A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 617

Richard asked curiously from the backseat, "Mommy? Who was that?"

"Nobody important," Cordy replied flatly.

"But he just said that you're the only person he knows in North City."

"Impossible." Cordy was utterly skeptical.

How was he able to stay in North City for a whole week if that was the case?

"I don't think he's lying," Richard said seriously then.

Cordy frowned slightly in turn—her son usually never pried into other people's affairs.

In fact, over the last three years, she slowly noticed that Richard's personality was different from what she previously imagined. While he may be sweet, energetic, talkative, and adorable when around her, he was indifferent toward people who were not close to him.

Whenever she sent Richard to school herself, she would notice many girls sliding peeks of infatuation at him, but they would never get close.

Later on, she spoke to a class teacher about it, and only then did she find out that Richard was dubbed the Ice Prince, since he basically never spoke to anyone else.

Cordy thought that he was suffering psychologically because of John's death, and she spoke to Richard about it. Richard in turn confessed that this was how he always had been, and that he behaved a little differently when he helped John woo her. However, he insisted that it did not hurt him—that he had a bond with her that made him eager to express himself.

Now, however, Richard was suddenly interested in a person other than her.

"Do you think I should help him?" Cordy asked Richard just then, since she would not want Richard to think her cold and indifferent.

Richard shook his head and said earnestly, "I don't know. I just think that he's a little sympathetic."

Cordy hesitated for a moment before saying, "Well, I guess I can bail him out for my son's sake."

"Would it be troublesome for you, Mommy?"

"Nope—it's no effort at all. We'd be going home late, though. Do you mind?"