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

finalizing their divorce,

brought breakfast over,

“Oh, I forgot to mention this last night. I’ve got an

here alone isn’t

her head, turning him

anyone–repaying would be too much

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

stay there for a month,” she

Better than nobody living in

The thought struck him as odd. After all, there was plenty of time

her to

had was a

they started

childhood anecdotes, and then he moved on to tell her

from high school and worked part–time to put himself through college. At twenty, he

his rich experiences,

Geoffrey,

but look at him

kept up with your news. I saw

deliberately omitted some

start. He’d fallen into bad habits,

news about her online, which pierced his darkness