Eliana held back her emotions, fighting tears. 'He loves making excuses. Let's see what explanation he'll come up with now.,' she thought.

Samuel looked at her, surprised. "You remember things from before?"

"I only remember hearing what you told Chloe outside the study," said Eliana.

Samuel sighed and patiently explained, "That's because I owed Chloe something back then and had those thoughts. But later..."

Eliana continued, "Later you ...