I woke up to hear Daryl talking to Dale outside of the tent.
"Do you actually believe him when he says Otis sacrificed himself?" Dale said.
"I don't believe a word that comes out of Shane's mouth" Daryl replied.
"He's a loose cannon, something needs to be done about him. Since Rick came back from the dead he's lost the plot" Dale said.
"I won't let him hurt anyone not on my watch"Daryl said.
" At least Carl looks like he's out of the woods"Dale added and I heard him walk away.
I called out to Daryl and he stuck his head in the tent.
"Morning sleepy head" he smiled.
"why didn't you wake me?" I asked.
"Because you're still not 100 percent, you need the rest" he said.
"Shane's back I heard" I said.
"Yes, without Otis" Daryl said with a knowing look.
"what did he say happened?" I asked.
"that otis sacrificed himself so Shane could get the stuff back for Carl" he replied.
"and you think he is lying?" I said getting up out of the tent.
"well he's not spoken a word to anyone since he got back and I just have this feeling in my stomach" he said helping me steady myself.
"I know exactly when he's lying, let me speak to him" I said.
"Mia I don't want you anywhere near him, he's a loose cannon, I don't trust him at all" he said.
"look I can handle myself. I will not hesitate to hurt him if he tries anything" I snapped.
" I have no doubts about that, but you shouldn't be in that situation period" Daryl said.
He followed me to the RV still ranting about it all, whilst I washed and sorted myself out.
"all i am going to do is see him and I will know, it's not a big deal I won't accuse him or even say a word when I have heard his story. I know exactly how to handle Shane Walsh" I said. I flounced out of the RV and headed towards the farm house.
As I got closer I saw Shane came walking out, as soon as I saw him I knew he was lying. He had shaved all his hair off and was wearing some hillbilly dungarees that were 4 sizes too big.
He took one look at me and marched in the other direction.
"Shane, wait up! Are you ok? Hows Carl?" I asked.
"Can we do this later, I have a lot on right now" he said not even turning to look at me.
"Shane please I only want to see if you're ok" I begged.
"Mia I don't have time for your shit!" He snapped.
"Well that's just fucking charming that is, I only wanted to speak to you. Get fucked Shane!!!" I screamed.
I marched to the house, and Maggie came running out.
"Is everything OK?" she asked.
"yeah, don't worry about that, that's how we speak to each other" I said brushing it off.
"are you sure?" she asked.
"thats how it is when you have to work and see your ex every day" I laughed, "how's Carl?"
"it was touch and go for a while, but now we have the proper equipment, he's doing loads better. He is stable and made it through the night" Maggie replied.
"Thank you" I smiled weakly
"go in and see him, there's only Rick in with him at the moment" she smiled.
So I went in and knocked on the door. I heard Rick saying come in, and when I entered his eyes lit up.
"Mia, how's it going?" he said rushing to give me a hug.
"you know so so" I replied squeezing him back "How is my little guy?"
"doing really well, I think he will be fine" Rick said.
"of course he will he's like his daddy" I smiled.
I sat on the bed and held Carl's hand.
"hey my dude, you having a good rest? I had a lie in today too, I been waiting for you to wake up, I can't deal with all these adults on my own they're feral" I laughed.
He didn't flinch at all "anyway I better get back, these lot will starve without me" I kissed his hand and stood up. I gave Rick a hug and as I was walking out the door Lori walked in. I didn't acknowledge her and walked back to the camp.
I said hello to Dale who was on look out on top of the RV and signalled for him to come down. Daryl came over to the ladder where I was waiting for Dale.
"Shane is definitely lying" I whispered.
"how can you tell?" Dale asked.
"I know when he's lying and he most definitely is. He wouldn't even talk to me let alone look at me" I replied.
" So what are we going to do about it?" Dale asked.
"I don't know yet, but I need to speak to Rick. Obviously that isn't possible at the moment, so we need to keep an eye on him until we know Carl is going to be okay" I said.
"Yes Ma'am" Dale nodded and climbed back on to the roof.
"so what will be doing for the rest of the day?" Daryl asked.
" Well Maggie gave me some maps of the area I thought we could make some time of grid, do a proper search for Sophia, now we have a proper base" I said.
"you are an absolute darlin'" he said kissing my head.
"lets go sort the map out now and then we can deligate areas to everyone" I said.
Daryl and I got the map out and sat on the bench near the camp, with a drink and some cookies that Hershals wife had made for us.
I did it all correctly with the scale measurements so we knew everyone could get there and back before the sun went down.
"you're so smart" Daryl said.
" I am not, I just went to explorers camp for 3 years in a row" I scoffed.
" My life was explorers camp" he laughed.
Daryl picked the grid he wanted to do, but we would leave it till the following day as it was already after lunch.
"I will come with you" I said.
"NO CHANCE" He snapped.
"why not?" I snapped back.
"because you're still in pain, I see you haven't took any pain killers today and it shows" he huffed.
"because I haven't eaten much today, if I don't eat they make my belly burn and I throw up" I replied.
"then eat" he frowned.
"I don't want to be greedy we haven't much" I replied.
"shut up and sit your ass down, I will fix you something" he said.
I did as I was told and sat thinking about everything that happened in the last few days.
Daryl came over with a bowl of stew and a little chunk of bread.
"now get that down you, and take these" he said handing me some pain meds and a bottle of water.
As i finished my food Rick came walking over.
"Carl is awake, he's going to be fine" he smiled.
