"Rosaleigh?" I heard my mom call me so I turned around to face her. "What were you talking about with your dad earlier?" She asked in confusion.

"Dad- he isn't who we says he is. He isn't the man that I grew up to know. The apocalypse has changed him and not for the better." I said and my mom nodded.

"I know your dad's dangerous." She said softly.

"Then why do you stay with him?" I asked in confusion.

"Your dad's a complicated man. If I leave he'll become even worse than he already is and the world deserves better right now." My mom explained. "I'm fine, he doesn't hurt me and he's my husband." She assured me so I nodded.

"You don't have to explain anything to me. I'm just not staying here." I said blankly and my mom nodded before smiling softly at me.

"You know since it all went down, the apocalypse. I couldn't identify myself as a mother anymore, I became this murderer. I'm a monster and I didn't really have much of a choice than to keep being one. I know the world was already fucked up before all this but now everyone's just outlaws. I don't kill because I want to, I kill to survive. Unfortunately men are the hunters and we're the prey. I guess I just want you to know that you don't have to play by anyone's rules anymore." My mom said before winking at me and I sighed before nodding.

"Can you please tell me what happened to Mal and Paige?" I asked carefully and my mom sat down next to me.

"We got overrun. Your dad, Elliot, Noah, Mal, Paige and I went into town one day and the rotters back then had flooded the entire town. But we were desperate." She said before letting out a sigh.

"I don't really remember all of it but we went into the store and we were shopping everything was fine. And then the next moment there's just rotters everywhere around us. Of course we tried to fight them off as best as we could but we knew we wouldn't survive if we didn't make a run for it right then and there. So we decided to run. Mal got bitten and so did Paige. Your dad saw and he did what he had to do. You can call it whatever you want, I call it mercy." My mom said before getting up.

I wiped the tears from my cheeks before looking up at my mom.

"You should clean up and get some rest." She said before going back inside and I just nodded.

Faith and I went back inside and my mom showed us to a spare room. I thanked her and she hugged me goodnight.

I let Faith take a shower after I tested the water for acid. When Faith was done I took a shower after her. I got dressed into some pants before pairing them with a thick jacket.

Faith handed me the walkie so I sat on the bed next to her. I quickly made contact with Kieran and Hunter. "Hello can you hear me?" I asked twice before someone finally answered.

"Doc?" He asked and I cried in relief.

"It's me, Kieran." I said and he laughed in relief.

"Are you guys okay?" He asked and I wiped my tears away.

"You need to come get us. We're in Rhodeville. We're on the Southside of town. "Elliot will tell you where to go." I said in a hurry before I heard knocking coming from the door.

"Who is that Ro?" Kieran asked wildly.

"I don't know just come get us. We're in a house with a black roof. Tan is parked in the driveway." I said nervously.

"We're coming for you." Kieran said and I nodded.

"Signing off, I'll see you soon." I said in a whisper before switching the walkie off and going to the door.

I found Kyle standing in my doorway so I frowned.

"What?" I asked rudely and he held out a plate of food to me.

"No thanks, I'd rather starve then to digest whatever poison it is you put in our food." I said before closing the door but he stopped me.

"It's not poisoned." He said angrily. "Just have it." He said before shoving it into my hands and going downstairs .

I placed the food on the nightstand before taking two energy bars out of my bag, I handed one to Faith and she thanked me.

"Bon appetit." I said before biting into the energy bar.

That pasta is really calling my name but I really don't trust Kyle. But then again my mom made it. I grabbed a bowl before eating some of the pasta.

I smiled at the taste before handing a bowl to Faith.

"It's so good." I said and she nodded with a smile on her face. When we were done eating I put Faith to bed but I decidedly stayed up all night.

I don't know what the boys are planning but they need to make haste. I don't want to spend another day here.

Faith and I went downstairs where my mom attended to my wounds. When my mom was done wrapping a bandage around my hand and wrist we sat down at the breakfast table.

We ate our breakfast in silence. "About last night-" my dad started so I dropped my fork.

"You don't have to apologize, you were just being yourself." I said before picking my fork up again.

"Do you think I would intentionally hurt you?" He asked and I clenched my jaw.

"You almost broke my wrist dad, you raised your hand at me and you're still able to look me in the eye right now?" I asked and he glared at me.

"Do you remember what you accused me of?" He asked angrily and I nodded.

"I was just stating a fact. And I don't believe that bullshit story you told me about Paige and Mal." I told my mom.

"The fact that you have been allowing him to give permission to Porter and his gang to rape innocent women says a lot. If you could let that one slip of course you'd ignore the fact that your husband murdered your child and granddaughter." I said angrily.

"I don't even wanna know how many women got raped and murdered because of you. And you're just as bad as him for doing nothing." I yelled at my mom.

"John, Kyle you know what to do." My dad said under his breath before Kyle grabbed Faith. John grabbed my wrist so I kneed him in the crotch and he fell to the ground before I took my gun out and pointing it against Kyle's head.

"Let her go." I said angrily and he pushed Faith forward before raising his hands.

"I've had enough." I said before cocking my gun and that's when I felt myself being tased in the neck from behind. The last thing I remember hearing was Faith's screams.