A Life Debt Repaid

Lindsay’s face fell, fueling the imagination of the journalists, who had been watching them all so closely.

“What happened, Mrs. Saunders? Is it something serious?!” one of them promptly asked, keen for it to be some incredible headline.

Their reaction prompted the rest of the Saunders to turn toward Lindsay, and they realized something was wrong as well.

“What’s wrong, dear?” Marvin promptly asked, but Lindsay’s eyes were red with tears and she could not say a word.

“What’s wrong? You’re scaring me,” Marvin repeated, starting to get nervous as well.

Sam was staring straight at Lindsay as well. “What is it, Mom?”

Lindsay’s lips were trembling, but she still could not say a word as her tears kept rolling down her cheeks.

narrowed, just as he noticed that her phone

it and read the text,

What does the message say?” the journalists

ignored them and got to

you going, Mr.

from their seats intent on following Sam but were stopped by

Sam’s reaction that it was something serious. Gritting her teeth, she followed him to the hallway outside, where

could make him react like that—it was as

Saunderia was facing a crisis. He was even calm

while that Sam finally lowered his phone and turned toward Quinn, who