No Mercy, No Forgiveness

She tried to resist and push Geoffrey away, but to no avail.

It wasn’t until the very end that he finally calmed down.

Outside the window, the first light of dawn filtered through the sky.

As his gaze swept from her bony figure to the glaring red on the sheets, his heart was gripped by indescribable emo-

tions.

A loud smack rang out.

She slapped him across the face with all her might.

The slap, at the same time, shattered all her past fantasies about love.

Fury surged through her, her blood pounding in her ears and drowning out his words. “Get out!” she snapped, cutting him off.

Geoffrey didn’t even know how he managed to walk out of that motel room.

Scenes from last night kept flooding back to him.

Once in the car, he called Wayne. “Find out every man Maureen knows.”

Wayne was a bit dumbfounded.

Geoffrey had been Maureen’s entire world after their marriage. How could she possibly know another man?

***

In the room.

Geoffrey left, Maureen scrubbed

were finalizing their divorce, Talk about the cruelest

breakfast

last night. I’ve got an apartment available. You’re

here alone isn’t

her head,

to owe anyone–repaying would

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already anticipated her reaction. “No one lives there anyway. Besides, I will charge you, in case you’re won-

only stay there

nobody

odd. After all,

her to the

had was a

the car, they started to

off with childhood anecdotes, and then he moved on

abroad after graduating from high school and worked part–time to put himself through college.

experiences, Maureen

she married Geoffrey, remaining a housewife till

at him in admiration. “That’s

saw you on TV, winning first place in that

omitted some painful

abroad had gotten off to a rocky start. He’d fallen into bad habits, giving

which pierced his darkness like a light,