A Life Debt Repaid

Marvin and Lindsay could not hear what Ryan and Sam were saying, but Lindsay could not bear seeing Ryan getting agitated.

She promptly started toward the door, intent on stopping Sam, but Marvin stopped her.

She glared at him in turn. “Let me go!”

“We decided to let Sam deal with this, so we should trust him,” Marvin said coolly. “Sam is right-Ryan should learn to accept reality.”

Lindsay’s eyes were red and swollen-she had been crying for days.

Still, she eventually gritted her teeth and held her tongue.

In the ICU, Ryan remained agitated as he glared at Sam. “I want to see Quinn! If you refuse, I’ll refuse medication and-’

“You are no man,” Sam growled viciously then. Who do you think you’re threatening here aside from your own family, and why is that? It’s because everyone cares! And you don’t care how anyone feels-do you even know how hurt our parents are because of you? Mom’s been crying for days and her eyes are red and swollen! You know how vain she gets, but she doesn’t care about that at all now. And what about Dad? Have you ever seen him cry?!”

snapped,

you! Everyone’s feeling hurt-are you only satisfied when that prolongs and hurts them physically? Mom and I had a fight yesterday, and that

doing is out of your selfish intent to claim her, or am I

here!” Ryan screamed, his embarrassment turning into

started flailing around to get up, but he could

Sam remained unaffected. “It would’ve been so much

“Shut up!”

Sam said icily. “Do you know how much I hate you? Our parents only ever cared about you, as if I’d never measure up to you-everything is always my

that?! You! You’re

anyone. I just think that it’d be so much better if I never

weak and stupid!” Ryan

You’re less

“Shut up!”