Jessica, along with all her bodyguards, brought John out through the back door of the old factory.
Cordy instinctively wanted to follow, but Jessica yelled in fury, "Don't follow us!"
Jessica was clearly on the brink of collapse, and Cordy stopped dead in her tracks.
"Don't come and bother me and John! Cordy, you're not fit! Scram!"
Cordy bit her lip and looked at John.
Even the look in John's eyes warned her not to follow behind them.
Cordy's vision blurred.
Was this goodbye forever?!
John left with Jessica, and the moment Cordy saw them disappear, she could not help but chase after them.
The back door was locked from outside and she could not open it no matter how she tried.
Cordy dared not stop, and she immediately turned around to leave.
Randy was outside, as anxious as she was, and he lunged forward the moment he saw Cordy step out. "Mrs. Levine."
Richard was with Randy who had been watching over him.
"Mommy."
When Cordy heard Richard calling out to her, she tried her best to calm herself down and to stop herself from breaking down into tears.
She crouched down low and said to Richard, "Mommy's going to look for Daddy right now. Go back with Randy first."
"Mommy, no…" Richard hugged Cordy.
"Dicky."
"Mommy, don't leave me." Richard tightened his hold around Cordy's neck, refusing to let go.
"I'm going to look for Daddy and I'll come back."
"No!" Richard hugged her even tighter.
He refused to release his arms for fear that he would lose her, and Cordy exerted some force to push his arms away.
She saw Richard's eyes turn red as fear filled his eyes.
He was only seven years old after all.
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