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

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

Villa, the place where she

went back to her parents‘

her brother, Adrian Ramirez. They wanted to marry her

ceiling blankly, it suddenly dawned on her–she never had a

days, she hadn’t eaten, but she didn’t feel

was just that the all–consuming silence

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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 who had looked after

p.m. when she arrived at Zoe’s

up with surprise the moment she

“Reenie…”

as she looked at Zoe’s kind smile. She

health reasons, Zoe had never married

Zoe than to her

night, Maureen nestled in Zoe’s arms, feeling as if

Zoe was shocked when

hand on Maureen’s bony back

tentatively asked, “Reenie,

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