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.

faint sounds even without her hearing

she took the pills from the nightstand and placed

Villa, the place where she

she went back to her parents‘

about to push open the door, she overheard Noelle discussing with her brother, Adrian Ramirez. They wanted to marry her to an old man in his eighties after the Sutton

at the ceiling blankly, it suddenly dawned

two days, she hadn’t eaten, but she

that the all–consuming silence

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rain in Karaville had been more

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

alone.

went to the countryside. She wanted to see Zoe Ingram, her

9:00 p.m. when she arrived at Zoe’s

lit up with

“Reenie…”

as she looked at Zoe’s kind smile. She reached out to hug

to health reasons, Zoe had never married

than to her

Zoe’s arms, feeling as if

Zoe was shocked when she felt

placed her hand on Maureen’s bony

and tentatively asked, “Reenie, is Geoff

throat tightened when she heard Geoffrey’s name. She instinctively wanted