A Wound that Never Heals Chapter 253
Chapter 253 She Never Comes Back
The Gallard family had never had such a quiet New Yearâs Day.
Darlene was with them every time in the past ten years, and each time, she was the most neglected.
And this year, Darlene was absent. The most invisible person was gone, yet because of that, the
Gallard familyâs atmosphere was dead as anything.
Avery never came back to the Gallardâs house. Sandra, the Gallard familyâs daughter-in-law, who had
pretended to be attentive, was imprisoned. Erick was kicked out of the family. And Owen, Averyâs
father, was depressed because of what had happened to Darlene, so he moved out.
Both the Elicott family and the Swale family had a fallout with the Gallard family, and no one would
come over to chat.
Andrew was stubborn. He wanted nothing but for Avery to come back. Now that Avery wasnât back,
Andrew didnât allow outsiders. to come to the Gallardâs house on New Yearâs Day.
It had been almost a month, yet hardly a word was spoken in the Gallardâs house, and it was as still as
if no one lived there.
Andrew snapped one day.
After the police finished their search, Avery continued to call many people to look for
Darlene near the Beaufort Sea and circulated missing person notices.
Several days had passed, and Avery could barely think straight. He had dozens of helicopters spread
leaflets all over the
Beaufort Sea and the beaches.
On the leaflet was a photo, which showed
Nathenâs face clearly.
There was a link attached below. Through the link, one could see that day Nathen entered the
abandoned warehouse.
There were only a few words on the leaflet, saying, âDarlene, Nathen is still alive. Come back if you
believe it. And if you donât, thatâs more of the reason why you should come back and see for yourself.â
There were tens of thousands of leaflets distributed by helicopters. When the wind blew, they were
scattered on the Beaufort
Sea and the beaches. What was more, they were spread to dozens of miles of residential and tourist
areas nearby.
The leaflets were everything, and it looked like it was snowing heavily.
The result of the extremely shocking scene was that the news went viral quickly, and it was all over the
media. Almost everyone knew that Nathen, the only son of the Elicott family, who was rumored to be
âthe first living person to donate his heartâ, was still alive.
The following result was that when Avery was directing the leaflet distribution work on the beach
nearby Beaufort Sea, he was arrested by the police on the spot, on the grounds that he seriously
disturbed public order, damaged the sea, and polluted the environment.
Hearing the news, Martin was so furious that he almost vomited blood. âHe has lost it! He has
completely lost it!â
The police detained Avery overnight. He confessed to all the charges and paid a much higher fine.
Lastly, Avery paid the fines, and those pilots who flew the helicopters were detained for half a month.
Avery kept distributing the leaflets. Yet he stopped using the helicopters. Instead, he had a large group
of people doing it for him, and they went everywhere on the streets.
Meanwhile, after knowing that Darlene fell into the sea and died, Martin knew that he was responsible
and that no one could stop the current Avery.
Therefore, seeing Avery like this upset
Martin, and he was worried that Nathen might be onto something. However, Martin still didnât try to stop
Avery.
In fact, no one got to stop Avery anyway. He was completely out of his mind. When facing the muzzle
of a policemanâs gun, he was still fearless.
Tens of thousands of leaflets were distributed, and news reports and missing person notices never
stopped. Another month had passed.
There were more and more sunny days.
Chirping could be heard everywhere, flowers blossomed, and vibrant spring had arrived.
Yet she never came back.
In the beginning, to find Darlene, Avery had done something out of the line. The police would come to
interfere, and the media would often report relevant things about it.
After a while, people began to feel bored, so the media rarely came after him for interviews, and the
police stopped giving him any trouble.
After being onlookers who were in for a show, everyone left, no longer interested.
And then it became clearer and clearer to
Avery that Darlene really wasnât coming back. Everyone else had accepted it, and he was the only one
fooling himself into not accepting it.
It was as if as long as he continued to search, she would come back one day.
Under the warm sunlight, he stood at the intersection where people came and went with a deep sense
of loss. âCyrus, is there something Iâve forgotten to do? Is there somewhere I havenât checked? Is there
something important I havenât tried?â
Cyrus did not say a word. After a long time, he tentatively said, âMr. Gallard, you need to rest.â
Cyrus knew Avery the best. The haggard man with dark circles under his eyes in front of him was
nothing like the previous Avery he knew.
In a month, Avery had lost nearly 20 pounds and was almost disfigured. He was completely different.
For a month, he probably didnât even get 24 hours of real sleep.
Avery looked at the backs of many passers-by and saw that he was beginning to hallucinate. He felt
that they all looked like her.
He thought, this isnât good. I havenât found her. I canât afford to have hallucinations. I have to stay
normal.
He felt that his vision was getting a bit dark, and his hands trembled as he reached for his wrinkled suit
pocket, wanting to take out a cigarette to keep himself awake.
The second he took out the cigarette from the pocket, his vision went completely black, and he fell to
the ground with a âbangâ and fell into a coma.
Cyrus panicked. He immediately helped Avery into the car, rushing to the hospital.
At the same time, there was a car on its way to a villa on the outskirts of town, not far from the Beaufort
Sea.
The woman driving the car noticed the scattered leaflets at the entrance of the villa and frowned.
Then she got out of the car. When she wanted to pick up those leaflets and throw them in the trash
can, she saw the photo and the name on them. She remembered something and was stunned.
After a moment of hesitation, she took the leaflets into the villa and asked the doctor inside, âHow is
she today?â