A Wound that Never Heals

A Wound that Never Heals Chapter 253

Chapter 253 She Never Comes Back

The Gallard family had never had such a quiet New Year’s Day.

Darlene was with them every time in the past ten years, and each time, she was the most neglected.

And this year, Darlene was absent. The most invisible person was gone, yet because of that, the Gallard family’s atmosphere was dead as anything.

Avery never came back to the Gallard’s house. Sandra, the Gallard family’s daughter-in-law, who had pretended to be attentive, was imprisoned. Erick was kicked out of the family. And Owen, Avery’s father, was depressed because of what had happened to Darlene, so he moved out.

Both the Elicott family and the Swale family had a fallout with the Gallard family, and no one would come over to chat.

Andrew was stubborn. He wanted nothing but for Avery to come back. Now that Avery wasn’t back, Andrew didn’t allow outsiders. to come to the Gallard’s house on New Year’s Day.

It had been almost a month, yet hardly a word was spoken in the Gallard’s house, and it was as still as if no one lived there.

Andrew snapped one day.

After the police finished their search, Avery continued to call many people to look for

Darlene near the Beaufort Sea and circulated missing person notices.

Several days had passed, and Avery could barely think straight. He had dozens of helicopters spread leaflets all over the

Beaufort Sea and the beaches.

the leaflet was a photo, which showed

Nathen’s face clearly.

link attached below. Through the link, one could see that day

a few words on the leaflet, saying, “Darlene, Nathen is still alive. Come back if you believe it. And if you don’t, that’s more of the

by helicopters. When the wind

beaches. What was more, they were spread to dozens of miles

it looked like it was snowing

scene was that the news went viral quickly, and it was all over the media. Almost everyone knew that Nathen, the only son of the Elicott family, who was rumored to be “the first living person to donate

nearby Beaufort Sea, he was arrested by the police on the spot, on

so furious that he almost vomited blood. “He has lost it! He has completely lost

police detained Avery overnight. He confessed to all the charges and paid a much higher

fines, and those pilots who flew the helicopters

the leaflets. Yet he stopped using the helicopters. Instead, he had a large group of people doing

fell into the sea and died, Martin knew that he was responsible and that no one

like this upset

and he was worried that Nathen might be onto something. However,

one got to stop Avery anyway. He was completely out of his mind.

news reports and

and more

flowers blossomed, and vibrant spring had arrived.

she never came back.

done something out of the line. The police would come to interfere, and the media would often report relevant

a while, people began to feel bored, so the media rarely came after him for interviews, and the police

onlookers who were in for a show,

clearer and