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 grin. The kid’s parents were shouting and chasing

a bang, the shopping cart happened

sideways, and as he looked only in the direction of

disappearance, his body fell uncontrollably to the

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

mall, and they have security guards

well. You needn’t hurry to

caused the trouble cried out in

apologizing to Avery guiltily.

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

Get Mr. Mcmahon to bring his

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down the mall and check the

locked down, and those irrelevant in the mall were quickly

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

could hear those footsteps outside,

were still looking for

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

her forehead was sweating, and her

shaking uncontrollably.

had her back against the wall, and Nathen was standing in

eyes that she had never seen before.

hide here forever. What was more, as long as Avery

and kept looking,

eventually.

the doors to the mall were locked, and

nothing they could do but wait for the doors

passageway was so dark that it was a little scary. Darlene

topic and said in a low voice, “Dr. Elicott, I’m sorry to have

you again.”

him as soon as possible. Now

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long as you are

side and take

know. I

“Alright. The lawyer I set

is a good one. As long as you want a divorce,

just a matter of

soon as he finished speaking, the fire door was knocked on

they heard Avery say while

“Darlene, come out.

gritted her teeth while meeting Nathen’s

Then she was about to run

down the stairs with Nathen, the fire

the policeman’s gun was pointed

looked at them from behind the policeman. “If you are certain

take a bullet, then go ahead and run with

Nathen’s sleeve tightly and

turned around and stood in front of Nathen,

was holding the gun.

her, and

shoot me

looked at her and smiled, “Is that

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