Love Unspoken

The ward was dead quiet for a sec, but those birds outside just wouldn't shut up, which was driving me nuts.

After a bit, Alexander goes, "Forget it. No need for a big hospital. I know what's up with me."

Quinn snapped back to reality, giving him a look. "So, 'knowing your own condition' means you ain't dying yet, right?" Alexander leaned back all lazy-like. "You got it."

"And what if Landon shows up?" Quinn asked.

"He's more banged up than me. No way he's coming," Alexander said, all confident.

Quinn frowned. She hadn't seen how bad Landon was hurt, but she couldn't get why Alexander wouldn't hit up a hospital. "If he can't come, why are you still here?" Quinn pressed.

"Don't we still gotta save Abigail?" Alexander shot back.

Quinn went quiet, staring at him, torn. His face was pale, and you could see the veins on his forehead.

After a bit, she said, "You should take care of yourself first."

Alexander chuckled. "You still care about me."

Nathan was at the door, straightening up

and paused. "He won't

Nathan looked like he'd just woken

repeated, "Is he gonna

dunno. But he's so messed

why won't he go to the hospital?"

No matter how bad it is, if he can walk, he thinks he's

back into the ward and saw Alexander lighting up

away, face stern, and walked out

deserted. She plopped down on a chair, with Casey next to

at her for a while and then asked, "Quinn, you look

"No," Quinn said.

mad? Oh, he didn't give you

a look. "Is money all

"Can't think of anything

money was everything. They worked for the local big shots to get by. To Casey, nothing caused more

Casey's age, she was with the Kennedy family. Even though she was living under someone else's roof, at least she wasn't struggling for food

it, she realized she had it