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.

scrubbed herself time and

slept together just as they were finalizing

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

said, “Oh, I forgot to mention this last night.

here alone

head,

didn’t want to owe anyone–repaying would be too much of

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

stay there

than nobody living

After all, there

her to the

was a small

car, they started to

childhood anecdotes, and then he moved on to tell her everything he’d accom- plished

through college. At twenty, he started his own company. And now, he was quite a successful

to his rich experiences, Maureen thought of

she married Geoffrey, remaining a housewife till

look at him

I kept up with your news. I saw you

deliberately omitted some painful

had gotten off to a rocky start. He’d fallen into

her online, which pierced his darkness like