A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 496

Suddenly, Alan said, “Take him with you.”

Cordy did a double take, thinking she had misheard.

She looked up at Alan, and saw a glimmer in his eyes-the glimmer of compromising

with what life brought.

Even if he was already seventy and confined to a wheelchair, he remained healthy

and spirited, just as he was elegant and imposing. She didn’t think that the day would

come when life had him beat, since she was convinced that even if age wore him

down, his spirit would always remain staunch.

“Dicky will live with you from now on,” Alan repeated.

“What about you?’ Cordy did not say no-because she could not.

Moreover, if Alan made that choice, he must have given it

“I’ve lived long enough, and it’s time I let go,’ he said

demanded too much, and my family had flourished as I foresaw

came out of years of autocratic leadership. Maybe I

start.”

There was no

man to say something like that, he

seemed to

business discussion, and

I was the

that accident. If only

would’ve been

tragedy could have

“Jay’s situation had nothing to do with

simply shook his head, claiming responsibility

John. If I didn’t stubbornly force him

instead, he wouldn’t have to resort to such radical efforts to have

engagement annulled.’