A Life Debt Repaid

Quinn nodded, knowing that it was most important to take care of Marvin and Lindsay’s health at the moment. With both of them being old, and Marvin recently suffering health issues himself, anything that happened to him now might turn out to be terrible.

“Let’s go to the hotel for now. Sam will stay here to keep an eye on Ryan,” Quinn quickly reasoned.

Lindsay eventually agreed to it thanks to Marvin’s insistence, though she told Sam again to immediately inform them if anything happened.

“Don’t worry, Mom.” Sam nodded. “Come-I’ll walk you to the entrance.”

Sam watched as Marvin and Linsday got in, and then at Quinn, who was riding shotgun.

A million things crossed his mind, but he ultimately buried it and stayed quiet.

Quinn turned to look at Sam as well. There was a sense of an attachment in their gaze, but it ultimately went unsaid.

Sam hence watched as the car sped into the distance, its tail lights disappearing before he returned to the hospital.

He sat in the hallway outside the ICU, finally having the time and mood to check his phone.

had countless missed calls

tapping on the group chats with John and Cordy

was asking basically the same

John: [What happened?]

what is it? Why was Mr. Saunders’ birthday

killing us, not

Cordy: [What happened, Sam?]

world happened?! You should look at

Zoe: [Hey! Say something?!]

are we

[Probably not, with the birthday party

so frustrating—even Quinn isn’t answering calls! What the hell

Zoe: [You’re killing me!]

busy if both of them can’t answer. They’ll tell us once all of this is

[Fine, I’ll calm

at the messages, his fingers hovering over the