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.”

words clearly,

After dinner, before leaving.

his voice heavy with meaning: “Andie, after all this time

I can’t stand most is being

watched Sean walk away ahead of

but then she thought, Maureen was already

Sean found anything, she could just deny it to

Robson residence and immediately ordered an investigation into that

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

But now, he’d discovered…

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he

Outside Pearl.

his car,

he’d visited Maureen’s old

Maureen’s whereabouts,

stubbed out his last cigarette, a

he pushed the door open–and

forward, ready to pull her into his

reached out, the figure

realize it

the sofa, he masked the disappointment in his eyes

slept a wink last night,