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.

pushing a shopping cart rushed over with a grin. The kid’s parents were

the shopping cart happened

as he looked only in the direction

fell uncontrollably

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

have security guards and

You needn’t hurry to find

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

apologizing to Avery

Avery didn’t hear them at all. He

saw her. Get Mr. Mcmahon to bring his men over

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mall and check the

immediately did as he was told. The mall was locked down, and those irrelevant in the mall were quickly cleared out.

corridors, only Avery and the police officers were still there.

Nathen were hiding in the fire exit and could hear those footsteps outside, which were

still looking for her.

noise in the mall had subsided, making the

nervous that her forehead was sweating, and her body was

shaking uncontrollably.

little dark. She had her back against

surrounding was so dark, yet she saw something in his eyes that she had never seen before.

more, as long as Avery and

not leave and kept looking,

eventually.

to the mall were locked, and

nothing they could do but wait for

so dark that it was a little scary. Darlene

low voice, “Dr. Elicott,

you again.”

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

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as you are divorced, at least

take

know. I will think of

“Alright. The lawyer I set

is a good one. As long as you want a

just a matter

speaking, the fire door was knocked on by

heard Avery say while

out. Don’t

and she gritted her teeth while meeting

to run

stairs with Nathen, the

and the black muzzle of the

them from behind the policeman. “If you

go

grasped Nathen’s sleeve

around and stood in front of Nathen, staring

was holding the

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

shoot, shoot me first.”

and smiled, “Is that so? Look behind you.”

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