No Mercy, No Forgiveness

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Andrea had no memory of any of this.

Still, she was good at reading people. Recalling Sean’s strange behavior today, and how he’d kept staring at her arm when he first arrived….

Andrea sensed something. She pretended to reminisce with him:

“Of course I remember. You were covered in blood. It terrified me.”

“I remember forcing the car door open to pull you out before it exploded. My arm was covered in wounds.”

“You wouldn’t believe how scary the scars looked after they healed. Thank goodness I had surgery to fade them lat- er…”

Andrea knew all about the arm injury.

Because that day, she’d seen Maureen. She’d asked Maureen about it afterward…

Before, Sean would’ve believed Andrea without question. Now, he was doubtful.

Back then, the girl who saved him had told him repeatedly: “You have to be strong.”

Not “don’t be afraid.”

those words

After dinner, before leaving.

“Andie, after all this time together, you should

I can’t stand most is being

Sean walk away ahead

scared, but then she thought, Maureen was already

found anything, she could

to the Robson residence and immediately

when Andrea claimed to be his savior, he hadn’t dug deeper–after all, no one else had stepped forward

But now, he’d discovered…

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he wasn’t

Outside Pearl.

car,

visited Maureen’s old

to track Maureen’s whereabouts, but

stubbed out his last cigarette, a

car, he pushed the door open–and

sharpened. He lunged forward, ready to pull

the moment he reached out, the figure

did Geoffrey realize it

sofa, he masked the disappointment

slept a wink last