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.

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

in the back,

doc talk, Casey ran

for external injuries, not internal ones. Alexander's rib was definitely

at the

his usual dignified self, no sign of the mess he was in the

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

talked about

a cigarette and said thoughtfully, "Then

surprising?" Sean

tiger," Alexander said

it was his

answer, just smoked quietly, his

seemed like he did nothing, but who knew what he

dogs, to remember scents