No Mercy, No Forgiveness

Had she heard those words five years ago, Maureen would’ve been overjoyed. Now, she didn’t believe him.

“I’m tired. I need rest.”

Geoffrey scooped her into his arms and carried her inside.

That night,

Geoffrey held Maureen against him, refusing to let go.

He couldn’t sleep. Each time he closed his eyes, he saw the empty house greeting him earlier.

The wound on his hand still stung.

Maureen suddenly spoke after an unknown length of time: “Can I ask about Andrea saving your mother?”

Why didn’t she know anything about this?

Geoffrey told her how Heather and Sean were framed years ago, how they took the same car to the company, got into an accident, and were saved by Andrea.

After hearing this, Maureen’s eyes filled with shock.

Only now did she understand why Sean treated Andrea so well, and why Geoffrey tolerated Andrea so much…

Only now did she realize Andrea had taken credit for her own act of saving them!

Clutching Geoffrey’s sleeve, her hand trembled: “What if… just what if it wasn’t her who saved your mother, but me? Would you believe me?”

Geoffrey’s dark eyes widened,

Before he could speak, Maureen quickly added: “Don’t overthink it, I was joking.

I’m tired, going to sleep.”

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Maureen closed her eyes, unsure why she’d spoken, yet afraid to hear Geoffrey’s response.

distrust, his frequent mockery, the persistent neglect–she no longer believed he’d

first words

decade ago. With no proof,

didn’t take her words seriously. After all, when his mother had the accident years ago, he rushed

Maureen close and finally fell asleep

left him again, and this time

awake when it was still dark outside,

out of his embrace and was now

pulled her back into

go back to sleep, but his

got up quietly, stepping onto the

“What is it?”

your private account got hacked!

account had been

hadn’t expected it either; he’d been stunned when the call came in

leads on

a flicker of surprise before regaining

“Not yet.”

“This was too sudden. We had no defenses ready. By the time we realized, the money

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who breached Geoffrey’s account had taken

with that level of skill and audacity, why target a private account

“You have one day.”

Geoffrey hung up.

wasn’t the hard part–moving

digits disappearing; it

lost, it’d be a drop in the ocean

got up early to take Jacob to kindergarten. She

What’s going

would be up exactly on time without needing

few steps closer, seeing him sound asleep. She couldn’t bear to wake him,

sight. I’ll let you be late

last night hacking into Geoffrey’s private accounts, finally drifting off around four

he woke, it was already half past