A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 1388

Nonetheless, Quinn continued loudly, "That's not all either—right after we left the hospital, neither Sam nor myself took a break. We headed straight to the office to resume work. Yes, Sam is working very hard now.'

Marvin and Lindsay were left obviously stunned. In fact, even if Lindsay had caught on that they had been prejudiced against Sam, she was still surprised and delighted to see him changing dramatically. "Is that true, Sam?"

Sam said nothing—he was always stubborn whenever his temper flared, but they were used to taking his refusal to respond as the obvious truth.

"That's great, Sam! I'm so happy," Lindsay quickly said. "I've been worried that Saunderia would be neglected, but I'm relieved with you around now."

"Oh look, he's learning," Marvin said sternly, but he was clearly acknowledging Sam too.

And the sight of his parents' change of attitude toward Sam left Ryan fuming—he was the only son who ever got praised, and Sam never got to steal the spotlight from him before!

"Obviously, it's nice to see him mend his ways," Ryan said darkly. "Let's just hope it's not just a fluke."

"Don't worry," Sam retorted. "I promised to take the reins, and I'll see it through."

"And I'll be watching," Ryan said sardonically. "Also, working and doing well are two separate things. You should be succeeding if you're taking the reins."