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.

Maureen scrubbed herself time and

were finalizing their divorce, Talk about the

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

forgot to mention this last night. I’ve

alone

her head,

to owe anyone–repaying would be too much of a

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there anyway. Besides, I will charge you, in case

can only stay there for

than nobody living in

After all, there was plenty of time

drove her to the

was

the car, they

then he moved on

part–time to put himself through college. At twenty, he started his own company. And now,

his rich experiences, Maureen thought

married Geoffrey,

at him in

could be just as great. In fact, after you left the village, I kept up with your news. I saw you on TV, winning first place in that youth piano competition. And … singing, right? You were my

deliberately omitted some painful

off to a rocky start. He’d fallen into bad habits,

about her online, which pierced his darkness like a light, giving him