Love Unspoken

Chapter 1580

Quinn was totally confused. "Wait, Kyle and the others haven't found this place yet?"

Alexander shook his head. "Nah, they're way out at sea. It's gonna take them a while to get here."

He went on, "Plus, we're thinking of turning this place into a supply station. Otherwise, they might end up starving out there."

Quinn raised an eyebrow. "That sounds like a huge job."

Alexander nodded. "Exactly. That's why we waited until things calmed down before bringing you here. But hey, we can start by clearing the weeds since we've got nothing better to do."

Quinn looked at him like he was crazy. "Are you serious?"

Alexander laughed. "Isn't it kinda funny?"

Quinn forced a smile. Nope, not funny at all. This place was massive, and there were weeds everywhere. How long would it take for just the two of them to clear it all?

After they ate, Alexander got up and headed outside.

Quinn didn't want to stay inside alone, so she quickly followed him. Even in daylight, the place gave her the creeps.

She caught up to him and grabbed his arm. "Are you sure we can develop this place?"

Alexander nodded. "Yeah, I think so. This place isn't even in the country. Look at those mountains behind us; the only way in is by helicopter. Judging by the buildings, it's been abandoned for at least fifty years. No one remembers it."

He glanced back at the endless mountains and then at the vast ocean ahead. "Even though the tide comes in every night, these houses haven't been flooded. It's a good spot."

The tide had gone out, revealing a big stretch of beach. The ocean seemed far away now.

Alexander suddenly asked, "Ever gone clamming?"

Quinn shook her head. "Nope."

Alexander looked around but couldn't find any tools. He picked up a random stick and led her to the beach.

Quinn asked, "What are we doing?"

Alexander grinned. "Clamming."

Quinn gave him a skeptical look. Alexander seemed like he was on vacation, but this place was anything but a vacation spot.

Quinn had never tried clamming before. She kicked off her shoes and followed Alexander onto the beach. After the tide had receded, there were all sorts of things on the sand. She bent down and picked up an orange starfish. Quinn smiled. "This is pretty. I can take it back as a decoration."

Alexander added, "There should be clams and razor clams around here."

Quinn squatted down and used a stick to dig around. She found some clams but no razor clams.

Quinn asked, "What do razor clams even look like?"

saw two bamboo-like things sticking out

stuck tight, and after a long struggle,

already burrowed back into the sand. Quinn was surprised. "They can

alive, so they

grabbed a stick and started digging around. She saw a

were here, they'd have

"We'll bring them

but let's wait until this

Alexander nodded. "For sure."

saw crabs, some stranded shrimp, and fish she didn't recognize. She hadn't had this much fun in ages. Soon,

sunlight. For a moment,

just as carefree

picked up a large conch shell and waved it at Alexander, showing off

him the conch shell. "Look, I've never seen one this big.

spotted a small puddle and exclaimed, "Is that an octopus? I just saw it burrow in!" She was both

went over, digging around the sand. The octopus was still burrowing. He quickly grabbed one of its legs and pulled it

her, "It's fine. I've almost got

he pulled a large

it on the beach, and the octopus

"Weren't you the one who wanted to catch it? Why are you

too scary. It's

and shook his head, letting the octopus burrow back

run too

run quite a

suddenly felt a reluctance

exhausted. In the end, they didn't find much except for the conch shell

by the roadside. "If we lived by the sea and relied on clamming for a living, we'd probably starve." Alexander chuckled. "With

suddenly said, "When I was far away, these houses

speculated, "Maybe

that so?" Quinn

lots of mountain villages that get abandoned because people leave. This place is

his

took out two pieces of bread and took a

check out some

hadn't given up on exploring.

her, "Don't worry, it's daytime. It's fine. Maybe I'll find a

hesitated. The coffins in the room last night had kept her from sleeping, so she also wanted to find a house without coffins. But even if they found one, it

put down her bread and hurried after

you really going?"

far.

house was even more terrifying. There were three coffins neatly placed in the hall, scaring Quinn into hugging him. "Don't go in. Let's move on," she urged, pulling Alexander to prevent his curiosity from

see what was inside those coffins, but Quinn wouldn't

choice but to leave this house and go