No Mercy, No Forgiveness

Chapter 7

He could only go back to the living room. As he turned on his phone, all he received were work–related messages. A day had passed, yet Maureen hadn’t called him or texted him to apologize.

“Good for you, Maureen. I’m curious–how long can you keep this up?”

He tossed the phone aside and walked into the kitchen.

The moment he opened the fridge, he was stunned.

Besides food, the fridge was stocked with various medications.

He picked up a packet, and the instructions were, “Five packets a day. Aimed at treating infertility.”

Infertility…

The pungent smell of medicine hit his nostrils.

Only then did it hit him–this was why she always carried the scent of acrid odor of medicine.

He couldn’t help but scoff. They had never slept together. No amount of pills would ever get her pregnant.

***

Meanwhile, in a shabby motel room.

Maureen opened her eyes groggily to a piercing silence. Her headache was killing her.

She knew her condition had worsened.

she could hear faint sounds even

she took the pills from the nightstand and placed one under her tongue, the bitterness

Villa, the place where she

back to her parents‘

she was about to push open the door, she overheard Noelle discussing with her brother, Adrian Ramirez. They wanted to marry

at the ceiling blankly, it suddenly dawned

she hadn’t eaten, but she

just that the all–consuming silence

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had been more frequent than usual this

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passers–by walking along the street in twos and threes.

alone.

impulse, she bought a bus ticket and went to the countryside. She wanted to see Zoe Ingram, her nanny who had looked

was already 9:00 p.m. when she arrived

wrinkled face lit up with surprise the moment she

“Reenie…”

she looked at Zoe’s kind

never married or had

felt closer to Zoe than to

Maureen nestled in Zoe’s arms, feeling as if she were a

Maureen, Zoe was shocked when she felt nothing

placed her hand on Maureen’s bony back and trembled

herself to calm down and tentatively

she heard Geoffrey’s name. She instinctively wanted to lie, to tell Zoe he