A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 107

Chapter 107

Chapter 107 Darlene, I Won’t Let You Die

The car rushed down the cliff and disappeared into the fog. It was getting dark, and one could not seeanything.

The bodyguard walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down. Then, he turned around. and walked tothe man behind him. “Mr. Elicott, she should die.”

Nathen handed the bloody knife to the bodyguard and wiped the blood on his hand with a handkerchief.He walked to the car. “Let’s go back.”

The car drove away from the suburbs. Nathen looked at his palms which were still stained with bloodunder the flickering lights from outside the car window.

He could not wipe them clean no matter how hard he tried. He felt he was really dirty.

He looked out of the car window after a long time. The car had been back to the city, and

the streets were bustling.

Nathen said, “Go back to the Elicott’s house. I want to see my grandfather.”

The car stopped outside the Elicott’s house. Kaley Cotton heard the sound and hurried.

out.

Seeing the person who got out of the car, Kaley was stunned. Even when Nathen walked in front of her,she did not come back to her senses.

Nathen glanced at her. “What’s the matter, Kaley? Is there anything wrong?”

Kaley took a step aside and let him in as if she finally reacted. A pleasantly surprised expressionappeared on her face. “Mr. Nathen, you are back. Mr. Martin has not fallen.

asleep yet. He was just talking about you.”

Nathen had not returned to the Elicott’s house for almost a year. Even Martin Elicott,

who was sitting inside, was shocked, not to mention Kaley.

He thought, it is strange. Why did this unfilial guy come back?

Martin snorted with some resentment. “Am I too old to see things? I don’t expect someone to stillremember that he has a grandfather.”

Nathen walked over and sat down next to Martin. “Grandpa, you haven’t slept yet.”

Nathen said that with concern, and Martin could not show his dissatisfaction anymore. After all, Nathenwas his precious grandson. After he reproached Nathen in a strange. tone, he ordered the servants.

“Go and bring Nathen a glass of warm water. It’s cold outside. Have you had dinner?”

The servant served Nathen a glass of water. Nathen did not reach out to take it and let her put it in frontof him.

“Yes,” he replied.

Martin thought that Nathen should have come back with a certain purpose. Seeing that Nathen didn’tmention it, he did not ask much and just chatted casually.

“You won’t go to the hospital to work on weekends, right? Andrew will have a family dinner tomorrow andinvited me to go to his house. You won’t go anyway, so help me to

guard the company.”

Nathen looked over. “Grandpa, I’ll go with you.”

Martin was surprised and snorted. “Don’t coax me. I know you and your sister well.

“These years, you guys were afraid that others would know about your family. background, and you keptsaying that you would rely on yourselves. You never went out with me, and few outsiders know about mygrandson and granddaughter.”

Nathen replied, “Grandpa, you are getting old. I should get about with you more,

Moreover, the Elicott family has been close to the Gallard family these years. As a

junior, I should have gone to visit Mr. Gallard a long time ago.”

Martin was skeptical. “Are you serious? Are you kidding me?”

Nathen finished the water and stood up. “Of course not. I’ll take my leave. I still have things to deal withat the hospital. I’ll come and pick you up tomorrow morning.”

After Nathen left, Martin was still baffled. He looked at Kaley and asked, “Do you think there’s somethingwrong with him tonight?”

Kaley replied with a smile, “Mr. Martin, don’t think too much about it. Mr. Nathen is your grandson.Although he doesn’t express himself, he must be concerned about you. He may just want to spend moretime with you.”

Martin was in a good mood and stood up with a smile. “It’s good that he is so sensible.

His parents passed away in front of him, and I was always afraid that he would go astray.”

Outside the Elicott’s house, Nathen got in the car.

Frank Denman, who was driving, felt strange and asked, “Mr. Elicott, Ms. Garcia may

also be in the Gallard’s place. If you go there, she should know that you are a member of the Elicottfamily.”

Nathen looked out of the window. It began to rain.

He answered, “I thought too much in the past. She can accept Gustave, so she should be able to acceptmy identity?”

It was difficult for him to see Darlene now, and exposing his identity might be an

efficient way.

If Nathen made his identity public, with the relationship between the Elicott family and the Gallard family,he could follow Martin to the Gallard family and would have more opportunities to see Darlene.

At the Scenery Villa.

Seth had come to check on Darlene and left some medicine to treat the wound on her

neck.

He was not a professional doctor to treat heart disease. Moreover, Darlene still had the medicine for theheart disease that Giovanni prescribed. So, Seth did not care much

about it.

By the time Seth left, it was late at night.

Avery sat by the bed. He took a warm towel to clean Darlene’s wound and was ready to

apply the ointment to it.

When he cleaned the wound and the cotton swab stained with ointment was about to

touch her neck, Darlene woke up.

Avery’s hand paused in the air. When he leaned forward, he saw Darlene open

her eyes.

Their eyes met, and he was stunned for a moment. His first reaction was to look away

guiltily.

“Your neck is injured. I’ll help you apply the ointment.”

Darlene looked at him and spat out two words after a long while. “Get lost.”

Avery pondered, she is seriously ill and probably doesn’t have any strength to resist.

He reached out directly. “Apply the ointment first. I will leave after it is done.”

Just as Avery’s hand touched Darlene’s neck, Darlene’s face was filled with disgust, and she kickedAvery in the lower abdomen through the blanket.

Although she kicked him hard, it should not have been a big problem. However, Avery was unlucky.

just been treated was precisely kicked. He

The wound on his lower abdomen that gasped and reached out to support himself on the bed.

With his hand on the pillow next to Darlene’s head, he bent over and leaned closer to

her.

Darlene raised her foot and kicked Avery again. “Are you

deaf? Get lost!”

Avery stared at her for a long time. “Dr. Cannon said that if you don’t treat your wound as soon aspossible, it will easily get infected. Even if you don’t like me, you can’t ignore your health.”

Darlene smiled coldly and pushed Avery’s hand away. She struggled to move inside and kept herdistance from him.

“Infected? Avery, I got infected many times before. Don’t you know it? Don’t you replace it disgusting to saysuch words? Even if I die, I don’t need you to shed crocodile tears, not to mention getting infected.”

Avery frowned and felt that the word “die” was harsh. It forced him to recall the fact that Darlene’s heartwas failing and she would not live for long.

“Terminal illness” and “death” were all terrible words. Avery tried hard to avoid thinking about it, but thetruth would not change just because he refused to admit it.

His eyes turned slightly red as he stared at Darlene carefully. “Darlene, I won’t let you die. I can replace asuitable heart donor for you. If I can’t, you can transplant an artificial

heart temporarily. Even death can’t take you away from me.”

Darlene felt disgusted and almost vomited. “Avery, is there anyone more disgusting than you?”

Avery took off the tie around his neck and pressed both of her hands together,

“There’s probably no one. Bear with it for a while. I’ll untie it after I help you apply the ointment.”