A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 279

After Cordy left work, she headed straight to John’s apartment.

It was only after she arrived and saw the food placed on the table that she remembered that she hadn't eaten.

In fact, she had forgotten that it was now dinnertime.

Winston invited her to join them eagerly, while Dicky was also hugging her leg and saying, * Mommy! I missed you so much! Let's eat together- Winston made us a lot of good food.”

Unable to resist Dicky's enthusiasm, and because she afforded Kyle an opening to attack her because she wasn't eating well that one time, Cordy wouldn’t allow herself to repeat the same amateur mistake.

Even if Kyle was dead, John lives-and he was far more dangerous than Kyle.

As she sat at the dining table, John never once spoke to her and maintained his noble aloofness.

Cordy finally looked at the food on the table to see that almost every dish was her favorite.

She then remembered that Dicky’s tastes were just like hers; therefore this wasn't the least bit surprising.

Picking up her knife and fork, she started eating.

it obvious how happy he was

if the food was good. When she looked like she was about to put down her knife and fork, he told her seriously that she should

almost choked from

now that she had a

you, and that's enough," she said, patting

so she quickly added, "I’m full now. I'd be sick if I ate more. You're still growing, so you

grow up to be as big as

tenderly. She genuinely felt that no matter how bad things got, all was right with

after; and it was because she

his room in front of his little desk, she spent an hour teaching

if her 1600 SAT score was just an

She simply couldn't understand.

flesh and blood—was simply unable to

her knuckles to restrain herself, finally realizing that peace in the family was possible except when homework

if she was usually the best of mothers, she would turn into the stereotypical wicked stepmother when her

shaking as she kept restraining herself. She repeatedly told herself that she wasn’t upset and that

sad puppy look at her, perhaps

times. Since they dared not be harsh with him, they left in tears from sheer helplessness. One of them bawled