A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 499

In fact, Cordy herself had been wary of Jessica.

She had been rather uneasy after the two months of peace, worried that Jessica

would strike at her out of the blue.

Patrick’s take naturally afforded her some relief-she was at least safe before Jessica

got married.

With that, Cordy didn’t drag on her conversation with Patrick. They soon hung up,

since he was a busy man.

Cordy hesitated for a moment in her office. Then, she headed to the detention center

with the four bodyguards Patrick arranged for her.

John was visibly skinnier in his prison uniform and bald haircut.

In fact, he had been losing weight every day since he was arrested.

Even if he was smiling every time she came to visit, it wasn’t that hard to tell that he

wasn’t doing well.

“Don’t look at me like that,” he said feebly. ‘I know I look hideous right now.”

He was certainly a lot less bright and glamorous than when he was the scion of the

Levines.

Cordy averted her eyes-he wasn’t hideous to her, but it

was.

issues, and it wasn’t relapsing because he

been keeping

He would suffer agonizing pain if

regret it, knowing that

grandfather’s liquidating the family’s estates,” Cordy told

to

the family estates is

our family’s legacy. When we have nothing,

“Don’t you think that’s

he said, that was a lot of assets and a remarkable legacy.

lose it just

is enough, and we’ve relished our time in the limelight.” John

indifferent.

relieved that he

wasn’t the one who built this legacy, he wasn’t hurt

liquidation.

your trial coming along?” Cordy couldn’t resist

“It’s going well,’ John said. “Just received

I have twelve

to me, John,”

beat, as she was suddenly afraid to

because she lacked

idea how confident John was, either. What if it was game

everyone?

dare,”

“I’m being serious.”