Love Unspoken

Chapter 1224

Outside, it was dark as hell. Folks around here hit the sack early, so there wasn't a soul in sight, not even a stray cat.

Quinn just hovered by the doorway. She was wearing the new outfit she bought in town today a thin black floral dress that wasn't doing much against the evening chill. She rubbed her arms, feeling the cold. There was this old tree stump stool by the door, so she plopped down on it for a bit.

After about half an hour, she figured Alexander must be out cold by now, so she got up and headed back inside.

But the second she stepped in, the place was empty. She looked around, but there was no sign of Alexander.

The old window was wide open, letting in a breeze.

He bailed!

Quinn realized she'd been played again. She knew his injuries well enough to know he couldn't just walk out without her noticing. For a moment, she was fuming.

She kicked the bed in frustration.

"Go ahead and die out there for all I care!" Quinn muttered angrily.

in the car,

rearview mirror, looking worried. "Mr.

fine," Alexander said, leaning against the car window with a cigarette dangling from

it. He glanced again at the blurry

cool leaving Quinn there

"Nope," Alexander replied.

why'd we bail?"

would Landon show

getting the

people who didn't know the meaning of tired. Sean and Matthew were squatting in a corner, nursing their

both deafening and oddly soothing; after a while, it

were about to nod off, Matthew jabbed

open, and he saw Walter

and Hetastian looking plastered and

Matthew jumped up to follow them

outside, Alistair looked up, grinning at Walter and Alton. "Thanks for the good time. Let's