A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 990

The hotel staff evacuating the banquet hall intercepted Patrick. "There's a fire, sir! It's dangerous here. Please come with us and leave through the fire exit."

"There's still someone in the toilet! I have to reach her!" Patrick cried out urgently, immediately going physical against the staff and shoving him aside to rush in the ladies room.

"Sir, don't worry," the staff caught him nonetheless. "There's nothing to worry about. We have professional rescuers evacuating everyone right now, just leave the rest to us for your own safety."

"Move! I'm going by myself!" Patrick's eyes were almost red in urgency—right now, Cordy's safety was far more important!

She was alone in the ladies' room, and her leg was still hurt.

If help didn’t reach her in time…

The thought only sent Patrick into a panicked frenzy; he ignored the staff's discouragement to push the latter away as hard as he could, and dashed straight to the ladies' room without a pause.

"Sir!"

The staff chased after him, but Patrick was already running.

He was very determined, all while hoping that Cordy already left through the fire escape after finding out about the fire…

Even so, he didn’t mind the thought of risking himself for nothing as he ran towards the ladies room.

He would do anything to make sure she was safe!

However, he was so preoccupied with Cordy that as he reached the ladies' room, he never noticed a burly man suddenly rushing up to him and striking the back of his head, catching him off guard.

Patrick was out like a candle even before he realized what happened. The same burly man picked him up, carrying him and striding through the burning banquet hall to leave in no time at all.

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John didn’t hesitate, and snuck into the banquet hall while no one else was watching.

It seemed everyone had been evacuated; there was no one else in the hall, which was now fully ablaze with plenty of objects falling from the ceiling.

The air was as scalding as it was smothering, but John didn’t care and charged straight to the ladies room.

Cordy was there the last time he saw her, and Patrick must have been separated from her because she was there.

There was every chance that she was still in there, or she would have been at Cordy's side.

In fact, even before he entered the ladies' room, he could hear the banging from inside.

His heart skipped a beat—he truly hoped Cordy wasn’t there!