Love Unspoken

Quinn's eyes lit up as he stared at the distant black ship. "Is that Maddox and the others?"

Alexander squinted, but it was too far to see clearly. He could only tell it was a ship.

Kyle heard the conversation and quickly ran over, exclaiming, "Does it feel like they're here? How dare they sail in this weather!" Quinn turned to look at him. "Are you sure that's Maddox?"

Kyle replied, "Isn't it coming in our direction? Who else could it be? Mrs. Kennedy, should we get ready to board?"

Quinn hesitated. "Let's wait until they disembark."

'Just because they arrived safely in this weather doesn't mean they can return safely right away,' Quinn thought.

It took almost forty minutes for the ship to get close, and Quinn's legs were weak by then.

Seeing people disembark, she immediately ran down the path to the beach.

As expected, it was Maddox and the others, with Sean among them. They were happy to see Quinn, and Maddox strode over to her. "Quinn!"

Quinn's face was filled with joy and worry. "Why did you come now? It could rain heavily at any moment."

Maddox replied, "No worries. We checked; it won't rain for the next eight hours, so we set off early. We made it safely. Did you bring Sprout and Brandy?" Quinn replied, "Yes, they're inside."

Maddox grinned. "I'll go see them! It's been so long; I wonder how Sprout has grown."

He quickly walked past Quinn towards the village.

Quinn smirked. Why did it feel like he was more interested in Sprout and Brandy than in her?

walked over and said, "Mrs. Kennedy, he heard you brought Sprout and Brandy.

he came just to see

something so considerate, but given Maddox's eager back, his words didn't seem very credible. "Forget it,

already holding the two children, one in each arm. Sprout stared at him curiously with big eyes, while Brandy looked timid and a bit scared. Maddox nodded

shook her head and said

when he couldn't, he

didn't notice until Sprout had a

glared at

to get the tone and grabbed his

quickly

Maddox trying to pry Sprout's hands off his

believe I'll hit you?"Sprout mumbled something,

asked, "What's he

a bad

anything to Sprout. He was so small that Maddox

Sprout's hands off with a bit of force, but their familial bond stopped him. Maddox,

earlier excitement at seeing Sprout, Maddox now looked as annoyed as he

you and is playing

to be torn off! Get him off,

knew Maddox had a bad temper and quickly put Brandy down to help. She patted Sprout's hand. "Sprout, let go. This is your

and glared at Maddox, showing

troublesome enough, but he and Maddox were even worse. Sprout feared Alexander but not Maddox, so he was even more unruly

Sprout's hands off Maddox's hair. Maddox,

"This kid is so arrogant at this age. What will he be