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 without her

took the pills from the nightstand and placed one under

the place where she had lived for three

she went back to

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

at the ceiling blankly, it suddenly

eaten, but she didn’t

just that the all–consuming

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Chapter 7

Karaville had been

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

alone.

ticket and went to the countryside. She wanted to see Zoe Ingram, her nanny who had

already 9:00 p.m. when she

face lit up with surprise

“Reenie…”

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

reasons, Zoe had never married

than to

feeling as if she were a little girl

shocked when

placed her hand on Maureen’s bony back

forced herself to calm down and tentatively asked, “Reenie,

name. She instinctively wanted to lie, to tell Zoe he had always