A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 540

Cordy quietly shook her head and held on tightly to John’s hand as she led him out of the dilapidated warehouse.

They returned to the car and sat together in silence.

When he turned toward her, he saw that her whole body was still shaking, just as she had when she hugged him in the warehouse.

He had no idea if she was shaking because his savagery scared her or if she was still worried about Richard.

“Jessica did this on purpose,” he said, attempting to break the deathly silence.

Cordy looked up at him and nodded.

When she could not find Richard in the warehouse, she knew Jessica had tricked them.

Jessica was never stupid, and having followed John around for years, she would more or less know how he operated.

done today was a purposeful

the footage again when we get back, see if we

Cordy nodded quietly.

they returned

hurried to them when they saw them return, but they did not ask questions since they could tell from their looks that it had been a fruitless

the footage with every bit of attention she had, trying

and trying to judge where Jessica went with

not to give up-Jessica would not be familiar with North City’s traffic layout, let alone pinpoint security blind spots. There was no way she could stay in those blind

John’s quiet voice spoke beside her

his eyes were bloodshot-he definitely did not sleep well in the detention

already midnight, but she could not bring herself to tell him

eat something,” John said, passing her

feeling an appetite,’

the

nonetheless. “There’s no telling how long this would take, and