A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 133 Darlene Is Dying

Nigel had never begged Avery like this before. He was still young, and for a very long time, he had no idea how much Darlene had suffered because of Avery.

Later, he found out gradually, but because he hated Avery’s guts, he never begged Avery.

Yet Nigel was twelve years old anyway, and he had started to understand a lot of things that he was supposed to understand.

He had no choice but to accept the fact. If Avery didn’t want to leave them alone, chances were, Darlene would never be able to get away from Avery even till the day she

died.

Avery ignored Nigel’s words. He had no way to respond to Nigel’s words anyway. Leaving them alone was something he couldn’t do, and he even found it hard to look into Nigel’s eyes.

Avery looked at Darlene, who cowered into the corner, shivering. His voice was a little hoarse as he said, “Darlene, I was careless, and I should be blamed for what happened today. But relax. Douglas has already paid the price. It’s almost midnight now, so let’s go back to the ward to get some rest, OK?”

Darlene still did not speak. She couldn’t hear out of her left ear, and now her right ear was ringing because of her great mood swings.

She had almost lost hearing in both ears, and she could no longer hear what Avery was saying. She put her hands around herself, trembled, and stared at him with her dark

eyes.

Under her gaze like that, Avery even subconsciously wanted to flee.

They were in a stalemate just like that. As time passed slowly, Darlene kept curling up

the corner, and no one could get close to her.

She was like a hedgehog, with spikes all over her body, watching everyone around her

warily.

No one could come near her, and no one could communicate with her.

Avery stood a few steps away from her, and they looked at each other in silence.

In just a few months, they went from being a loving couple to each other’s enemies who

in

shared such a tense and hateful relationship.

used to be glued to him as if she were his shadow. Yet now, though she was right in front of him, he could never

and there was a trace of panic that

should think more about it. Maybe I

things between us can be fixed. Maybe we can meet halfway. Maybe there is a way

face was ghastly pale, and her eyes were slightly sunken due

exhaustion.

surrounding her, including the doctors, the nurses, Nigel, and Avery.

her was nothing but the cold and hard wall, and there was

retreat.

Avery in a deep voice, “There is something wrong with her. It could be that she is mentally ill. Why don’t you go out and

for a second and was still unwilling to leave. He said, “What if something happens to her while I’m

knew very well that Darlene could do

knife had already been taken away, and there weren’t any sharp objects in the room. However, if one was determined to die, there would always

all calm down before anything. We can

scare him.”

approaching, she shrank back

up from the ground to stop Avery, saying, “Don’t come near her!

you! She doesn’t like you! She almost died just now. It’s all “Ca because of you! You kept pushing

even

without blinking. He felt that there was something wrong her, and the feeling constantly grew stronger.

with

trembling, and so did her face. It seemed that she

blood gushing out of the corner of her mouth that he suddenly realized what she was doing, and

hard,

her fists tightly, her teeth biting the tip

to use force.

exerting force without making a single sound. The ringing in her ears mixed with dizziness was overwhelming her, and her eyelids began to drop. She

to hold on.

to bring over the tranquilizer, and he took a syringe and squatted down

one hand to hold Darlene’s chin so that she could not use too much strength, and then he used the other hand to press her shoulder.

all her might, as if determined to die, unwilling to let go of her teeth or say

his forehead was

had heard people talk about killing themselves by biting their tongues, he had thought it was a

of dying by biting

almost impossible to die by biting off one’s tongue. The instinctive reaction of one’s body would prevent one from exerting any further force on one’s teeth

those rational analyses all fell apart in his mind.