Love Unspoken

Chapter 1214

Quinn eyeballed her for what felt like forever and then blurted out, "If you wanna make more cash, just spill the beans. No point in hiring you as a translator otherwise."

Casey looked like a deer in headlights. She clutched her pocket, hesitated, and finally said, "Alright, I'll spill. I'm from around here, but my mom's not. She got tricked into coming here. I've been here since I was a kid. My mom used to grow poppies for Emilio, but she quit when she got sick. We live in this village."

"And who's Emilio?" Quinn asked.

Casey explained, "He used to run the show here, but someone else took over a few years back. Leadership changes all the time here; we're used to it."

Casey made it sound like no big deal, but Quinn caught on that her mom had been duped into coming here.

Before growing poppies, she must've been through a lot.

"What about your dad?" Quinn asked.

"I don't have a dad. Mom said he died ages ago," Casey answered.

a while and not seeing Alexander and the others, she

sickroom in the back, and the

doc talk, Casey ran in to

external injuries, not internal ones. Alexander's rib was definitely busted, but it was unclear

the

to stay put for the IV. After cleaning up and changing into fresh clothes, Alexander looked like his usual dignified self, no sign of the mess he was in

the door closed, but the soundproofing

about

and said thoughtfully, "Then

not surprising?" Sean

Alexander

you saying it was his

just smoked quietly, his

days. It seemed like he did nothing, but who

be trained, just like dogs, to remember