Love Unspoken

Chapter 1609

Quinn quickly put a stop to their goofing around. "Alright, cut it out. We've got serious stuff to talk about." Sean shot Kyle a dirty look, snorted, and plopped back into his seat.

Maddox, cradling Sprout, turned to Quinn. "Quinn, why don't you come up with a name?"

"Me?" Quinn shook her head repeatedly. "I got nothing."

"Just throw something out there. It's just a name, no big deal," Maddox pressed.

Quinn hesitated, then looked over at Alexander. "How about you give it a shot?"

Alexander looked a bit surprised.

Everyone's eyes were on him. Maddox urged, "Stop being so humble. Just spit it out. I wanna take Sprout to play." After a quick think, Alexander said, "Wind Island."

Maddox whistled. "Man, you can tell when someone's got class. Sounds so artsy. Any special meaning behind it?"

"Nah, it's just windy," Alexander shrugged.

"Mr. Kennedy, you're something else. Wind Island sounds great and it's easy to remember!" The others chimed in

to the compliments,

said, "Alright, if no one's got any objections, Wind Island it

Tomorrow we'll put up a stone tablet at the entrance,"

he dismissed everyone and took Sprout to keep

fireworks were stashed.

Christmas Eve, everyone hauled the fireworks to the beach. Quinn and Alexander joined

black all around, except

quietly watching the folks setting

suddenly asked, "Where are Sprout and

"Over there," Alexander pointed.

gaze, Quinn spotted Maddox

showing them how to cover their ears. Seeing him do

cover your ears, do it

Brandy nodded seriously.

was moving, saying something. Maddox had gotten pretty good at understanding him by now. Maddox couldn't help but smile and pinched his cheek. "You'll know what to do soon

Quinn had

I thought you two were off finding a cozy spot," Maddox