A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Chapter 123 It Is Calling You Daddy

Avery’s face was dark. His hands trembled as he untied the knot on Darlene’s hand. He then grabbedher arm, wanting to pull her up.

“Get up. I told you that someone snuck into the ward when your grandmother suddenly

fell ill. I didn’t do it.”

Darlene nodded. “Alright, I believe you. Everything has nothing to do with you. Let my brother andgrandmother go. Everything is my fault. You can do whatever you want to me, okay?”

Darlene didn’t get up. Avery felt that Darlene was really crazy, and she was driven crazy

by him.

Why couldn’t Darlene stay? If she stayed as he asked, wouldn’t everything be fine?

Avery couldn’t pull Darlene up, so she just knelt on the ground and looked at him in

dead silence.

Avery didn’t dare to exert any force on his hand. He even felt that her entire body was as

light as a feather. It felt like that as long as he exerted a little force, she would really

scatter like an item in front of him.

How did they end up like this?

When Avery crouched down, he would always feel that way. He no longer dared to look

directly at Darlene.

Avery looked at Darlene and watched her kneel in front of him. It was as if he saw him forcing her tohave a miscarriage back then. She knelt and begged him to keep their

child.

It was as if he saw him forcing her to kneel in the heavy rain. People came and went outside the hospital,all looking at her. At that time, she was like this. Her face was

deathly still, like a living dead person’s.

Avery suddenly realized that Darlene’s heart for him had long died. It was not overnight, nor suddenly. Itwas slowly worn away under the countless torture and disappointment. It was no longer alive.

It was like a leaf falling in autumn, a potted plant that had died on the window platform.

When someone looked back, no matter how much water was poured, it would be of no

use.

Darlene’s love for Avery was already used up. She really would not love him anymore.

Avery felt flustered as if he was watching himself slowly sink. The feeling of loss made him unable tobreathe.

He reached out to hold Darlene’s hand and carefully explained, “Darlene, I really didn’t hurt yourgrandmother. Trust me.”

Almost at the same time, another voice sounded in his ear. “I really didn’t hurt Vivian.

Believe me.

“Avery, why don’t you believe me? I took care of you for two years and loved you for ten years. I don’twant anything. I don’t want you to be good to me. I don’t want you to love me. Why can’t you evenbelieve me once?

“Avery, look at that child. It has only been in my belly for two months. It has a

heartbeat. It will move. The ice–cold instrument pierced it. It is dead, and all the blood on the ground isthe child’s.

“Avery, can you hear it? It is calling you daddy. It said that it hurts. Why can’t you hear it? Because youare not worthy.”

The voices flooded over, raging wildly in Avery’s mind.

Avery’s head hurt so badly that he reached out to cover his ears.

However, those sounds seemed to come from his brain. The more he covered his ears,

the clearer those sounds became, and they continuously echoed in his mind.

“Avery, I’m going to die. Why don’t you let me go?

“Avery, it’s just a baby. It’s your baby. Why didn’t you let it go?

“Why didn’t you let it go…”

Avery raised his hand, pressed his fingers against his temples, and then between his eyebrows. Thepain on his face made his face tense to the extreme.

Avery said as if to himself, “Darlene, forget it. Let bygones be bygones. I will be good to you from nowon, and your grandmother and brother as well. Let’s lead a good life

together…”

Avery stretched out his hand and saw Darlene standing up.

Darlene looked at him coldly and laughed in a low voice. He would not let her long as she did not die, hewould not let her

1. go.2. go.

As

Oh, no, he said that even if she died, he would carve on her tombstone to tell others she was his wife tocontinue to disgust her.

Darlene did not speak again and turned back to the end of the corridor.

Avery wanted to chase after her. When he stood up against the wall, the pain in his mind.

made his vision blur.

Those messy sounds could not be shaken off no matter what. Darlene’s and the baby’s cries presseddown on him until he could not breathe.

Avery tried to calm himself down. When he looked at the corridor again, Darlene had alreadydisappeared.

Darlene walked around the corner of the corridor and stood against the wall for a while.

Darlene looked out of the window at the end of the corridor. It was already late autumn. Why couldn’t sheeven see a glimmer of hope in the last few days?

Darlene was worried about her grandma and her brother, although she was about to die.

Darlene laughed at herself. People like her probably deserved to suffer.

Darlene walked to the side and opened the door of the fire escape.

The light inside was a little dark and cold.

Darlene walked in and let go of the door behind her. She sat down on the stairs and buried her face inher palms.

Darlene was a little tired, but there was her grandmother and brother in the ward. She

did not even dare to sigh too loudly there, afraid that Nigel would feel bad.

Darlene covered her face with her palms and looked around. Finally, she could mouth and let out a longsigh.

A voice suddenly sounded from the top of her head, “What a coincidence.”

open her

It was a man’s voice, smiling with a hint of frivolity.

Darlene was shocked. She did not expect that there would be someone inside. She looked up and sawBraylen walking down the stairs.

Naturally, Braylen was already standing on the stairs a long time ago. When Darlene came in, she didnot look up the stairs, nor did she notice him.

Darlene awkwardly wiped her face and immediately got up from the stairs. “Mr. Swale, what acoincidence.”

Braylen walked closer, extinguished the cigarette in his hand, and threw it into the trash can next to him.

Braylen smiled, “Ms. Garcia, are you crying here? We are really fated. I smoke cigarettes here. How canI meet you in such a big hospital?”

Darlene did not want to talk to Braylen too much. Braylen’s gaze made her unable to feel much goodwill.She wanted to pull the door and go out. “Mr. Swale, you can continue smoking. I just came out to take abreath. I won’t disturb you. I gotta go.”

Just as Darlene reached out to the door, Braylen grabbed her arm. “There’s no rush. Since you’realready here, let’s chat a bit. Why are you so hurry to leave?”

Darlene avoided Braylen’s hand, and she looked calm. “What do you want to talk about,

Mr. Swale?”

Braylen leaned against the wall and looked at Darlene lazily. “I heard that Ms. Garcia wants to divorce.How about it? Are you interested in discussing a business deal with me? I will introduce you to a lawyerand guarantee that you will get a divorce smoothly.”