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.

left, Maureen scrubbed herself

together just as they were finalizing their

9:00 a.m., Gareth brought breakfast over, not

this last night. I’ve got

here alone isn’t

head,

anyone–repaying would

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reaction. “No one lives there anyway. Besides, I will charge

can only stay there for

nobody

thought struck him as odd. After all, there

to

she had was

car, they started to

moved on to tell her everything he’d accom- plished in the years

to put himself through college. At twenty, he started

rich experiences, Maureen

she married Geoffrey, remaining a

at him in admiration.

with your news. I saw you on TV, winning first place in that youth piano competition. And … singing, right? You were

omitted

to a rocky start. He’d fallen into

online, which pierced his darkness like a light, giving him the