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?"

two bamboo-like things sticking out of the sand. "Are these razor clams?" she

one out. It was stuck tight,

had already burrowed back into

alive, so they can

stick and started digging around. She saw a bunch of them but couldn't catch

were here, they'd have a blast," she

smiled. "We'll bring them next

wait until this place is ready. It's too

Alexander nodded. "For sure."

stranded shrimp, and fish she

the sunlight. For a moment, it felt like they

was just as carefree back

conch shell and waved it at Alexander, showing

and walked over. Quinn handed him the conch shell. "Look, I've never seen one this big. It's bigger than

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

over, digging around the sand. The octopus was still burrowing. He quickly grabbed one of its legs and pulled it out. Quinn wanted to help but was scared of the suction

her, "It's fine. I've

pulled a large octopus out of the

the octopus

one who wanted to

too scary. It's

head, letting the octopus

too far, or

run quite a distance. The village was shrinking in her view, and the houses

felt a reluctance to go

beach all morning, Quinn was exhausted. In the end, they didn't find much except for the conch

plopped down on a stone by the roadside. "If we lived by the sea and relied on clamming for a living, we'd probably

far

speculated, "Maybe everyone just

that so?"

of mountain villages that get abandoned because people leave. This

his explanation.

she took out two pieces of bread and

said, "I'm gonna check out some other places. You

was stunned. He still hadn't given up on exploring. She grabbed his arm. "Don't

worry, it's daytime. It's fine. Maybe I'll find a house

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

her

really going?" she

far. Do you

had already reached another house. He kicked open the door, and this house was even more terrifying. There were three coffins neatly placed in the

to see what was

no choice but to leave this house and go to another