Chapter 37

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"Thanks, but I need to get back to my people. And I need to 'take care' of the person who got me into that situation."

"But you're not in shape to travel." She says.

"Oh, I'm fine. After all, only my left leg is unusable. The doc said it's tendon rupture."

She sucks in a sharp breath. "Bad business..."

"Anyway...who's the leader here?" I ask.

To my surprise, she hesitates before answering. "We don't have one," she admits reluctantly. "We all just work together to survive."

I nod, understanding. "Well, maybe I can help with that. I'm the leader of my people, and if you help me get back to them, we can work together. I can provide you with guns for protection, and in exchange, you can share the food you're farming."

She considers my offer for a moment before nodding. "Deal. But you still need to rest and recover before we can start making plans."

I sigh, knowing she's right. "Fine. But as soon as I'm able, we're taking care of the person who got me into this mess."

She nods in agreement, looking grim. "I'll help you with that too."

I lie down on the makeshift bed, feeling the exhaustion wash over me. The woman leaves the room, leaving me alone with my thoughts. To my surprise, the daughter of the woman comes in and stands by my bedside, staring at me with curious eyes.

I raise an eyebrow and ask, "Is there something you need?"

She doesn't say anything, just continues to stare at me. Finally, she timidly asks, "Do you have any candy?"

I can't help but laugh at her request, but the laugh quickly turns into a wince of pain. I hold my stomach, trying to contain the ache.

"Ouch, don't make me laugh. It hurts," I manage to gasp out between clenched teeth.

The little girl looks guilty, but I give her a reassuring smile. "It's okay. Maybe next time, alright?"

She nods solemnly and leaves the room, leaving me to rest and recover in peace.

The next day, after waking up from my sleep, I heard the doctor come inside. To my absolute surprise, the doctor is Hershel Greene, but I don't show my surprise on my face. We talk about how I'm feeling, if it still hurts, and more medical stuff.

Hershel examines my leg and asks me to move it in certain ways to gauge the pain and mobility. I do my best to comply, despite the discomfort it causes. After a thorough examination, he confirms that it is indeed a tendon rupture and advises me to rest and not put any weight on the injured leg.

He gives me some pain medication.

After a few days of resting in their camp, it was time for me to get back to mine, even though I still couldn't stand on my left leg.

I got to know the woman who helped me; her name is Elisa. She used to be a chicken farmer. Yeah, a farmer. I'm not saying it because I look down on it, it's just that...she really doesn't look like one. Though, now that skill is handy in this world. Her husband is Matthew, who used to be and is a farmer, and their daughter is Abbi.

Elisa and Matthew will be helping me get back to my camp, and to my fucking surprise, Maggie is coming as well. Yes that Maggie. Man she's hot....no! I have a girlfriend, I need to get my mind right!

I'm loyal! ....I wasn't in my past life, but I am now!

We get inside one if their trucks, I tell them where our camp is, and to my luck Matthew knows where it is.

On the way back to my camp, I take out my rifle to clean it and load the magazine. Matthew glances over at me and asks, "What are you going to do with the person who caused you to fall from the cliff?"

I pause for a moment, considering my response. "I won't tell you what I plan to do, but if you want to see, you're welcome to join me."

Elisa and Maggie exchange a worried glance, and then Elisa speaks up, "No, we'll pass. We don't want to be part of any revenge plans."

I nod in understanding, continuing to clean my rifle in silence for the rest of the journey. As we get closer to my camp, I can feel the tension in the air, knowing that I will have to confront the person who betrayed me soon.

Meanwhile...

In the few days that Poul has been gone, Shane has been trying to take over; trying to assign people jobs, ordering people and more. Few people did what he said, but people who were loyal to Poul didn't comply. That made him mad, and said they are welcome to leave, which infuriated people loyal to Poul.

Rick, the ever peacemaker, try to calm both sides, while discreetly trying to take Shane's side, but that didn't help neither sides.

Lee, he's known to be a peacemaker as well, but now he was on only one side; Poul's side. Lee is loyal, and he and Poul have been through too much to throw that away. That's true for Kenny, and even for Larry as well, who came to like Poul very much, having a positive impression of him.

A day ago, even a fight broke out between Larry and Shane, where Larry beat the shit out Shane. Shane only could escape from Larry, because Lily held back her father because of his heart problem. The cause of the fight? Shane tried to order him around, and disrespecting him.

Today, Shane was about to start his bullshit again, but the guards shouted, "Car incoming!"

Everyone readied their weapons, filled with tension, even though they have more firepower. But everyone calmed down after everyone from the car got out, and someone shouted, "It's Poul!"