Mercy by Smith Tee

Author:Smith, Tee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

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“Will you be okay?” she asked the woman who had taken the news better than expected. Mercy suspected she was either in shock or denial.

“I will be,” Laney Phillips nodded, clearly swallowing back a lump in her throat. “She’s pregnant y’know?”

“Who? Your sister?”

“Yes,” Laney nodded slowly. “She refused to tell me who the father was…” she spoke thoughtfully as the realisation sunk in. Men could be such bastards.

“I’m really sorry.” Mercy bowed her head. Sometimes she wished she could belt these guys over the head with a plank of wood to make them realise what they were doing. Her thoughts turned to her own experience. What had she been thinking? For the briefest of moments, she had thought about a future with Archer. She may not like Alicia, but she could never be responsible for causing that kind of pain to another person. Cheating truly was an ugly, selfish act. Just because people could, didn’t mean they should.

“Thank you, Ms. Belle,” the woman said as she rose to her feet and offered her hand for Mercy to shake.

“I’m sorry it couldn’t be better news,” she admitted sadly.

“It’s not your fault,” Laney replied with stoicism. “It had to come out, and it’s better that I know.”

Watching her leave, Mercy breathed out a sigh of relief. She had taken the news so well, and she hoped Laney would find some peace somewhere in the situation. Flicking through the files, she had three more of these kinds of meetings today. All of them bearing the worst news. Sometimes she wondered why she did this job. Perhaps Rebecca had been right. Perhaps she would have been better off working political fraud. At least she wouldn’t be breaking hearts for a living.

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