A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Come to Me

The mall was crowded and noisy.

Darlene looked over, and Avery seemed to feel her gaze at once. He looked

sideways into hers.

He sat in his wheelchair and looked haggard, making her feel that he was

someone else.

His eyes, which had always been cold and aloof, now looked exhausted. The

second he saw Darlene, the emotions in his eyes changed from a moment of astonishment and disbelief to surprise and eagerness.

The police had told him it wasn’t her, but it still didn’t feel right. It was not

until he actually saw her face that he was sure she was still alive.

He slowly tightened his hands resting on the armrests of his wheelchair,

feeling that someone was squeezing his heart. For a moment, he felt

suffocating.

He did not even dare to make a sound or move. The policeman was still

talking on the other end of the line, yet he couldn’t utter a word.

He looked at her, at the astonishment and suspicion in her eyes, and then the

fear that quickly replaced those feelings.

She was afraid of him. It looked like she was looking at a fierce ghost that she

had finally gotten rid of.

Their looking at each other lasted for less than a second, and Darlene did not

move until someone passed by her and accidentally bumped into her shoulder. Then the person apologized.

Darlene’s body shook slightly, and she came back to her senses as if she was

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someone waking up from a nightmare.

Her breathing became rapid at once, and she even forgot the pain in her heart. She took a few steps back, and then she turned around with a pale face

and stumbled into the crowd.

Avery felt great heartache. He quickly pushed his wheelchair to chase after her. “Darlene… Darlene! Hear me out!”

The woman in front of him seemed to hear nothing. She ran away from him as if he were some kind of fierce beast. She was so flustered while trying to stay away from him that she kept bumping into others along the way.

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Avery sped up pushing the wheelchair, staring in the direction where he could no longer see her back while chasing after her anxiously. He felt that something he had lost was about to disappear before him once more.

a shopping cart rushed over with a grin. The kid’s parents were shouting and chasing after the

a bang, the shopping cart

sideways, and as he looked only in the direction of

his body fell uncontrollably to the ground.

a terrified expression. “Mr. Gallard,

in the mall, and they have security guards

hurry to find

who had caused the trouble cried

apologizing to Avery

at all. He looked at Cyrus

“I saw her. Get Mr. Mcmahon to bring his men

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the mall and

was told. The mall was locked down,

only Avery and the police officers were

the fire exit and could hear those footsteps outside, which were sometimes very

were still looking for

the police and

her forehead was sweating, and her body was

shaking uncontrollably.

little dark. She had her back against the wall, and

surrounding was so dark, yet she saw something in his eyes that she had

forever. What was more, as long

kept looking, they would find Darlene and

eventually.

were locked, and there

could do but wait

dark that it was a little scary. Darlene tried to find

topic and said in a low voice, “Dr. Elicott, I’m sorry

you again.”

You should divorce him as soon

Come

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long as you are

side and take you back.”

know. I will think of something.”

side. “Alright. The lawyer

good one. As long as you want a divorce,

a

he finished speaking, the fire door was knocked on by something

heard Avery say while collecting

“Darlene, come out. Don’t scare yourself.”

she gritted her

about to run down the

with Nathen, the fire

and the black muzzle of the policeman’s gun was

the policeman. “If

bullet, then go ahead and run with him.”

grasped Nathen’s sleeve tightly

turned around and stood in front of Nathen, staring at the policeman

was holding

was pointed at her, and her

shoot me

“Is that so? Look behind you.”

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