A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 65

Cordy hesitated for a moment, but she quickly followed John into his car too.

“Miss!” One of the police stopped them. “We need you to come with us to the precinct for testimony.”

“Vince, go with the police. Walter will drive you back.”

“Alright. You should go, Ms. Sachs,” Vince quickly said.

Meanwhile, Cordy and Randy helped him into his Maybach.

The car drove straight to the best private hospital in North City, with Randy riding shotgun and calling the Levines’ family doctor.

Cordy was glancing at John from time to time, who was reclining against his seat, his eyes closed and his face turning ever paler.

Where did the steel pipe hit?

Did it break bones?

Rupture organs…?

Cordy did not dare to go any further. She kept her eyes on the car’s GPS, wanting to reach the hospital right then.

Even so, it took them two hours to arrive.

doctors in white coats waiting, and nurses quickly

car.

clearly

Did it hurt?!

the doctors as they wheeled John

room.

was still assuring her just

feeling a mess of

a month since he returned from that business trip, and she had

dinner if Richard was there, but she only talked to Richard throughout while giving him the silent treatment and barely glanced

to become accustomed to

her every other day with Richard, and she presumed it was just to satisfy Richard’s reliance

sudden appearance today caught

at the locked doors of the emergency

three hours later when the doors opened again and

immediately, asking worriedly, “Doctors,

simply stood nearby,

in danger, but the muscles over his back are extensively damaged, and there’s a light fracture on a rib on the right. There is light numbness to his

weeks of bed rest. We will monitor his recovery

heaved a loud sigh of relief.

composed herself