A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 52

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

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

His wheelchair spun sideways, and as he looked only in the direction of

Darlene’s disappearance, his body fell uncontrollably to the ground.

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

everywhere in the mall, and they have security guards and police officers

here as well. You needn’t hurry to find her yourself.”

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

kept apologizing to Avery guiltily.

Yet it seemed that Avery didn’t hear them at all. He looked at Cyrus and said

anxiously, “I saw her. Get Mr. Mcmahon to bring his men over immediately.

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

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

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

Darlene and Nathen were hiding in the fire exit and could hear those footsteps outside, which were sometimes very close to them. Those people

outside were still looking for her.

The noise in the mall had subsided, making the police and the bodyguards‘ footsteps more distinct.

Darlene was so nervous that her forehead was sweating, and her body was

shaking uncontrollably.

The passageway was a little dark. She had her back against the wall, and Nathen was standing in front of her.

The surrounding was so dark, yet she saw something in his eyes that she had never seen before. He looked down at her without blinking.

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

police did not leave and kept looking, they would find Darlene and Nathen.

eventually.

But the doors to the mall were locked, and there were surveillance cameras

everywhere. There was nothing they could do but wait for the doors to open.

The passageway was so dark that it was a little scary. Darlene tried to find

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

you again.”

Nathen said, “It’s fine. You should divorce him as soon as possible. Now that

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

his side and take you back.”

Darlene nodded. “I know. I will think of something.”

He placed one hand on her side. “Alright. The lawyer I set you up with last

time is a good one. As long as you want a divorce, you shall have it

eventually. It’s just a matter of time.”

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

from the outside. Immediately, they heard Avery say while collecting

himself, “Darlene, come out. Don’t scare yourself.”

Darlene’s hands trembled, and she gritted her teeth while meeting Nathen’s

gaze. Then she was about to run down the fire stairs.

Just as she went down the stairs with Nathen, the fire door behind them

opened, and the black muzzle of the policeman’s gun was pointed at Nathen.

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

Nathen can take a bullet, then go ahead and run with him.”

Darlene grasped Nathen’s sleeve tightly and stopped.

She turned around and stood in front of Nathen, staring at the policeman

who was holding the gun.

The black muzzle was pointed at her, and her eyes were scarlet. “If you want

to shoot, shoot me first.”

Avery looked at her and smiled, “Is that so? Look behind you.”

Darlene turned her head. Below the stairs, there were already police officers

holding guns aimed at Nathen.

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Nathen had obvious anger on his face. “She doesn’t want to go with you.”

Avery said coldly, “She is my wife, and she is mentally ill. No one has the

right to take her but me.”

He looked at the policeman beside him and said, “Mr. Mcmahon, this Mr.

Elicott in front of us is a habitual criminal. It was he who took my wife away

from Scenery Villa on his will last time and pretended to be a shrink. His

criminal record is in Baltimore police station.”

Darlene shook her head, grabbed Nathen’s arm, and retreated. “I’m not going with you. Avery, think of me as dead and leave me alone.”

Nathen and Darlene were on the verge of collapsing. Avery opened his mouth

and talked to them, attracting their attention, while behind them, there were already police officers who quickly shot an anesthetic needle in Nathen’s left

leg.

Nathen was retreating to the side with Darlene next to him. His left leg went

soft, and he knelt on one knee.

The police officers quickly stepped forward and restrained him.

Nathen’s eyes were scarlet. Under the police’s control, he completely lost his gentle and refined image as a doctor and stared at Avery without blinking.

“You can’t take her away. You can never take her away. She is not yours!”

Avery pushed his wheelchair over and smiled, “Mr. Mcmahon, I suggest that

you check his brain.”

That night, Avery brought Darlene back to Scenery Villa in Baltimore. When she was dragged back to the bedroom by the maid, because of the drama as well as her heart trouble, her face was ghastly pale.

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Avery sat on the edge of the bed, opened the bedside table drawer, and took out a wooden urn from inside. He then patted the bed beside him. “Come over, sit here, and take a look at your brother.”

Darlene stared at the urn in his hand. It contained Nigel’s ashes.

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tank on the bedside table.

The tank was half full of water, and a few goldfish were swimming in it.

Avery opened the wooden urn and extended it towards the fish tank. “I

wonder if these fish are into that.”

Fear appeared in Darlene’s eyes as she said angrily, “Nigel is gone already. What else do you want?”

Avery held the urn in one hand and extended his other hand. When Darlene

sat down, he tucked the hair on her forehead behind her ear.

He looked at her calmly. “Take off your coat and come to me.”