A Life Debt Repaid novel Chapter 473

"Just calm down for now," John said, trying to assure Cordy. "Jessica won't do anything to Dicky."

"You trust her so much, huh?!" Cordy shot back, angry.

"Not at the moment, no," John said, his every word determined.

"She let Dicky get hurt!"

"Children get themselves hurt all the time. It's normal."

Cordy's fingers clenched on his phone, her rage hardly repressible.

"Don't go anywhere without me around," John said calmly. "Jessica won’t hurt Dicky, but she will hurt you."

Cordy hung up right there and then—she never could calm down when Dicky was concerned.

Even so, she had no way to fight back against John.

-

John returned in two days, just as he promised.

Cordy was a light sleeper. She heard the noise outside, but didn’t get out of bed. In fact, she simply tossed around and kept sleeping despite hearing the door being sneakily opened.

She pretended to stay asleep, reluctant to entertain the interloper.

That was when she felt a weight pressing on the bed beside her, and she became irritated right then.

Already annoyed, she turned around rather abruptly, but paused immediately when she saw the beaming little face.

"Mommy!" Dicky greeted her with his sweet tiny voice, and promptly threw his little body up to her, his hands around her neck.

Feeling his tender little body, Cordy's heart turned soft.

"Did you miss me, Mommy? I missed you so much!" Dicky complained as he wrapped his little arms around her neck. "Jessica insisted that I come to Rocktown, but I didn't want to… But I couldn't wait to see you when daddy told me you're here!"

"Your daddy brought you here? At this hour?"