A Life Debt Repaid

Sam lay in bed, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.

He somehow dozed off earlier as he merely stayed there, but now that he was in bed, he was wide awake.

He waited for Quinn, but she was not coming even after a long while.

As such, he quietly got out of bed and peeked through the door slit to find her still watching TV with a serious look.

He tiptoed back to bed, inwardly relieved.

He was not impatient—he was just worried Quinn would not return to his room.

Still, he tiptoed back and forth for a while to peek at Quinn, until he finally saw her turn off the TV.

Startled, he scrambled back to his bed to pretend to sleep.

Quinn returned to her room to wash up before heading into Sam’s room.

her movement quiet seeing that he was asleep, pulling up the blanket

him but could not

stiffened, getting nervous as he

breath, feeling her soft, warm body pressing against

a split second, he really felt that it was worth staying

both busy, with Sam at work and Quinn helping Lindsay prepare

to spend together, and Quinn certainly

him much. Occasionally, he would return tiptoeing late into the night, gently pulling herself into his arms to

gone by the next morning, which left Quinn

from her, especially since

fact, on that very night, she waited for him to come home, hinting that she was ready when he

he muttered at the time. “I need to

did not press the issue since he was

made the same excuse

bed since she was not the type who could idle. And with Marvin’s birthday banquet ready, she