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

the shopping cart

spun sideways, and as he looked only in the direction

disappearance, his body fell uncontrollably

with a terrified expression. “Mr. Gallard, are

they have security guards and

hurry

had caused the trouble cried

apologizing to Avery

hear them at all.

Mcmahon to bring his

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down the mall and check the surveillance cameras.”

was told. The mall was locked down, and those

Avery and the police officers were still there.

those footsteps outside, which were

still looking

had subsided, making the police and

nervous that her forehead was sweating,

shaking uncontrollably.

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

his eyes that she had never seen

was more, as long as Avery

kept looking,

eventually.

mall were locked,

could do but wait for the doors to

dark that it was a little scary. Darlene

in a low voice, “Dr.

you again.”

should divorce him as soon as possible.

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as long as you are divorced, at least the police

and take

nodded. “I know. I will think of

The lawyer I set

long as you want

It’s just a

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

Immediately, they heard Avery say while collecting

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

hands trembled, and she gritted her teeth

she was about to run down the fire

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

black muzzle of the policeman’s gun was pointed at

from behind the policeman.

go ahead and run

Nathen’s sleeve

stood in front of Nathen,

was holding the

and her eyes were scarlet.

shoot, shoot

her and smiled, “Is that so?

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