A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 428

The elevation of the slope made it difficult to traverse and even more so for John, who

had to carry Cordy.

However, she was really spent and could not even open her eyes as she leaned in his

arms.

She vaguely heard cars screeching to a stop and the whirring rotors of a helicopter…

Patrick’s people had probably arrived.

What perfect timing-not a moment too soon and not a moment too late.

With that, Cordy finally dozed off.

When she woke up again, she found herself in a place she did not recognize.

It was not the hospital, her apartment in North City, or John’s apartment.

She blinked, her eyelids still feeling very heavy just like her head.

She felt like she had slept for a long while to the point that she could not wake up.

spoke beside her just then, quietly and

Cordy turned toward that familiar face of his and saw that his

in cuts and bruises of every

asked, “Where am

was terribly raspy and her throat hurt

he quickly added, “Don’t worry. You’re safe

Cordy did not believe that ‘safe’ applied

strength to resist since she could

help you up,” John told her and arched his back to gently pick

several soft pillows behind her so that she could

had her wrist attached to an IV drip and the room

a makeshift medical

up with John’s help,

she nodded-her throat was so dry it

glass of water. “Wait a moment.

Cordy insisted, mustering all her strength just to raise

It felt limp and tired, and she suddenly realized that breathing

“Don’t push yourself,” John told her, holding the glass beside her lips.

you haven’t eaten anything. The IV was the

it makes sense

then-she was asleep for three

he said, his

was not fatally injured, but she simply refused