function createCounter() {
  let count = 0;
  
  const counter = {
    increment() {
      count++;
      return count;
    },
    getCount() {
      return count;
    }
  };
  
  return counter;
}

let c1 = createCounter();
c1.increment();
c1.increment();

let c2 = c1;
c1 = null;

console.log(c2.getCount());