chapter 28

Back to Leonard, Inside the Barn.

The door suddenly pulled open and Lee figure was seen entering.

"What's up Lee, how's the search?" Leonard asked him.

"...well we did run into one of them..and well it didn't up well for the other side," Lee told him.

The kids and Ryan were showing great interest in the farm animal...a cow to be more specific.

Since it was likely their first time sawing a live one instead of what they found in the supermarket (for the kids) and Ryan an already prepared meal that served up to her.

"You know you can pet the cow right? She won't bite…" Leonard suggested to Clementine and Ryan, Ryan take up on the offer and extended her slender hand to touch the cow skin, and petting it.

Clementine looks back at Lee.

"It's okay, go ahead." he encourages her.

She sneakily extended her hand on to the back of the cow neck and rubbing it.

"Woah…..Katja says Maybelle could have her baby tonight!" Clementine told Lee.

"We'll see, Clementine," Katja told the little girl.

Lee then saw a weird brick next to Duck.

"What's this?" Lee asked.

"Daddy says it's called a salt lick." Duck told him.

"Yeah, but don't lick it, it's gross," Clementine told Lee not to lick it.

And he looked at her. "Did you lick it?" he asked.

"She totally tasted it when everyone isn't looking." Leonard who sits on the other side on the straws spilled it.

Clementine just look at him with eyes filling of bitterness from his "betrayal"

They all couldn't help but let out a giggle.

"Andy..ugh when do you think, uh, we might get to eat?" Lee asked him.

"Hungry, huh? Don't worry, Mama's cooking up some good grub." Andy told everyone.

Leonard who was on the side could only feel disgusted...however he could understand these people situation since he too wasn't a good person.

Lee then looks at the little girl, Clementine and pulled out her hat.

"Here you go Clementine." he handed it to her.

"My hat! You found it I knew you'd find it! You said you would!!" she said excitedly.

"Uh listen, Clementine...did you give that hat to anyone? Or did you see any strangers around the motor inn who might have taken it?" he asked her in a low voice.

"No...why?" she asked nervously.

"It's probably nothing. Just let me know if you ever see anything like that." Lee reminded Clementine. "Okay, I will," she replied back.

"Hey Lee, do you think you ever have kid?" she dropped the bombshell on Lee.

Leonard who was chilling in his little corner couldn't help but let out a low whistle.

"I don't know. I haven't thought about having kids in a long time…" he told her.

"Thank for finding my hat." clementine thanked Lee.

"You're welcome Clem," he told her.

"Do you want to pet the cow with us?" Clementine then asked.

"Nah, but you go on ahead," Lee told her.

"Lee, come outside with me for a bit." Leonard walked up to Lee and told him in a low voice.

"What for?" he asked.

"Just come outside, this is not a good place to talk," he told the man.

Lee just nodded and followed him outside- where they met Kenny.

"I have a bad feeling about this place Lee, these people are hiding something," Leonard told him.

"You didn't drag me out here just to tell me that..right?" Lee asked.

"I'm not the only one who feels suspicious Lee, I'm sure you noticed it too, even someone like Kenny could see it," Leonard told him.

"Hey! What does that suppose to mean you little brat?" Kenny got angry.

"Chill out would you?" he asked Kenny to keep it down.

"I don't know if any of you noticed it- but the back of that room has the smell of blood...a whole lot of blood," he told them.

"yeah...I noticed too, they got boxes of stuff. And something metal and sharp." Kenny chimed in.

"Don't get paranoid," Lee told the both of them.

"It's our JOB to be paranoid, Lee, almost everyone is on this farm, that includes Ryan, Kenny family, and your little Clementine, if you're not paranoid and shit were to happen, you will definitely regret it." Leonard reminded Lee of their current situation.

"You find a way to distract that Andy guy and check what's behind those locked doors, I'll be looking for my uncle Conner, in case shit went down," Leonard told the two grown men and then left to find Conner.

"See you guys at "Dinner"....just don't fuck it up too much." he turned around and give them that message.

The two men just look at one another.

"I agree with the kid plan, Lee. I need to know what behind those doors." Kenny told him.

With that said they began to work on the plan to distract Andy and break inside of the back shed.