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.

grin. The kid’s parents were shouting and chasing

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

sideways, and as he looked only in

body fell uncontrollably to

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

mall, and they have security guards

well. You needn’t hurry to find

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

apologizing to Avery guiltily.

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

Mr. Mcmahon to bring his men

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down the mall

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

and the police officers were still

those footsteps outside, which were sometimes

were still looking for

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

that her forehead was

shaking uncontrollably.

back against the wall, and Nathen was standing in front

in his eyes that she had never

forever. What was more, as

leave and kept looking, they would find Darlene and

eventually.

were locked, and

nothing they could do but wait

so dark that it was

voice,

you again.”

him as soon as possible.

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

side and take

nodded. “I know. I will

one hand on her side. “Alright. The lawyer

As long as you want a

It’s just a matter

speaking, the fire door was knocked on

outside. Immediately, they heard Avery say while

out.

she gritted her teeth

was about to

went down the stairs with Nathen,

muzzle of the

them from behind the

can take a bullet, then go ahead and run

sleeve tightly and

and stood in front of Nathen, staring at the

was holding

muzzle was pointed at her, and her

shoot, shoot

her and smiled, “Is that so? Look

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