Okay.

[A soft exhale] The walkie talkie? That came to life. Some guy was on the other side saying Clem was fine. We went looking for her. We didn't have much luck, and ended up back in the manor. [He's going to casually leave out the mess they went through just to follow a false trail. Lee doesn't need to know that] That Vernon guy took the boat while we were gone. Things were pretty fucked up. And then the walkers attacked and we ended up trapped in the attic.