Love Unspoken

After a while, Walter raised his hand, gesturing for the person behind him to lower the gun, and smiled. "Mr. Kennedy, good to see you well?"

With a penetrating gaze, Landon scrutinized him, asking, "Why?"

The question had been well posed, though only Walter had understood its depth.

Why had he betrayed him? Why had he assisted Alexander?

Walter hesitated for a moment, his smile undiminished as he replied slowly, "There's no why. People live their whole lives for just a few things. I didn't want to, but what he offered was just too much." Landon also smiled, but it was a cold smile. "That's not what you said when you came to me."

Walter said, "People change."

Landon asked, "So this time, are you here to find someone?"

"Isn't it obvious, Mr. Kennedy? You, too, are to blame. Didn't you know that the little mute girl is easily frightened, yet you still brought her to such a place? You must have scared her, right?" Landon's mouth curled in a mocking arc. "What's your relationship with that mute girl?"

"What's my relationship with her? don't you know?" Walter smiled harmlessly. "She is my respected sister-in-law."

didn't believe a single punctuation

said, "She's

be

you are? Do you know whose territory this is? You

raised an eyebrow, glancing sideways at Alistair.

on your own. This is not where you should be; otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

the atmosphere tensed up again, with both sides raising

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"Stop!"

cabin, he said in a deep voice, "There are many people on the ship. Everyone, sit down and talk. Don't make a big fuss, or it won't end well for anyone." Alistair said, "Hetastian, you arrived just in time. These people came looking for someone without any evidence. Isn't this

under the dim light,

said impatiently, "I said the person is not here. Hetastian, do you

person really wasn't here, how could they have come knocking on the door? But he and Alistair were partners after all,

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