A Life Debt Repaid

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.

asleep,

a weight pressing on

irritated right then.

Already annoyed, she turned around rather abruptly,

she saw the beaming

greeted her with his sweet tiny voice,

body up to her, his hands around her

Feeling his tender little body, Cordy’s heart

you miss me, Mommy? I missed you so

her neck. “Jessica insisted that I come to Rocktown, but

couldn’t wait to see you when daddy

you here?

released Cordy’s neck and

but Daddy suddenly told me that

so I don’t feel sleepy anymore. Did I wake

Mommy?”

Cordy smiled faintly, and caressed her son’s

else, she asked,

“It’s just a little sprain, and it didn’t hurt the

went

it really was a minor injury. Jessica had

just then. “Can I sleep with you? I’m

“Okay,” Cordy said quickly. ’I’ll help you out

I

That was slick!

Nonetheless, they soon nestled together in the blanket, with Dicky leaning into