[b]Jessalyn - House - Floyd/Abram[/b]

Jess watched as Floyd allowed the man to come inside. But her attention was soon off of the man and on Floyd. He was weaving a little where he stood. Just as she was about to call to him he collapsed.

"Floyd!" she screamed and ran down the stairs. She didn't care what the stranger did. He was forgotton.
Jess got to her knees beside Floyd and shook his arm gently. "Floyd?! Floyd please wake up!"

Hands grasped her arms and she cried out.
"Calm down," the stranger said and moved her aside.
"Help him," she begged, tears in her eyes. "Please. I don't know what to do without him."
"Is he your man?" he asked.
Jess hesitated. She looked down at Floyd's face. Was he? She knew how she felt, but did he feel the same way? After everything that happened, she couldn't imagine life without him now. He was her only friend. He was her family now.
He was...

"Yes, he is," she said firmly, touching his face gently before looking at the stranger. "I have nothing to pay you with, but please, please help him."
The stranger nodded. "I'll do what I can."

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An hour or so later Floyd had been moved to the couch in the living room. The stranger, who Jess had learned was named Abram, had stitched him up with some supplies in his truck. He had also brought in the food and few medical supplies from the truck.

He now sat in the kitchen eating. "You are a good cook miss."
"Call me Jessalyn," she said. "And I think everyone is a good cook now a days. As long as it's hot it's good."
"That's true," he agreed. "So how far along are you?"
"I think five months. The only doctor I talked to died a while ago."
"Sorry to hear that. You and your man been here long?"

Jess felt a little bad for deceiving him about her and Floyd's relationship, but she was a little afraid of what he might do if he thought they weren't together. He was still a stranger, even though he had helped Floyd.
"We just found this place. It was abandoned. A man came along before you got here. He asked for help against a walker, then when Floyd killed it he tried to rob us. Floyd was shot in the process."
"Your man's tough. He'll pull through just fine. Especially since he's got two reasons to live," Abram said, nodding at her swollen stomach.
Jess blushed a little. Getting some of the soup she had made into a bowl, she went into the living room. Abram watched from the kitchen table as she sat beside Floyd.

She brushed his hair away from his forehead. "Floyd?" she called gently, nudging his arm.
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[b]Katie - Haywood - Emma, Bull, Robert[/b]

The child was shaking with rage. How dare this bad man talk about her daddy?! How dare he call him bad?!
"Take it back!" she screamed in anger, running to attack him but being grabbed and held back by Emma. The young woman tried to calm her but Katie was inconsolable. "Take it back! My daddy loves me! He would never hurt my mommy! I want my daddy! I hate you! I hate you! You're a bad man! I hate you!"
Emma glared at Robert. "She's just a little girl," she told Robert. "Can't you be just a little human?"

Katie was pulled from the room by Emma and the other man, named Amir, fighting the entire way. She kicked and screamed, repeating that she hated Robert over and over. Several of the people of Haywood heard the commotion and whispered among themselves. A few went off to tell Daniel.

In the cafeteria, Emma tried to get her to eat by Katie refused. She mainly cried out of anger and heartache. "Emma?" she gasped and coughed. "M-my chest h-hurts-s..." she whimpered. 
"You're getting too upset," Emma said, stroking her back. "You need to breathe honey. Calm down and breathe."
"I c-c-can't," she hiccupped.
Emma stood and held Katie to her, looking at Amir. "I'm taking her to my place. Tell Robert exactly what you see, what is happening to this little girl. Tell him he can go to hell for what his is putting this her through."

At Emma's place she laid Katie on the bed and covered her with a blanket. She patted her back and stroked her hair, singing softly, trying to get the child to calm down before she hurt herself. Katie ended up throwing up from crying so much. There wasn't much in her stomach to begin with so it was mainly water.
Finally Katie ran out of tears and just laid under the covers shivering and whimpering.
"Em-ma?" she asked. "D-do you thin-k my d-dad-dy is s-still alive?"
"I don't know honey," she answered honestly, keeping the prayer that he was to herself.
"B-but B-Bull and Lauren s-said he..." Katie whimpered.
"Maybe they thought he was," Emma said, not wanting to tell the child that the only people she knew well were liars.
"T-Then why isn't h-h-he com-ming to get me?"
"I don't know. No more talking sweetie. You need to sleep. Just close your eyes and try to sleep. I'll stay here with you, I promise."

Katie fought it, but she was so tired from crying and the stress she was under that sleep finally won. She drifted off, small whimpers coming from her.
Emma kissed her forehead and got up, heading for the small kitchen area of the little apartment she had been assigned. She wondered where Daniel was and when he would be back. She had to tell him about all of this. They needed to keep Katie with them and safe. She was sure that Robert would use the fact the she was Tyler's daughter against them as some point. She didn't want the little girl to pay for her father's sins. There was no telling how the people of Haywood would react, but Emma prayed they would do the right thing by Katie.