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.

she were his shadow. Yet now, though she was right in front of him, he could never come

extremely hoarse, and there was a trace of panic that was kind of obvious. He said, “Darlene, let’s talk, OK?”

should take another step back. Maybe I should think more about it. Maybe I should give in a bit more so

we can meet halfway. Maybe there is a way that’s acceptable

pale, and her eyes were slightly sunken

exhaustion.

people surrounding her, including the doctors, the nurses, Nigel, and Avery. She wanted to hide, but she couldn’t.

cold and hard wall, and there was no room for her

retreat.

something wrong with her. It could be that she is mentally ill. Why don’t you go out and leave her alone

a second and was still unwilling to leave. He said,

well that Darlene could do anything

been taken away, and there weren’t any sharp objects in the

clenched his fists and walked closer to her. “Listen to me. Let’s all calm down before anything. We can talk things over, right? Nigel is still a

scare him.”

approaching, she shrank back even more fearfully.

He stood up from the ground to stop Avery,

She almost died just now. It’s all “Ca because of you! You kept pushing her! She ended up here today because of

unable to even take a

without blinking. He felt that there was something

with

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

the corner of her mouth that he suddenly realized what she was doing,

her chin, pressing it down hard,

the tip of

to use force.

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

to hold on.

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

could not use too much strength, and then he used the other hand to press her

Darlene’s arm. She began to fight with all her might, as if determined to die, unwilling to let go of her teeth

and his forehead was covered

had heard people talk about killing themselves by biting their tongues, he had

of dying by biting off one’s tongue

off one’s tongue. The instinctive reaction of one’s body would prevent one from exerting any further force on one’s teeth when feeling

right now, those rational analyses all fell apart in