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.

hear faint sounds even without

the nightstand and placed one under her tongue, the bitterness soon

the place where she

back to her

door, she overheard Noelle discussing with her brother, Adrian Ramirez. They

stared at the ceiling blankly, it suddenly dawned on her–she never

hadn’t eaten,

was just that the all–consuming silence

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rain in Karaville had been more frequent than usual this

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she watched passers–by walking along the street in twos

alone.

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

9:00 p.m. when she arrived at

up with

“Reenie…”

looked at Zoe’s kind

Zoe had never married or had children

felt closer to Zoe than to her own mother,

Zoe’s arms, feeling as if she were a little girl

was shocked when she felt nothing

on Maureen’s bony back and

tentatively asked, “Reenie, is Geoff

She instinctively wanted