A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 115

Cordy continued then, saying, “I couldn’t protect myself when I was a child, but that’s not the case now that I’m older.”

She was assuring John that she could protect herself even though she had no idea why she had to.

Still, she probably thought that he was genuinely worried about her, and there were just a handful of people in this world who were.

“Does it hurt?” John suddenly asked, studying her cheek that was still slightly swollen.

How much strength did Plum put behind that slap to cause so much swelling?

Cordy appeared taken aback, but she soon shook her head.

It really did not hurt… because this amounted to nothing compared to the things she experienced as a child.

And while her heart used to hurt because of that, she now understood that the Sachs did not deserve her tears–not a single drop.

John pursed his lips, and the air around him suddenly seemed to turn chilly.

but Cordy was not afraid because she knew

an apple,” she suddenly said, trying to divert his attention just

blinked at her, she added, “The apple you peeled before

little, and he turned toward the plate of fruits on the coffee table. Picking up the apple and fruit knife that was there as

while his hands

turned away.

present–after going through so much, she did not dare to take

would rather miss out completely, no

peeling and slicing the apple,

said as she took it, and

liked fruits before, but now genuinely found that apples tasted good–crisp, sweet, and pleasant to

good?” John

“Yeah.”

have a

up her fork, which was ready with another slice she was going

to own up