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.

kid pushing a shopping cart rushed over with a grin. The kid’s parents were shouting and chasing after the kid.

the shopping cart happened to hit Avery’s wheelchair.

he looked

body fell

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

they have security guards

hurry to find her yourself.”

the trouble cried out in horror, and the

to

Avery didn’t hear them at all. He looked at Cyrus and

saw her. Get Mr. Mcmahon to

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them lock down the mall and check the surveillance cameras.”

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

corridors, only Avery and the

those footsteps outside, which were sometimes very

looking for her.

subsided, making the police and the

so nervous that her forehead was sweating, and her body

shaking uncontrollably.

She had her back against the wall, and Nathen was

dark, yet she saw something in his eyes that she had never seen before. He looked

couldn’t hide here forever. What was more, as long as Avery and

and kept looking, they

eventually.

the doors to the mall were locked, and there

do but wait

was a little scary. Darlene tried to

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

you again.”

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

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as long as you are divorced, at least

take

I will think of something.”

her side. “Alright. The

long as you want a divorce,

It’s just a

finished speaking, the fire door

the outside. Immediately, they heard Avery say

“Darlene, come out. Don’t scare

she gritted her teeth while meeting Nathen’s

about to run down

with Nathen, the fire

black muzzle of the

from behind the

go ahead and run with

sleeve tightly

stood in front of Nathen, staring at the policeman

holding

her, and her eyes were scarlet. “If

shoot me first.”

“Is that so?

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