A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1121

Cordy coolly replied, "There are some things to attend to."

She was wondering just then if she should ask Sean to send Richard home, worried that her son would be uncomfortable being alone at the capital.

Still, she soon remembered that she would be going back once she settled matters in North City anyway.She was relieved, since she did not want Richard to keep running back and forth.

"Should I get Dicky—"

"No."

Cordy cut John short before he could finish.

John pursed his lips in turn—he could actually feel how distant she was toward him.

Still, he stayed silent and reclined against his huge, comfortable seat with his back toward her, staying away from her and pretending to sleep.

him and calmly read

flight was a quiet one, and John kept sleeping without moving an inch or responding when the

thought he really was sound asleep then, if it was not for the

of shock shattered the quietness within an instant, and everyone was afraid, especially with the recently increasing numbers of aviation

been calm at first, but the woman sitting nearby was shrieking hysterically through tears, "No, I don't

her, saying, "It's going to be alright, miss.The plane is just

the aircraft lurched violently again, sending

It lasted for seconds, and even

turned pale in an instant, her heart pounding violently as

were to happen to

again,

"Nol!!!"

clenched on the hand of

would be lying if

death—he had experienced the same fear too many times to