A Life Debt Repaid

John sounded even more perplexed. “What about her?”

“You’re going to propose, right?” Cordy asked, doing her best to stay calm.

“Oh…” John chuckled. “Dicky told you, huh?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, I was just planning that, since I’m not exactly young,” John admitted. “I’ve asked Dicky, and he agreed that Wendy suits me, so I plan to go through with it.”

Somehow, those words stung Cordy’s ears.

“You really love her, don’t you?” she asked.

“What?” John asked a little shrilly, probably shocked that Cordy would ask something like that.

Nonetheless, Cordy repeated herself slowly and clearly, “You really love Wendy, don’t you?”

she’s a good fit for me,” John explained calmly. “At my age, I just want

the person for that,”

confused.

Cordy said, no longer intending to hide it. “The other is that she

“Misbehaves?”

Cordy

“How so?”

last night at

“Is that so?”

Cordy said. “She was with

did not go into detail, but she knew John would get

simply said, “Well, she gets playful from time to time. And she’s young—it’s normal for her to frequent such

John? I’m saying that she was hooking up with another

right then. “She’s really sociable, and she already told me before that she enjoys going drinking with her friends. It’s normal for her to get lively

you to recognize reality, John?” Cordy snapped, earnestly frustrated just then. “Don’t you remember that she told you yesterday that she