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 clearly,

After dinner, before leaving.

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

stand most is being lied

watched Sean walk

then she thought,

if Sean found anything, she

to the Robson residence and immediately ordered an investigation into that year’s

hadn’t dug deeper–after

But now, he’d discovered…

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he

Outside Pearl.

his car, lighting one cigarette

Maureen’s old place–now completely

track Maureen’s whereabouts,

out his last cigarette, a

the door open–and there was

eyes sharpened. He lunged forward, ready to pull her into

reached out,

did Geoffrey realize

he masked the disappointment in his eyes and rubbed

slept a wink