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.

with a grin. The kid’s parents

the shopping cart happened to hit Avery’s

as he

body fell uncontrollably to

behind Avery and helped him up with a terrified expression. “Mr. Gallard, are you alright? There

have

well. You needn’t hurry to

cried out in horror, and

apologizing to

them at all. He looked at

her. Get Mr. Mcmahon to bring his men over

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them lock down the mall and check the

down, and those irrelevant in the mall were quickly cleared out.

the spacious corridors, only Avery and the police officers were

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

still looking for

in the mall had subsided, making the police and the bodyguards‘ footsteps more

her forehead was sweating,

shaking uncontrollably.

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

in his eyes that she had never seen before. He

was more, as long as Avery and

did not leave and kept looking, they would find

eventually.

the doors to the mall were locked, and there were surveillance

There was nothing they could do but wait for

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

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

you again.”

said, “It’s fine. You should divorce him as soon as

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long as you are divorced, at least the police won’t take

take you

“I know. I will think

her side. “Alright. The lawyer I set you

a good one. As long as you want a divorce, you shall have

It’s just a matter

he finished speaking, the fire

outside. Immediately, they heard Avery

come out. Don’t scare yourself.”

hands trembled, and she gritted her teeth while

Then she was about to run down the fire stairs.

as she went down the stairs with Nathen, the fire door behind

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

from behind the

take a bullet, then go ahead

grasped Nathen’s sleeve

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

holding

and her eyes were scarlet.

shoot me

her and smiled, “Is that

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