"Okay," Sam cried, on the defensive now, "For one, I'm not quite alright. I wasn't going to say 'Nah, I'm an emotional wreck!' And for two," he stressed, glaring at her, "Kristy said that you were in the hospital, and ..." he faltered, finally realizing what Kristy had been up to. No wonder she'd avoided his question of why Stacey was in the hospital - because it was all lies.
Damn, I'm going to kill her.
"...And I guess there was no hospital stay," Sam finished, deflated now. Not that he wasn't happy that there hadn't been - of course he was - but now he felt like a fool, storming in like an idiot.