No Mercy, No Forgiveness

Chapter 18

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He sat on the bed, pulled open the nightstand drawer, and saw a notebook.

Only one sentence was written on the page.

“The one who chooses to leave is the one in the most pain, for she’s already endured countless struggles before finally making this decision.”

Looking at her delicate handwriting, he sneered, “The most pain?

“What about those years I spent with you? I suffered, too.”

He tossed the notebook into the trash bin.

But before he left, he put it back into the drawer.

That night, he didn’t sleep a wink.

***

Gareth tossed and turned in bed.

For some reason, he couldn’t sleep. He could tell something had been off about Maureen lately, but he just couldn’t put his finger on what it was.

At around 4:00 a.m., Zoe called him.

“Gary, could you check on Reenie for me? I had a weird dream.”

Gareth sat up. “What dream?”

“I dreamed that something happened to her. She came to me, drenched in rain, reminding me to come take her home.”

as she continued, “I’m worried sick. I called

few days ago, she called me and asked

a bad

these days,

I’ll go find

place was only minutes away

open the apartment door, only

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was open, and there

Maureen wasn’t here.

time of night,

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he picked them up and opened them. It was actually

One was for him.

I’ve already transferred the rent to your card. Thank you for looking out for me these

I haven’t made a single friend since I came to Karaville. Before running into you again, I thought

you so much… Please,

other was

the address on the

Immediately, he rushed out.

a twenty–minute drive to the Western

him, it felt like an

Why would the person–the very one who had guided him back from going astray–choose to go down

heading

she was only there to take Maureen to the wedding for the 50 million

At Zephyr Cemetery.

The rain was torrential.

the gravestone. Her entire body had already been drenched by the rain, and her soaked dress clung to her frail frame. It seemed she might vanish

ran through the rain toward