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.

made it obvious how happy he was to have

good. When she looked like she was about to put down her knife and fork, he told her seriously that she should take care of her body so that

almost choked from the child's unrestrained

less so now that she had a

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

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

nodded obediently. Then, he added seriously, "I’ll grow up to be as big as daddy and protect

She genuinely felt that no matter how bad things got, all was right with the world as long

it was because she

front of his little desk, she spent an hour teaching him the proper

was actually skeptical if her 1600 SAT score

She simply couldn't understand.

baby—her own flesh and blood—was simply unable to

in the family was possible except when homework came

of mothers, she would turn into the stereotypical

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

I stupid, Mommy?" Dicky leveled a sad puppy look at her, perhaps

had before had tried countless times. Since they dared not be harsh with him, they left in tears