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.

a bang, the shopping cart happened to hit Avery’s

he looked only

body fell uncontrollably to the

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

and they have security

You needn’t hurry to find her

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

to Avery

them at

Mr. Mcmahon to

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them lock down the mall and check

told. The mall was locked down,

Avery and the police officers were still

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

looking for her.

the mall had subsided, making the

nervous that her forehead was sweating,

shaking uncontrollably.

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

his eyes that she had never seen

more, as long

leave and kept looking, they would

eventually.

mall were locked, and there were

nothing they could do but wait for the

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

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

you again.”

him

Come to

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

side and take you back.”

nodded. “I know. I will think of

on her side. “Alright. The lawyer I set

long as you want a divorce, you shall have

a matter of time.”

speaking, the fire door was knocked on

the outside. Immediately, they heard Avery say

come out. Don’t scare

and she gritted her

about to run down the fire

with Nathen, the fire door behind

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

from behind the

take a bullet, then go

grasped Nathen’s sleeve tightly and

around and stood in front of

was holding the gun.

her, and her eyes

shoot, shoot me

at her and smiled, “Is that so? Look

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