A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 1098

"You've done your best," John told Cordy. "I don't hate you—no, I'm thankful that you came for me in the end. Promise me that you'll live well instead of mourning me, and spend your days in happiness with Patrick. I've looked into him… He's changed over the years because of you, and he's worth entrusting the rest of your life with."

Even so, Cordy's tears could not stop.

"Go," John urged her again—any slower and she would not make it.

Cordy bit her lip, but just as she was about to turn away, her bodyguard suddenly said, "Wait."

Cordy promptly turned toward him, an irrepressible sense of hopefulness igniting within her head and causing her to shudder ever so slightly.

She actually thought she could not take more crushed hopes just then.

"I think the chains are breaking!" the bodyguard exclaimed in surprise nonetheless. "I see a crack. Should I keep trying, Ms. Sachs?"

"Yes." Cordy nodded without hesitation.

John tried to stop them, but the smoke was now so thick he could not even manage a full sentence.

Nonetheless, the bodyguard promptly picked up the hammer and struck the chains violently a handful of times… and it really shattered!

Cordy worked hard to restrain her excitement—right now, their priority was to stay alive and get out of there.

She had to catch John quickly too, since he was too weak to stand after the chains stopped supporting his weight.

"Help him put on the fireproof overalls," Cordy told the bodyguard, who had been carrying it and left it on the floor while he hammered the chains.

At Cordy's orders, he quickly picked it up and helped John, who had to withstand the agony all over his body, into it.

He really did not want to burden Cordy, but he could not give up when he touched Cordy's body.