A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 813

Zoe and Quinn knew that they must not lose in spirit against their opposition. Hence, despite being drunk, they returned to challenge Bob and Sam.

Bob was actually drunk, and the more he was, the less he could stop himself from drinking.

As for Sam, the man had always been loyal and always stood with his friends to the end of the line.

Seeing that they were all completely letting loose, Jay made a call to Cora.

Bob was the heart of the party, and once he left, the rest would have to leave as well.

Cora showed up in under half an hour and suddenly felt upset when she saw the people around the room.

All of Bob's most important friends and even Zoe were there, but not her.

Was this what they thought? That she would never replace Zoe? That Zoe was their friend, while she would never be?

"Cora?" Jay called out to her just then.

Cora withheld the displeasure she felt, noticing right then that everyone else in the room was more or less drunk aside from Jay.

Quickly walking up to Jay, she greeted him. "Uncle Jay."

"We just ran into the ladies by chance," Jay explained. "Bob invited Sam and I to dinner, then we ran into Zoe and Quinn, so we had them join us."

"Yeah." Cora nodded.

She had noticed long ago that Jay was meticulous and considerate toward the feelings of others.

Did he anticipate that she would feel uncomfortable? And here she thought that she hid it well.

She never showed hostility toward Zoe because she did not want others to find her petty, but Jay knew anyway.

"Bob definitely drank too much tonight," Jay told her then. "You should get him to leave, or no one's leaving. They are all not exactly young—their health will suffer if they keep drinking."