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, even

After dinner, before leaving.

meaning: “Andie, after all this time together,

I can’t stand most is

Sean walk

scared, but then she thought, Maureen was already

witness gone, if Sean found anything, she could just

returned to the Robson residence and immediately ordered an investigation into that

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

But now, he’d discovered…

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hoped he wasn’t

Outside Pearl.

in his car,

he’d visited Maureen’s old place–now completely

track Maureen’s whereabouts, but

last cigarette,

of the car, he pushed the door open–and there was that

lunged forward, ready to pull her into

reached out,

realize

the sofa, he masked the disappointment in

a wink last night, exhaustion