A Life Debt Repaid novel Chapter 469

It was midnight, and there were still no signs of Jay. Zoe didn't bother waiting for him any longer.

In fact, his non-appearance spoke for itself.

Despite that, she still sent a message to him to ask, [Are you coming back?]

There was no reply to it.

The following morning, Zoe called Clara. After moving into the house Bob had given them, Clara no longer resided there but went on to work. Perhaps she knew that Zoe didn't like seeing her and left.

The two had not kept in touch after she left either.

Zoe hadn't wanted to get too involved with Clara, and Clara was probably too embarrassed to meet her.

This was the first time Zoe had initiated a phone call to Clara. She could hear the tremble in Clara's voice as she answered, "...Zoe?"

The uncertainty in Clara's voice was as clear as day.

"Yeah. I'm just letting you know that I'm leaving North City," Zoe said calmly.

Zoe didn't know exactly why she was letting Clara know about her decision. Maybe because she was the only family Zoe had left in the world.

Clara was a little surprised, but she anxiously asked, "What's wrong? Has something happened? Did something happen between you and Bob?"

"Bob and I have broken up."

"What? What happened?"

"That's none of your concern," Zoe said coldly.

Silence suddenly fell on the other end, and Zoe pursed her lips. She could feel that Clara was hurt but couldn't bring herself to be genuinely nice to the woman on the other end. Zoe couldn't even muster the energy to be courteous with her.

"Jeffrey is now in mandatory drug rehabilitation. If nothing goes wrong, he'll be out in three years," Zoe added coldly.

Jeffrey Crawford was Clara's husband. After Bob had Zoe move out, he also sent people to arrest Jeffrey, eliminating any trouble for them. But drug rehab was usually three to five years. With good behavior, it was still possible that one would be released early.

"I won't have any objections if you want to continue staying in North City, but if you want to leave, give me your ID information, and I'll buy a ticket for you."

"I'll go with you," Clara hastily said without hesitation.

Zoe took a deep breath. Looking down at her phone, she prepared to send a message to Cordy and Quinn.

Her fingers hovered over the buttons, but then she gave up. She would wait until she had settled down somewhere before she messaged them.

Right now, she was determined to leave North City and didn't want to falter.

There really was nothing left in this place that was worth her time,

The only thing that was probably the fact that she still owed Bob. But leaving was the best thing she could do for him.

Time would heal everything.

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At Rocktown, John and Cordy were having breakfast together.

These days, John would also go out. It wasn't often, and he wouldn't stay out for long. Also, every time he returned, the first thing he would do was changed clothes so that the smell from outside would not linger on him.