With any luck, Rick had the answer to the question she was about to ask— but she knew that it would be a long shot. She wasn’t sure if he knew about anyone from the prisons’ well being. But she had to ask anyway. It would eat her alive if she didn’t.
”——Do you know if my sister is dead?”
How was he supposed to answer that? He knew, of course, he knew the answer, but he refused to be the one to deliver the news to her. He kept his head lowered, wanting to back away and run in the opposite direction. This, he could not handle. He decided to stay anyway, decided that she deserved to know.
“A horde got her. That’s what Glenn said, he was there.”