Call for a Good Time
Chapter 16
Beth sighed as she flipped through the repo lists. Daryl and Merle were going to be busy today. It had been three days since the incident with Shane and Maggie had called her every day to make sure she was alright, at least twice. The day after it happened her sister called six times until Beth finally turned off her phone just to get some peace. Daryl and Merle were more protective than ever now. They never let Beth out of their sight and there were no more joy rides around the city. She was still a little shaky, and she didn't want to be alone, not really, but she was starting to feel suffocated.
Pushing her chair away from the desk she grabbed the repo orders and headed out to the garage. They wouldn't be thrilled about having to leave her there but they would have to deal with it. Beth walked into the garage and leaned against the car Daryl was under, if she remembered right he was installing new brake pads. "Hey, Daryl?"
He slid out from under the car and looked at her. "Everything alright?" he asked.
Beth smiled and nodded her head. "Repos." She handed him the stack of papers. "Why don't you and Merle take Bobby and Tim?"
He sighed and looked through them. "We can maybe get four of these done."
"Whatever you can get." They both looked outside when they heard a car pull up. "Guess we're busy today," Beth muttered as a woman and a young boy climbed out of the car. "How can I help you?" Beth asked.
"Are you Beth?" Beth frowned a little looking at Daryl. They didn't like it when people they didn't know came looking for them, not anymore. "I'm Lori Grimes."
That had Beth relaxing. "Oh, I'm sorry, yeah I'm Beth, and this is Daryl." She shook Lori's hand.
"This is Carl, Rick was going to come over but he got tied up at the station, so I came instead. Can we talk?"
Beth nodded her head and looked at Daryl. "Go get those repos started." She could tell he really didn't want to go, but she could handle things here with Lori. She lead her and Carl into her office and shut the door. "What's going on?"
Lori smiled a little. "Shane is being transferred upstate this afternoon at five. He's going to stay in prison until the court date."
"That's…wonderful." Beth felt the weight just fall off of her shoulders. There was no way Shane was going to weasel his way out of this one. "Thank you so much."
Lori shook her head and put an arm around Carl. "Don't need to thank me; I'm just delivering the message."
Beth shook her head. She did need to thank her; Rick had done so much for her and her boys. "No, I do. How about you and Rick and Carl come to the house tonight for dinner?"
Lori smiled. "I'd like that."
Beth smiled. "Great, let's say about six?"
Lori nodded and they turned their heads looking out the window as Daryl and Merle drove by in the truck. "They really love you."
Beth smiled and nodded her head. "Yeah, they do. I'm glad I met them." After Lori and Carl left Beth called Maggie to invite her, Glenn, and her daddy over for dinner. It would be a tight squeeze, but they would make it work. She sent a message to Daryl letting him know that she was running to the store after work and that they were going to have people over for dinner. She smiled as she left the office and climbed into the cab of the truck and started it up. Maybe now they could get back some semblance of normal.