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.

sounds even without her hearing

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

she left Pearl Villa, the place where she

went back to her parents‘ house

door, she overheard Noelle discussing with her brother, Adrian Ramirez. They wanted to marry her to an old man in his eighties

blankly, it suddenly dawned on her–she

eaten, but she didn’t feel

was just that the all–consuming

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in Karaville had been more frequent than usual this

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passers–by walking along the street in

alone.

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

was already 9:00 p.m. when she arrived at Zoe’s

face lit up with surprise the moment she

“Reenie…”

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

never

to Zoe than to her own mother,

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

was shocked when

Maureen’s bony back and

forced herself to calm down and tentatively asked, “Reenie, is Geoff good to

heard Geoffrey’s name. She instinctively wanted to lie, to