No Mercy, No Forgiveness

After that, she started writing her suicide note.

Picking up the pen, however, she didn’t know what to write. In the end, she left a few words for Zoe and Gareth.

Then she placed the two suicide notes next to her pillow.

Three days later.

It rained particularly heavily on the 14th.

Her phone on the coffee table kept ringing.

It was Noelle, wanting to know where she was.

Since she didn’t pick up, Noelle texted, “The wedding’s tomorrow. Go home and get ready.”

Still, Maureen didn’t reply. She had changed into a brand–new dress of deep rose today, her makeup delicate.

To be fair, she was a beautiful woman, though she was starkly thin and pale.

As she gazed at her own exquisite, radiant reflection in the mirror, for a moment, she felt she was looking at the wom- an she had been before marrying Geoffrey.

Then she hailed a cab to the cemetery.

Holding an umbrella, she slowly walked to her father’s gravestone and placed a bouquet in front of it.

“Dad.”

The cold wind wailed, only the patter of raindrops falling onto the umbrella echoing in the air.

“I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to come here, but I had nowhere else to go.

“The truth is, I was too terrified to leave alone. So, I came here…

“If you wanna scold me, go ahead,” she said, her voice barely audible.

Then she sat by the gravestone, wrapping her arms around her knees.

She took out her phone and saw a bunch of new messages from Noelle, all dripping with malice.

“Maureen, do you really think you can hide forever?”

“Adrian’s accepted the money. With Mr. Carter’s connections, he’s gonna track you down sooner or later.”

“Think clearly. Marrying him is the wise choice. You don’t wanna be tied up to the wedding, do you?”

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“Be smart…”

those messages one

pick me up at the Western Suburbs tomorrow. I’ll

dwell on it. She assumed Maureen had finally

the moment

Soon, the day passed.

took out the small wooden puppet her father had carved for her when she was little. Cradling it in her palms, she held it close to her chest, shielding it against the endless darkness

distant toll of a bell signaled the

It was the 15th.

up at the pitch–dark sky,

she took the pills from her bag, her hands

At the same time.

At Pearl Villa.

on the living room sofa without turning on the

temples and took a nap, only to be jolted awake

How weird.

another nightmare, which was

that she was

phone screen showed it was 4:00

occurred to him that today was the end of the cooling–off period, and they’d agreed to finalize

texted her, “Don’t forget

and out of consciousness when she

voice message. “Sorry… I’m afraid I can’t make

don’t worry. We will get a

marriage would naturally be

somehow felt relieved

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course, Maureen

thing she’d do was

He called her.

years, Maureen had seldom

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her, and his messages were always

his indifferent voice came through

asked for a divorce back

because I didn’t give

wanna marry someone else, 50 million dollars hardly

Maureen’s throat tightened.

of a sudden, she couldn’t