Love Unspoken

"I've already told you, we're not the bosses here. Tagging along with us ain't gonna help," Quinn repeated.

"Don't care. As long as I can get some work, it's cool!" Casey shot back, stubborn as ever.

Quinn didn't jump to agree. She was barely keeping it together herself and couldn't drag Casey along.

Switching gears, she asked, "What did your mom do before she ended up here?"

"She was a teacher. Said she got tricked into coming here as a volunteer," Casey spilled.

"Bet she really wants to go back, huh?" Quinn probed.

Casey's eyes got all sad, and she nodded. "Yeah, I see her sitting at the door, staring east, saying home is that way." Quinn pressed her lips together, staying quiet.

Just then, the door swung open, and the clinic docs filed out.

Quinn jumped in, "How is he?"

looked serious,

a big hospital. If we

it that

just can't check for internal injuries here. If we wait, a small problem could turn deadly," Casey explained. Quinn let out a quiet

docs left, and the hallway went quiet

the window, shirtless and wrapped in bandages. Earlier, he had clothes on, so Quinn hadn't seen his state. Now she got why he couldn't get up after a few hits from Landon. As soon as

closer, and Nathan wisely stepped out, leaving

for a bit, neither saying a

broke the silence. "Why'd you run

"Weren't you the one who

guard and snapped back, "Wasn't it

cut herself off,

me?" Alexander

"The doc said you need a bigger

eyes twinkling. "Do you care about