Love Unspoken

Abigail glanced over, nervously gripping her seatbelt. She turned to Landon, who had already ditched his glasses and was laser-focused on driving. "They're still on our tail. Can we lose them?" she asked.

"Wait till it gets dark," Landon replied.

Abigail nodded, trying to ignore the cars behind them and turned her gaze to the window.

The mountain road was a mess of weeds, green stretching out on both sides. Flowers dotted the grass on the cliffs. It was beautiful, but she wasn't in the mood to enjoy it.

As they drove further, her feelings got more tangled.

Abigail had no clue what she was doing, ditching her long-held beliefs to team up with Landon. She'd been rebellious before, but this was next level-causing a scene and making her family worry. Suddenly, Quinn's words popped into her head.

She wasn't a judge. The law would deal with Landon. It wasn't her place to say anything. She could only do what felt right.

Abigail sighed, giving herself a mental pep talk, which made her feel a bit better.

Hearing her sigh, Landon suddenly spoke, "If you regret it, just tell me. I'll let you out anytime."

Abigail shook her head. "Regret? Not in my vocabulary."

Then she joked, "Looks like you're all alone now. Consider it an act of kindness; I'll stick around to pick up the pieces." "Well, thank you very much," Landon said.

"You're welcome. I'm very kind," Abigail replied.

"If I die, don't put up a tombstone for me. Just scatter my ashes in that vegetable garden," Landon said.

Abigail opened her mouth, her throat feeling tight, and she suddenly couldn't speak.

"Bad guys have a lasting impact. Do you think you can die that easily?" Abigail asked.

"Everyone dies, but I saw an interesting quote earlier," Landon said.

"What is it?" Abigail asked.

moment and started chatting with her. "People shouldn't eat

you

something more meaningful. Now, I understand Alexander," Landon explained. Abigail was confused, not knowing if he was trying to say something deep or just griping

you understand about him?"

so into Quinn," Landon

full?"

Landon chuckled. "Exactly."

talking about Alexander, his words

for a moment and suddenly asked

meant, so he didn't

time, not getting a response,

Sometimes silence was an

getting

them became more obvious, their headlights occasionally flashing past their car, the reflection in the rearview mirror hurting Abigail's eyes. They kept following persistently, with no end

navigate, the car shaking uncomfortably. They didn't know where they

forever. It might

suddenly floored it. The car shook violently,

further, Landon suddenly yanked the steering wheel and stopped the

the door. "Get

took out a gun, attached a silencer, and fired several shots at a few crooked trees by the roadside. The tree trunks,

way, which should hold

Abigail's hand and headed down

he said, pulling her

the narrower right path, but he

they'd have nowhere to hide. But

Abigail faster and faster,

running on pure

dark she could barely see. The grass was deep, and there were rocks everywhere. She stumbled several times, almost falling, but Landon caught her each time. She looked back;

so they didn't follow. If so, they might

running for a while, the mountain on the left became