A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 23

Chapter 23 Stab Into Avery’s Heart

Avery did not expect Gustave to actually stop him.

In Baltimore, Gustave was famous for his indifference. Moreover, if he remembered correctly, Darlene’s matter was related to Gustave’s uncle, Douglas, so he would not interfere.

Douglas had done many illegal things, and Gustave would turn a blind eye to

it even if it happened right under his nose.

However, Gustave actually helped Darlene.

Avery looked at the man’s shirt that Darlene was wearing and suddenly understood she had easy virtues.

Avery did not want to have a conflict with Gustave. He didn’t intend to fall out with someone who did business with him frequently. Avery would not do something like this that would not make up for the losses.

Avery grabbed Darlene’s wrist and walked out without any explanation.

Gustave watched from behind and became calm again, not saying anything

else.

Gustave had done enough today.

As soon as he pulled Darlene into the car, Avery grabbed her neck and pushed her back. The back of Darlene’s head hit the window of the car, and she

gasped.

Avery said angrily, “Speak. What did you do with him?”

Darlene knew the more she explained to someone like him, the more he

would think she was making excuses out of guilt.

Thinking of how he had thrown her into the private room to get humiliated and tortured by Douglas, Darlene laughed softly, “What did I do? Can’t you

see?”

None of the clothes she was wearing belonged to her.

Because when she escaped from the private room, her body was covered in blood, and she had lost one of her high heels in a hurry.

Right now, she only had a man’s shirt that reached her thighs. When she had just been at the Walpole’s manor, Arthur had felt sorry for her and asked the maid to get her a new shirt.

She was wearing the slippers that the maid had given her.

Avery looked down at her from top to bottom, his fists clenched so tightly

that his eyes became even more bloodshot.

He punched the car door beside her fiercely and suddenly realized a problem.

Her voice was hoarse.

Avery remembered that one year ago, he had been drunk and tortured her in bed for the entire night. The next day, when she had spoken, her voice seemed to have been like this.

His anger surged, and he suddenly tightened his grip on her neck. “Your throat has become like this. It seems you had a great time. You refused Mr. Nixon because you thought he was not powerful enough, huh? You are quite good at picking men!”

Darlene’s throat hurt, and Avery was gripping it so tightly. The smell of blood quickly spread out from her mouth to her throat.

She did not want to explain anything to him. She just smiled, “You are flattering me, Mr. Gallard.”

Avery grabbed her by the neck and threw her aside.

Darlene’s head smashed into the back of the seat beside him. She lost

balance for a moment and almost fell off the seat.

Avery immediately took out his phone and made a call. “Good job, Darlene. I want to see how calm you can be today!”

When the call connected, Avery said coldly, “Get Nigel to Twilight Paradise. I don’t care if he is seriously ill. As long as he is still alive, get him there.”

A loud noise came from the other side of the line, and Avery put it on

speaker.

Nathen’s angry voice came over. He should be stopping the person who wanted to take Nigel away. “He can’t take it now. It is illegal for you to take him away forcefully. Can you take responsibility if anything happens?”

Avery hung up the phone, and the noise on the other side stopped abruptly.

He looked at Darlene, who was clenching her fists silently, and sneered. “Go on. Why aren’t you saying anything? Just tell me more details about you and Mr. Walpole. Darlene, you have made me unhappy. I have plenty of ways to

make you suffer a thousand times over.”

Darlene’s teeth were chattering, and her mind was filled with Nathen’s voice.

on the phone.

“It’s my fault. Avery, if you are mad, come at me. How weak you are to bully

an innocent child?”

Avery seemed to have heard a joke. “An innocent child? Ms. Garcia, you have

a memory like a sieve. Your younger brother just stabbed Vivian in the morning. You kept saying you wanted to atone for his sins, but you haven’t delivered your promise. How is Nigel innocent?”

Nigel’s body was weak. Nathen had said on the phone just now that Nigel was sick and could not leave the hospital.

Darlene had experienced the pain and danger of having a heart attack, so she

knew it best.

In the end, she softened her tone. “Douglas forced himself on me. My throat was hurt by him. I ran out and was saved by Mr. Walpole. Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth. Don’t touch my brother. You can do whatever you want with me.”

When Avery heard her hoarse voice, he felt it was extremely ear–piercing.

He did not believe a single word she said. “Now that you are worried about your younger brother, you lied. Darlene, I know very well what kind of person Gustave is. He won’t help you unless he can get something from you. For someone like you, other than a dirty body, what other benefits can you

give him?”

His words were extremely unpleasant to hear. When Darlene raised her hand

in anger, he quickly grabbed her wrist. “Darlene, I really should teach you a

lesson so that you can learn to be good.”

The car stopped outside Twilight Paradise. Avery dragged Darlene out of the car and took the elevator to the guest room on the top floor.

The hospital was closer to this place, and Nigel had been brought to the room. by someone. His face was pale as he was pressed to the ground.

Darlene was so excited that she wanted to rush over, but her shoulders were pressed down by Avery, and she sat on the bed.

He lowered his eyes in satisfaction and carefully examined her flustered appearance. “Why are you in such a hurry? The show has just begun. Cyrus,

show the thing to Ms. Garcia and let her have a good look. It really is not easy to find a suitable heart. That Dr. Elicott of yours must have put in a lot of

effort, right?”

Darlene’s mind buzzed as she snatched the stack of papers that Cyrus

handed over.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Avery continued, “I just found it. Dr. Elicott is very happy. He wanted to keep your brother in the hospital so that he could prepare for a heart transplant. Unfortunately, the director sent me the information first.”

After he finished speaking, he slowly took out his phone and was about to

make a call.

“How could a murderer be qualified to accept a heart donation?”

Darlene’s forehead was covered in cold sweat. It was extremely fortunate that a person could find a suitable heart.

Nathen helped her find the heart for an entire year.

The phone in Avery’s hand was connected. He smiled and looked down at Darlene, saying word by word, “Are you Mr. Oliver’s family? I am Nigel’s

guardian. We do not need your heart. Thank you…”

Darlene knelt down with red eyes. She felt like her heart was being cut by a

knife. “No, I beg you. Please don’t do this.”

Avery frowned slightly, but he still did not change his words. “Alright, that’s it. We don’t need it anymore. Thank you.”

He hung up the phone, and Darlene went crazy to snatch the phone from his hand.

Nigel said angrily, “Darlene, I am fine. If the heart is gone, we can find

another one. At worst, I will not change it. Don’t beg him.”

Avery sneered, “Look at how sensible your brother is. He feels sorry for you. When you did those things, why didn’t you think about him?”

He waved his hand, indicating for the bodyguards and Cyrus to take Nigel

away.

There was only him and Darlene left in the guest room. Avery squatted down and raised Darlene’s chin, “I warned you. If you don’t behave, just wait to collect your grandmother and younger brother’s corpses.

“This time it is your younger brother. Next time it will be your grandmother. As long as you don’t feel distressed, I will definitely not be lenient.”

Darlene’s teeth were chattering wildly. The way she looked at him changed from begging to despair until there was only complete hatred left.

She suddenly got up out of control and grabbed a fruit knife from the coffee

table.

Avery did not expect her to be like this. He thought it was time for her to

learn her lesson.

He thought she was going to hurt herself. He wanted to stop her, but the moment the knife in her hand stabbed into her heart, she suddenly changed direction and ruthlessly stabbed towards Avery’s heart.

She used all the strength she had. The blade cut through his flesh, and blood quickly flowed out from his heart. Immediately, he frowned hard.

“Avery, go to hell!”