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.

after

can’t stand most

walk away ahead of

but then she

gone, if Sean found anything, she could

residence and immediately ordered

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

But now, he’d discovered…

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hoped he wasn’t

Outside Pearl.

car,

Maureen’s old

people to track Maureen’s whereabouts, but so far,

last cigarette, a

the car, he pushed the

sharpened. He lunged forward, ready to pull her

the moment he reached

did Geoffrey realize it was a

he masked the disappointment in his eyes and

wink last night, exhaustion