Love Unspoken

Ordinarily insignificant, that phrase unsettled Quinn each time it echoed in her mind.

Alexander had intended to take Quinn home, but halfway there, he received another call-this time from Wayne. Instead, he ended up taking her to the outskirts.

Police tape barricaded the area, with onlookers craning their necks for a glimpse. Police car lights flashed as people murmured among themselves."Someone died. There was a fire on the hill, and they got burned. Such a pity.""Does anyone live up there?""Not sure, but someone might. That's why the hills are dangerous; it's too easy for a fire to start."Quinn's heart skipped a beat as she turned to Alexander.

They remained in their car, unable to pass through the crowd for a closer look, only able to see lights moving down from the hillside.Alexander lit up a cigarette and settled into the driver's seat of his car to smoke.

Not long after, Wayne called him. "Where are you?""At the scene."Wayne hung up. Within minutes, he materialized from somewhere and pulled open the car door to hop in.

Quinn furrowed his brows, pondering. Both Wayne and Alexander were at the scene, could it be that they knew the victim?"Let's head back."Obedient, Alexander shifted the car into reverse and pulled out.

Silence filled the car until they hit the road when Wayne's voice came from the backseat. "Valerie's dead, and her two kids too.""Oh? Is that confirmed?"Wayne pinched the bridge of his nose. "Not yet. We're waiting on the identification, but I saw the bodies.

They look like her, and her purse... found it on the side of the road with her ID inside.""That's a shame."

Alexander's tone was distant, devoid of emotion.Wayne bristled at his response. "Your sister's dead. What kind of attitude is that?"

Alexander chuckled lightly. "Isn't it unconfirmed? Are you so eager for her demise?""You..."

Wayne was at a loss for words.But the phone call he had received from Valerie that morning troubled him; it had a tinge of foreboding that this might relate to the contract. Now that he'd just finalized that contract and this news broke, fingers might point at him, suspiciously.

With Valerie gone, her shares would fall to him. How could he explain that without sounding guilty?

Wayne heaved a melancholic sigh, casting a side glance at Alexander, and for some reason, he felt a chill down his spine."Alexander, do you truly know nothing about this?"Alexander drove in calm silence, responding casually, "Why should I know anything?""You're not..."

Wayne caught himself mid-sentence. The business with the board, the expulsion-only two people knew, and Alexander wasn't one of them. There was no motive for Alexander to target him.Could it be...