Love Unspoken

Alexander looked as if he'd been through the wringer. Quinn never thought she'd see him looking so beat up.

"Quinn, no." His voice was all raspy, barely a whisper, like he was begging.

Quinn's eyes flickered. She couldn't tell if it was her wounds or her heart that hurt more, bitterness washing over her.

She swallowed and said weakly, "Alexander, I'm done. So done. Can you just let me go?"

Alexander's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at her.

They just stood there, staring at each other, time dragging on.

Finally, after what felt like forever, Alexander croaked out, "Okay, I'll let you go. Once you're better, you can go wherever you want, alright?"

Tears slipped down Quinn's cheeks. She wanted to laugh but it came out all bitter.

She asked, "Where can I go? Alexander, where do you think I can go? I don't even have a home anymore. Where do you want me to go with all this pain?"

Alexander squeezed her hand tight, his head hanging low. He couldn't say anything, just kept holding her fingers.

After what seemed like an eternity, he finally managed, "What do I need to do to make you want to live?"

He wasn't even asking for forgiveness. He was just begging her to stay alive.

In his thirty years, this was the first time he had ever begged anyone. He was begging her to stay alive.

Quinn shook her head slightly. "Can you even understand how I feel right now?"

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She really couldn't go on living.

As long as she was alive, she'd be haunted by endless guilt and regret. She'd caused the death of her last family member, Walter, who died seeking revenge for the Mellon family. She'd caused his death. What was even worse was that she couldn't bring herself to kill Alexander.

Apart from death, she couldn't find any other way to make up for her sins.

"Quinn," Alexander called out.

Quinn pulled her hand away and looked at the gloomy sky outside. "Alexander, if only you hadn't been so good to me when we were kids, how great that would've been. At least now, we wouldn't be in so much pain."

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Alexander closed his eyes, held his forehead, and took a deep breath. He threatened, "Do you really want to push me?"

Hearing his threat, Quinn felt nothing.

She shot back, "What's the point of all this? Will Lucas come back to life? Will our two kids come back to life?"

"Kids," Alexander repeated, his emotions all over the place.

Quinn continued, "Two kids. You ignored them, pretended you didn't know even when you did. So why can't you keep pretending this time?"

"Quinn, it's not that I didn't care. I was scared." Alexander looked up at her, his eyes sincere. "By the time I figured it out, it was too late. I was scared to ask because I didn't know what to do."

He had thought of a million excuses, but in the end, he could only say, "I deserve to die."

He suddenly grabbed Quinn's hand. "I'll die, and you live well, okay?"