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.

push it. After waiting a while and not seeing Alexander and the others, she got up and headed in the

tagged along. Turns out there was a sickroom in the back, and the doc

the doc talk, Casey ran in

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

the door, not

usual dignified self, no sign of the mess he was in the forest. He leaned against

but the soundproofing sucked, and Quinn could kinda hear the convo

about Walter showing

and said thoughtfully, "Then it's not

not surprising?" Sean asked,

Alexander said

you saying it was his doing?" Sean

didn't answer, just smoked quietly, his expression getting colder

village for two days. It seemed like he did nothing, but who knew what

like dogs, to remember