A Life Debt Repaid

Sam returned to the country six months later.

Saunderia’s foreign branch was developing smoothly, and everything was on the right track.

Still, Sam returned only to attend the celebration of Zoe’s son’s birth, not because he missed home.

Time flies-Zoe was still heavily pregnant when he left, and the baby was three months old now.

Sam headed home first without telling anyone when he came back-it was dusty since it was vacant for a while, so he had cleaners tidy up the place.

He lay on the familiar bed, alone in the house.

That night, he loved the woman he held most dear, but it was nothing more than history.

He would have worked hard to forget if he had not returned, and he had no idea if he succeeded.

when his parents spoke to him through video call from Saunders

celebration for Zoe’s baby was tomorrow, and he would probably be drinking with

a while since he did, and he wondered if he could still hold his liquor. Either way, he just needed some rest, and he would be ready for

up very

his parents’ before he knew it-he never

at the right time-neither too late nor too early, going with

thinking it was fashionable, only to find that childish

even

and Zoe greeting

both

to them, and they were both

for a while before exclaiming exaggeratedly, “You

on Facebook, sending