Chapter 534

Cordy could not calm down even as she imagined that outcome.

“No, she won’t,” John said confidently nonetheless. “You’re more important to Jessica and she knows that.”

Cordy’s heart skipped a beat as she stared at John fixedly.

“Look, just trust me on this, but Jessica wants you more than she wants Dicky,” John said. “She’s never been a parent and wouldn’t know how much a child matters-especially since she grew up in a detached family like the Stuarts, where even family connections were weighted in personal gain. Sentiment doesn’t exist there, and she’d be convinced that we would just have more children even if we lose Dicky and the pain of losing him would just be temporary. On the other hand. I’d be hurting for the rest of my life if I lost you! That’s why she’ll use you if he wants revenge, not Dicky.”

John spoke quickly with considerable urgency, and there was no telling if he was trying to persuade Cordy or himself.

Cordy bit her lip and forced herself to stay calm and work hard to believe John.

Once she did, she asked John, “What do we do now? Do we wait for her to contact us?”

She’s smart to know that we’ll be more emotionally distressed the more she waits, and she’ll

“Yeah.” Cordy nodded.

her, he made more calls with Cordy’s phone, barking instructions as he

on this car license

locate this phone

the

even reporting to the cops that Richard had been abducted, insisting that they be careful

everything was done, they headed

when the security footage was sent to them,

skipping to the point when the

immediately resistant when he saw Jessica, clearly refusing to follow her. Jessica simply strode forward and scooped him up even though he

noticed that something was wrong as she watched them, but Jessica told the teacher something that completely

time-even before John’s trial began-and no one was aware of what was about to happen to the Stuarts. The teacher was therefore not suspicious, since Jessica was present at the school

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