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 grin. The kid’s parents were shouting and chasing after

bang, the shopping cart happened to hit Avery’s

as he looked only

his body fell uncontrollably to the ground.

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

have security guards and police officers

You needn’t hurry

trouble cried out in horror, and the kid’s parents

apologizing to Avery guiltily.

hear them at

Mr. Mcmahon to

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lock down the mall

was told. The mall was locked down, and those irrelevant in the

and the police officers were still

hear those footsteps outside, which were sometimes very

were still looking

making the police and the bodyguards‘ footsteps more distinct.

forehead was sweating,

shaking uncontrollably.

her back against the wall, and

saw something in his eyes that

forever. What was more, as long as Avery

not leave and kept looking, they would find

eventually.

the mall were locked, and there

could do but wait for

so dark that it was a little scary. Darlene

low voice, “Dr. Elicott,

you again.”

fine. You should divorce him

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

take

nodded. “I know. I will think of something.”

her side. “Alright. The lawyer I set you up with

As long as you

just a matter of

fire door was knocked

Immediately, they heard Avery say

out. Don’t

and she gritted her teeth while

was about to run down the fire

stairs with Nathen, the fire

black muzzle of the

from behind the policeman. “If you are certain that

go ahead and run with

sleeve tightly

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

holding

pointed at her, and her eyes were scarlet. “If you want

shoot me

“Is

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