A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 785

Cora was surprised by the question posed by her mother to her uncle.

What relationship was she talking about?

It didn't sound like Nancy was referring to their past familial bond...

Cora did a double take at the thought.

No way! Was Jay in love with Zoe?!

"That's my personal life. You need not meddle," Jay retorted coolly.

"I'm your sister, Jay!" Nancy was livid. "Everyone else in the family is gone, and there's just a few of us left. If we don't stick with each other, we’ll scatter."

"Sticking together isn't dependent on meddling with each other's lives. Caring is plenty enough."

I'm prying?" Nancy growled. "Do you think I'd care about you if my father didn't tell me to take care of you before he died? You know how upstanding I am, and how hard it was to convince myself to accept you! It was hard for

family fortune," Jay replied determinedly. "I won't show up ever

Parker! Are you really giving up on your family because of Zoe York?!" Nancy snapped,

I just didn't want you to put yourself through so

argue with you right now. But I'll make it very clear, I won't accept you marrying Zoe! You can have any other woman you want, even someone from modest roots-l’d even sponsor your wedding lavishly and make it grand, as long as it isn't

need anyone meddling

dumbstruck-she had never seen Jay act

being nice to Jay and was earnest about it, treating him like they were actual siblings as if

Shouldn't Jay be grateful?

make enemies of her mother, all for

confrontation just then, she said, "Uncle Jay, you should try to understand

victim, but did it ever cross her mind that Zoe was too?!" Jay retorted, starting to lose himself

suffer for it?!"

thought I was wrong from the start! That I should forgive her; that selfish mom

down at all. "You're the one who raised her, and she loved you as much as you had loved