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.

with her. "People

you mean?"

they look for something more meaningful. Now, I understand Alexander," Landon

understand about

so into Quinn," Landon

full?"

Landon chuckled. "Exactly."

moment. Even though they were talking about Alexander, his words made her feel a

a moment and suddenly

got what she meant, so he didn't speak and

a long time, not getting a

wasn't disappointed. Sometimes silence was

getting

the reflection in the rearview mirror hurting Abigail's eyes. They kept following persistently, with no end in

unfamiliar and harder to navigate, the car shaking uncomfortably. They didn't

was right on the border between Amber Bay and the neighboring area, stretching on forever. It might take three days and nights to get through.

rearview mirror and suddenly floored it. The car shook violently, making Abigail feel like she was on a really

suddenly yanked the steering wheel and stopped the car at a fork

the

trees by the roadside. The tree trunks, as

the way, which should hold them

and headed down the left

said, pulling her

path was wider. Normally, you'd run down the narrower right path,

nowhere to hide. But if they picked wrong, they'd be

pulled Abigail faster

running on

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

maybe they went the other way, so they

the mountain on the left became slightly