a small smile. "Nah, I ain't gonna let my old man ruin that for us too," he said softly. "We'll see what he or she looks like first, eh?"
"Alright." She said quietly feeling upset and she curled into a ball.
Daryl was confused for a second as he watched her pull the blankets up around herself. "Bailey? Are ya alright?"
"I'm fine. I just thought you'd like to think of some names as well, it's your baby as well not just mine." She said feeling her eyes swim with tears.
Daryl felt a lump in his throat as he pulled her into his arms.
"Shit, darlin', I know that," Daryl said softly as he stroked her hair. "I just thought we could wait until he or she was here and see what they looked like," he added. "Then we can pick a name that fits perfectly. For our perfect baby."
She smiled at him softly then and curled into him as she held his hand tightly and he held her tightly as he watched her sleep.
He had failed her so many times when she had needed him; she had been so hurt by Dave and was scared of upsetting him or pissing him off.
He sighed sadly as he kissed the top of her head and watched over her.
The next morning Bailey awoke to find the bedside light was on, and she looked up to the most unusual sight. Daryl was sitting up in bed reading a book. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, looking at the cover. It was a Baby Names book. She felt her heart flutter as she smiled at him.
"Found it in the library," he said with a smirk when he noticed she was awake. "So far I like Cole, Bradley or Aiden," he added.
"I like them, they sound beautiful." She said warmly as she looked at the names and thought quietly for a minute.
"What if it's a girl?" She asked scared.
Dave had made it very clear that he didn't want a little girl; he wanted a baby boy who would be like him.
"Then Aoife's going to have a little sister, who's gonna grow up beautiful, just like her mama," Daryl said softly. "Only thing is, we're gonna have to come up with some other names."
"Alright." She said scared that Daryl would later on change on his mind and not like the fact that they had another girl, her mother had told her of her disappointment in her being a girl.
"Let's hope it's a boy." She said quickly and buried her face into her hands.
Hey, what's the matter, sweetheart?" he asked softly as he rubbed her back. "I ain't bothered if we have a boy or a girl. As long as he or she is healthy. That's our kid in there, and no matter what they are, I'm gonna love 'em. 'Cause it's our kid. Yours and mine, Bailey."
"Dave hated me being pregnant, said I was ugly, stupid, a whore and that I had it coming when I lost Celia." She sobbed into him.
He held her tightly as she cried into him.
"I would have done anything to bring her back." She said brokenly.
Daryl felt his own tears burn his eyes that was one thing he would never be able to give her. "I know, baby," he said softly, as he rocked her gently. "I know. And I can't replace her. But I'm sure she's up there right now watching over ya, and her little brother or sister."
She gave him a sorrowful smile as she curled into him and fell asleep as they heard knocking on the door and saw it was Anna with Maggie, Carol, Rick and Axel, Will was there as well.
"Is she alright?" Maggie asked worried.
Daryl shook his head. "Not really," he said as he looked at Carol. "Actually, I was just gonna come and talk to ya. But since yer all here now, she's real upset. I mean... everythin' seems to be getting to her."
Carol gave him a soft smile. "It's probably just her hormones, Daryl. Pregnancy will do that."
"She's crying about Celia saying how it's her fault." He said pained as he stroked her right cheek and held her tightly.
"We'll need to keep an eye on her." Anna said softly.
"When did she lose Celia?" Rick asked quietly.
"Eight months, I think," Daryl said sadly as he noticed his father give him a sad smile.
"She's probably just worried as she gets closer to that stage then," Maggie said softly. "Y'know, incase something happens."
Daryl nodded in thanks and watched them leave as Will stayed behind and he let him inside the room as he sat down in an armchair.
"You were a tiny baby." He said pulling out a photo.
"Ya kept a photo of me?" Daryl asked shocked as he stroked Bailey's hair.
Will nodded. "Yeah, ya were two months early. Doctors didn't think ya were gonna make it. But ya fought for yer life, like the Dixon ya are. An' I know that kid she's carryin' is gonna do the same."
"Merle was a little monster when he was born but quiet." Will added as he thought back to when his two eldest sons had been born.
"Why did ya hit mom?" Daryl asked pained.
"It was the drink and the drugs that did that to me," Will admitted ashamed. "I didn't tell ya how I met Carla... she worked at the rehab I was admitted to, after I almost overdosed. They fucked with my head son, that wasn't the real, me."
He nodded and looked carefully at his father when he spoke again it was with sadness and grief in his voice.
"We tried for another baby, your mother and I." He said pained.
"Turns out she couldn't have anymore," he said with a sigh. "So she started stealing my alcohol and drinking it too. That's how it happened, the night she set the bedroom on fire when she was in bed."
"I tried to get her out but the fire was too bad and I decided to send yer both to your grandfather Norman and grandmother Lottie." He said sadly.
"They raised us good," Daryl said quietly. "Taught us how to hunt, how to look out for ourselves. We eventually moved out when Merle got his own place when he was eighteen. I went to stay with him and got a job in a garage. Met Bailey in that town too."
"I'm glad you two are both alright and I'm proud of you both." Will said softly and rubbed Daryl's shoulder before leaving hi so he could look after Bailey.
Merle gave Will a tiny smile as he came downstairs. "See, I told ya Daryl would come around. He just needed some time."
Will nodded and gave Merle a soft smile as they ate breakfast.
Bailey woke up with a yawn as she looked around and saw that Daryl was awake and watching her with a soft smile.
"Hey, sweetheart," he said softly as he stroked her stomach and helped her sit up in bed. "How are ya doin'?"
"Much better, I'm sorry for crying earlier." She said softly as she tucked into the food and ate it happily as did Daryl with Aoife eating too.
"Gonna go on that run today, get some stuff for the baby and ya." He said softly.
"Alright," she said with a small smile. "Want me to come with you?" she asked.
"No, ya stay here and get some rest." He said softly.
"If you're sure," she said with a small smile, as she kissed him softly on the lips. "Be careful, won't you? Especially with that group out there somewhere."
"Don't worry, I will be," Daryl said as he stroked her cheek gently. "I'll see ya in a bit."
She nodded and kissed him lovingly on the lips as he headed out of the room and she got dressed so she and Aoife could watch him leave.
She smiled softly at him as he drove away on the bike and she watched as he rode away, praying that he'd be alright.
"You're daddy's a brave man." She said softly.
Aoife cooed up at her. "Dada brave," she said softly.
Bailey smiled. "He sure is, little lady. Come on, let's go give you a bath, so you're nice and clean for daddy coming home."
Aoife cooed at her as they headed inside and upstairs where she ran a warm bath for her and undressed her as it cooled and she splashed in the water.
"Mama." She cried happily.
"That's right, sweetheart," Bailey said as she grinned widely. Things might not have been the best in the past, but she had her family now, and her daughter never failed to brighten her day. "You're a smart girl, aren't you?"
Aoife nodded happily and she smiled down at her as they headed into the living room where she smiled as she watched her daughter play.
She smiled softly at seeing her play with Judith and Rose, Judith was cooing and crawling around on the carpet clapping her hands.
"How are you?" Carol asked her kindly.
"I'm alright Carol, how are?" She asked warmly as she helped her do some laundry.
"I'm feeling very happy." Carol said smiling.
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