A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 73

Chapter 73

Chapter 73 You Are Aurora, Not Darlene

After feeding Reina some soup, Darlene lay down beside her.

A raw taste was in Darlene’s mouth, and she managed not to vomit. Her chest hurt so much. She feltbetter when she lay down.

Reina muttered beside Darlene, “Aurora, you’ve lost weight, so you don’t look good. Are you trying tolose weight?”

As Reina spoke, she grabbed Darlene’s arm and felt it. Then, she frowned. “You’re skinny.”

Reina’s temperature was low, and her hands were not warm. However, Darlene had not experiencedwarmth and peace for a long time.

No one cared about her and asked why she had lost weight.

Darlene’s voice trembled, and she tried to hold back her tears. “Grandma, you made the mistake again.I’m Darlene instead of Aurora.”

Reina corrected Darlene in a low voice. “Your name is Aurora, but the Gallard family disliked it, so theychanged it.

Reina was aged. When she reached seventy, she had dementia and often spoke

nonsense.

Darlene did not take Reina’s words seriously and nodded. “Alright, Aurora. Grandma, you can call mewhatever you like.”

Darlene knew her name. Although she could not remember it, Teresa said Darlene

didn’t have another name.

Reina patted Darlene’s hand. “After you fell into the water, you forgot many things.

“It doesn’t matter. Your childhood is not happy. Ever since you were adopted by the

Garcia family at two, you hadn’t had a good time.

“Now that you have married Avery, you should live a happy life and care more about yourself. Don’tworry about Nigel.

Darlene got close to Reina and nestled in her arms. She always did that when she was a little girl.“Grandma, you are so kind. I miss you so much.”

Reina continued to ramble. She probably didn’t know what she was saying.

However, Reina’s voice made Darlene feel at ease. Darlene fell asleep. She hadn’t slept. soundly for along time.

Reina was also tired. It was not until dawn that she fell asleep and started snoring.

Darlene was woken up by the voice outside. She did not sleep deeply because Reina was

seriously ill.

When she woke up, she heard two men’s voices. One was Avery, and the other’s voice. was alsofamiliar. However, she could not figure out who it was.

When Darlene became wide awake, she realized it was Gustave.

Darlene came around the night before. She almost forgot about her promise to Gustave to sell thecopyright of the TV series to him.

She quietly got out of bed and put on her coat before walking out.

As soon as the door opened, Darlene heard what Avery and Gustave were arguing about.

Avery said angrily, “Mr. Walpole, I have made it clear. She is not here. You can tell me. what you want totalk to her about, and I will pass on the message. You and my wife have nothing to talk about in private,don’t you?”

Just as Avery finished his words, the door opened. There came Darlene’s voice. “I asked Mr. Walpole tocome over. I have something to talk to him about.”

Avery had just told a lie and asked Gustave aggressively. When he saw Darlene, he

became frustrated.

He said gently, “You have not recovered yet. It is time for you to rest. Why don’t you talk about it anotherday?”

Darlene looked at Avery. “We will talk in the next room. I won’t go out, and it won’t be long.”

Avery was unhappy. “I am doing this for you. You need to rest.”

Darlene became sullen. “Avery, I have agreed to stay here. Should I talk and walk according to yourplan?”

Gustave said with a smile, “Mr. Gallard, it is inappropriate to restrain your wife too

much. There are no differences between men and women. Why can’t a woman speak to a

man?”

Darlene was unhappy. Seeing that, Avery did not stop her anymore and sat on the seat in the corridorwith a gloomy face.

Darlene and Gustave went into the next room, and Darlene locked the door. Avery saw that and becamejealous.

Darlene said she had something to talk to Gustave about. Avery didn’t know why she

locked the door.

Avery was Darlene’s husband. How could they do that in front of him?

Avery was so angry that he wanted to push the door open and go into the room. He hoped to stand thereto watch Darlene and Gustave talk.

When Avery stood up, he remembered Darlene’s disgusted look the night before and the two slaps onhis face. He hesitated and did not go to push the door.

In the room, Darlene roughly looked through the contract. Then, she took the the table and signed it.

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Seeing that, Gustave reminded Darlene, “Why didn’t you read it carefully? The contract will take effectafter you sign it. Don’t you be afraid of being deceived?”

Darlene pushed the contract to Gustave. “It doesn’t matter. Mr. Walpole, I believe in

you.”

Moreover, Darlene’s comic was not valuable. The copyright of the movie was in Avery’s hands, and themovie was ready to be filmed.

Therefore, the copyright of the TV series was somewhat second-handed. Other than Gustave, no onewould invest in it.

Gustave put a check on the table, “I won’t take advantage of you. You said you would invest 1.7 milliondollars in the TV series. That’s unfair to you.

“Here is half the money, and the remaining will be your investment. Take it as your shares and dividends,okay?

Darlene handed the check back. “I won’t take it. I’m willing to invest all of it. Mr.

Walpole, you are confident with my comic, and I also believe you will make money. It won’t be a loss forme to invest the money in the TV series.”

Gustave put the contract aside and did not take the check. “Alright, take it. How can I take your comic forfree?

“It can be considered a preliminary decision. When the audition begins, I will ask you to help. I have torely on you, the author.”

Darlene did not say anything more. She thought she would return the check to Gustave if he lost in theTV series.

She put away her contract and said, “Thank you, Mr. Walpole.”

Gustave looked at Darlene. After a long while, he asked, “Darlene is a good name. Did your parents giveit to you?”