Love Unspoken

Quinn quickly donned the raincoat and slipped on the rubber boots, then headed to the backyard.She was astonished when she saw the backyard.

There was an expansive vegetable garden and numerous greenhouses-this place was actually a farm, surrounded by mountains.

It suddenly dawned on her why Walter was so confident letting her wander: escape seemed unlikely. With a basket in hand, she walked among the vegetables, finding a variety of pumpkins, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes... Up in the farm's loft, Walter stood by the window, his gaze on the figure in the vegetable garden.From this angle, Quinn looked particularly petite in her raincoat.

She was wobbling with her basket, even clumsily falling several times. That familiar smirk on Walter's lips altered slightly as he watched her, his eyes following her silhouette but appearing to drift off to a distant place.

A similar unsteady figure flashed before his eyes, tumbling and bumbling, falling into his arms time and time again. When Quinn turned her head for a moment, her silhouette overlapped with the one in his memory, and Walter's expression hardened.

laughter in his eyes replaced by a trace of coldness.Quinn harvested plenty of vegetables and traipsed back through the

water had to be drawn from the well. It truly matched the 'organic' ambiance.Unfamiliar with the wood-burning stove, she sat on a small stool, puffing

glanced at the dishes on the table and then at Quinn.She stood before him gripping her hands tightly, her face smeared, resembling a scrappy, little

another try."He shook his head, "No

beat. Walter gently held a bowl and piled

bowl onto the plate.He then looked up at Quinn with an indulgent smile and said, "Go ahead. Eat."Quinn's eyes flickered, a

silent request."Come on, eat