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Chapter 17: The Search Finally Concludes.

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Chapter 17:

His eyes followed her every movement until she was out of sight and hidden behind the trees.

Carl gave up on struggling in his fathers tight hold, there was no point when he had a deathly grasp around his body.

Rick would have to let Carl go eventually; since he had other duties he needed to commend to.

A scowl could be seen on Carls face, he was pissed to the point where he was now going to ignore his father until he felt the need to allow him the privilege of uttering another sound to him. It was his fault Rebecca was leaving, his fault Carl himself couldn't catch up to Rebecca and persuade her to stay.

"Have you finally calmed down?"
Questioned Rick with an eyebrow raised.

'Don't reply,' Carl thought to himself.

A loud sigh was released by Rick and during that time he let go of Carl and kept a safe distance between them.

During the deathly silent moment between Rick and Carl, Daryl decided to take a stroll in their direction and stopped once he saw them.

"There you are," he said, pulling out the little bone, hanging out of his mouth, and pointing it at Rick, addressing him. "Glen and Maggie came to me a short while ago, seems like Beth's missing."

That caught Carls attention. Rick was all eyes and ears, he forgot about his soon-to-be-said lecture to Carl and quickly made his way over to Daryl, a concerned look crossing his face.

"What do you mean? Did she take off? Was there a reason she would have left?" Rick kept firing question after question at Daryl, expecting answers for all of them; so when Daryl shrug his shoulders, Rick was storming his way over to Tyreese in need of some answers.

Ignoring Rick didn't last very long. "What about Rebecca!? You're going to look for her too, right!?" Carl shouted at his father, asking him in a sarcastic tone.

"Not now, Carl." Rick growled and the look he gave him was silently telling him to shut up and that the conversation was over.

Besides his side, Carls hands clenched into tight fists. The conversation was not over until Carl made himself clear. "What's your problem with her, anyway?! You've been treating her differently, no one except enemies get treat with so much hatred from you. Do you see her as a threat or is she just so fragile you chose to give her the cold treatment. If we are looking for Beth, we are going to fucking look for Rebecca too!"

Daryl stood there with a smug look on his face and looked down at the ground.

On the other hand, Rick stood there staring at Carl with an emotionless look on his face. Suddenly he gritted his teeth and took a steady breath, calming him self down. "Carl." He forced out in a waning tone.

"That's what I thought. You have no fucking reason, so stop acting so foolish." Carl spat each word at his father with venom coating them.

Thinking it was a perfect time to interrupt, Daryl spoke. "Sorry to stop the family reunion and all but the longer you bicker, the longer it will be 'till we find both girls."

Snapping his eyes away from Rick, Carl nodded at Daryl and walked past, on his way to load his gun and fill his pockets with ammunition.

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