A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 678

Lucas frowned, feeling a sharp sting ever so slightly.

He looked up at Dicky, and saw the boy blushing. Dicky quickly got out of his seat with the excuse that he was full.

Cordy noted her son's odd behavior. Since she wasn't watching when Dicky touched Lucas's head, she didn't know what exactly he did.

She watched as he suddenly left, thinking that he probably got embarrassed —he never acted like that before.

Still, they were fortunate that they weren't seated at the main table, where the elders were. Rules weren't that strictly enforced on the other tables.

On the other hand, Nana watched as Dicky left. She turned to ask Lucas softly, "You really like Dicky, don't you?"

"Why'd you say that?" Lucas asked in return, putting a shrimp on her plate.

He had been doting on her like that since the food arrived. The others on the table had teased her a few times, leaving her blushing.

"Well, you're really nice to him," Nana said.

"Aren't I nice to you?"

Nana shook her

"He's a kid."

"You like kids?"

"They're alright."

can give you

eat your greens.

Nana flushed

badly to tell them to keep it down-that she

wasn't about to meddle that

a hurry

she had small talk with Jesse over tea, and

then, but Cordy didn't go out of her way to find him-it was just that she found

Lucas, but he probably left because something came up, given his

took a slice of

and she was thinking about bringing him dessert after

as she was about

"Cordy."

voice called out

tracks, since she

stared at the