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 were shouting and chasing

a bang, the shopping cart

spun sideways, and as he looked only in

his body fell uncontrollably to the

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

mall, and they have security guards and police

as well. You needn’t hurry to find

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

to Avery guiltily.

hear them at all. He looked at Cyrus and

Mr. Mcmahon to bring his

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them lock down the mall

was locked down, and those irrelevant

the spacious corridors, only Avery and

those footsteps outside, which were sometimes very

looking

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

nervous that her forehead was sweating, and her body was

shaking uncontrollably.

her back against the wall, and Nathen was standing in

saw something in his eyes that she had never seen before. He looked down

What was more, as long as Avery

looking, they would find Darlene

eventually.

doors to the mall were locked, and there were surveillance

do but wait for

was so dark that it was a little scary.

voice, “Dr. Elicott, I’m sorry to have involved

you again.”

him as soon

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

and take

“I know. I will think of something.”

on her side. “Alright. The

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

It’s just a matter of time.”

finished speaking, the fire door was knocked on by

Immediately, they heard Avery say while collecting

“Darlene, come out. Don’t

and she gritted her teeth while meeting

Then she was about to run down the fire stairs.

with Nathen, the fire door

black muzzle of the policeman’s gun was

looked at them from behind the policeman.

then go ahead and run with

grasped Nathen’s sleeve

stood in front of Nathen, staring

holding the gun.

black muzzle was pointed at her, and her eyes were scarlet. “If

shoot, shoot me

her and smiled, “Is

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