A Life Debt Repaid

Quinn then said, “Ryan was rushed to the ER again. You’re worried your parents would be overwhelmed, so you’d rather take a scolding so they can vent rather than tell them the truth.”

“I’m not that noble. I just didn’t want to talk,” Sam said darkly.

“No way that’s true,” Quinn said, reading his mind.

He was never a good liar anyway, and he had a million different tells whenever he did lie.

“You’re really kind, Sam,” Quinn said earnestly-even more than Ryan.

It was true that Ryan was the pride of the Saunders family ever since a child. Though he respected his parents, he only ever took from the family and never gave anything.

On the other hand, Sam was often neglected by the family. Though he was mischievous and incorrigible, he would be there for the family when anything happened.

Getting embarrassed by Quinn’s words, Sam was blushing up to his ears. “I’m going to sleep.”

he

the bathroom and felt

be hurting a lot if he still believed

at Ryan ever since they were

or perhaps

had never said anything

left Quinn hurting

was still

their rest, and Quinn decided that she would definitely make things up to Sam

lay down in

would see Ryan in his mind, bruised and

felt the warmth of

too, since there was plenty on my mind. That’s no

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