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.

rushed over with a grin. The kid’s parents were shouting and

cart happened to hit Avery’s

and as he looked only

body fell

with a terrified expression. “Mr. Gallard, are you alright? There are

in the mall, and they have security guards and police officers

You needn’t hurry to find her yourself.”

cried out in horror,

apologizing to Avery guiltily.

it seemed that Avery didn’t hear them at all. He looked

“I saw her. Get Mr. Mcmahon

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mall and

The mall was locked down, and those

corridors, only Avery and the police officers were still

could hear those footsteps outside, which were

looking for

subsided, making the police and

that her forehead was sweating,

shaking uncontrollably.

dark. She had her back against the wall, and Nathen was standing in front of

saw something in his eyes that she had never seen

was more, as long as Avery

kept looking, they would

eventually.

the doors to the mall were locked,

do but

passageway was so dark that it was a little scary.

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

you again.”

him as soon

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long as you are divorced, at

side and take you

I will

“Alright. The lawyer I set

is a good one. As long as you want

It’s just a matter of

fire door was knocked on

they heard Avery say while collecting

come out. Don’t scare yourself.”

trembled, and she gritted her teeth

Then she was about to run down the

with Nathen, the

and the black muzzle of the policeman’s gun was pointed

them from behind the policeman. “If you

go ahead and run with

grasped Nathen’s sleeve

front of

holding

pointed at her, and her eyes

shoot me first.”

and smiled, “Is that

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