Chapter 1320
A Life Debt Repaid
Everyone was waiting quietly in the hallway, and Sam was amongst them.
Around two or three hours later, the doors to the operating room opened, and the surgeon stepped outside.
Everyone surrounded him right then. âHow is he, doctor?â
âDonât worry-heâs not in danger.â
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
Quinn did so too, although her eyes were on Sam.
âHow are his legs? He was squeezed beneath the dashboard when he crashed,â Sam asked calmly then.
âHe was brought in just in timeâany later and he would need amputation,â the doctor said generously.
âBut thanks to the timely intervention, heâll make a full recovery without any issues. It would take a while since it is a serious fracture, though.â
âGood. Heâs a racer, after all,â someone suddenly said.
Sam nodded silently, relieved just then.
Just as the patient was wheeled out of the operating room, hurried footsteps and cries could be heard from the other end of the hallway. âWhat happened to my son? How is he?â
It was the racerâs parents-Quinn could see from afar that they were wobbling and were tearing up even as they hurried to their son.
They were on the verge of a breakdown when they saw their son covered in bandages, with the racerâs mother almost fainting.
âHeâs fine, maâam,â one of the racers assured her. âHeâs not in danger, and the doctor said he was brought in just in time. Heâll make a full recovery, although it would take him a while since the fracture was quite serious.â
The parents started to cry tears of joy-if something really bad happened to their son, they would definitely be overwhelmed.
Lunging at their sonâs stretcher, they shouted his name in agitation while following the medical staff toward the patient wards.
The others started to file out of the hospital, with a couple who were close with the racer staying with his parents.
Quinn followed Sam toward the hospital entrance, while Bob sighed nearby. âWell, that was excitingâ¦â
âSam Saunders?â
Someone was suddenly calling out to Sam, and they turned to see the racerâs mother.
She hurried to Sam, catching his sleeve excitedly as she cried, âThank you⦠I heard you did everything to save my son, or he wouldâve been-â
âItâs just what I should do, maâam,â Sam assured her. âHeâs fine now, and thatâs all that matters.â
âOh, I really donât know what to say⦠but thank you. Not only did you save my son, but you also saved our family⦠I donât know if my husband and I can live without our boy⦠Thank youâ¦â
Sam talked to her for a while as she thanked him repeatedly for a long while, even bowing to him before she left.
Watching her go, Bob could not help saying, âYou really saved a family there, brother. It suddenly feels like youâre noble.â
Sam was speechless.
As they returned to their car, Bob and Sam continued chatting incessantly again, while Quinn stayed with them, silent as a stone.
They soon returned to their rooms at the hotel, with Quinn still staying in the same one as Sam.
As for Sam, the first thing he did once he got back to the hotel was to order room service-it had been a long day, and they had not eaten even though it was already past 8 PM.
After he made the order, he started toward the bathroomâ¦
âSam,â Quinn suddenly called out to him.
Sam paused, pursing his lips.
Still, he turned toward her and found her eyes welling with tears againâ¦
It seemed to have been happening the whole day, too- whether he was racing, saving that driver, or being thanked.
Anyone who did not know better would think that she was emotional, but Sam knew that she was angry, with him always deciding on everything on his own!