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And now, that same issue was happening here, to a woman he barely knew yet cared for -- even if he couldn’t understand why through such a short amount of time.

Walking down the street in his constable jacket that Deanna required him to wear, he stops at the Anderson house and watches the porch window, as if waiting, excepting something to happen.  Tilting his head to the side, Rick takes a minute contemplating the issue.  He closes his eyes, lets out a breath and decides to approach the house.

He only heard of this news last night, but he had to make it stop - he had to take matters into his own hands and put Pete down.  But first

Rick knocks on the front door.

He needs to talk to Jessie about the situation.

Gentle blue eyes wandered around their area.  She didn’t really talk much about these kinds of things, not even to Maggie...so she didn’t know how she could even start to tell Glenn.  And luckily enough, Maggie wasn’t around.  Actually, it was just the two of them on the street as they walked through Alexandria.  Maggie was hopefully with Deanna.

Wrapping her arms tightly around Judith, the blonde carries the one year old girl down the block for a short walk.  It’s a little late out, sometime after dinner, but they haven’t gotten a chance to go for their daily walk today, and Beth doesn’t want to screw up Judith’s schedule completely.  

She would’ve taken her stroller, but one of the screws came loose and the wheel hasn’t been sitting right when it was used.  The blonde doesn’t want to take that chance in case anything might happen.  Of course, it might not be such a big deal, either, but to her it was.  Judith means so much to her.

Reaching up, Beth fixes the little pink sweater on the girl as they stop at an intersection.  “Lemme jus’ fix it for ‘ya,” Beth whispers to the baby, cradling Judith in one arm as she pulls the girl’s sleeve down.  Judith giggles as she taps Beth’s hand happily.  Beth returns the smile and presses a gentle kiss to the baby’s temple while they continue on their walk.  

Inside the walls of Alexandria were different at night - they were quiet, something Beth still isn’t able to get used to…was it bad that some nights she just wanted to be out in the woods again? For a moment, the blonde stops, sighs and looks up at one of the giant steel walls that’s between her and the outside world.

One thing about this place was that most of them had each other.  It was nice living with Carol all these years, the widow was kind enough to offer the young woman a place to lay her head at night, and Beth helped her with the chores, and even cooked her meals from time to time.  The blonde considered Carol as a mother figure in her life, but with Carol leaving, Beth had the house to herself, and she did all she could not be alone too much.  As Beth walked with Judith holding onto her hand, two young girls walked by laughing, talking about boys, and Beth realized they looked like siblings.  Her thoughts shifted to her sister at that moment.

While Maggie hadn’t been around much after everything that’s happened, Beth knew she couldn’t go to Hilltop, she couldn’t leave Judith, not yet.  She cared too much for the little girl, she cared too much for all of them.  Surely Maggie had to understand that.  At least, Beth hoped she did.

“Yer Daddy’s gonna make ‘ya dinner,” Beth whispered as they walked down the block. Judith smiled up at Beth as the two ascended steps to the Grimes home, their walk shorter than usual today as Beth knocked on the door.  Judith was growing up so fast, hell some even thought of them as mother and daughter -- but Beth would never want to take the place of Lori.  

When there was no answer, Beth reached for the knob and entered the house, shutting it softly behind her.

“We’re back!” She called, looking around before she let go of the young girl’s hand and watched as Judith climbed the stairs to head to the second floor of the home.