A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 263

A Wound that Never Heals Chapter 263

Chapter 263 I’ll Give You Anything

Avery and Andrew looked over, but because it was nighttime and the car lamps were on, they could not see Darlene clearly in the car.

This honk was a bit abrupt. But since Andrew’s car was almost parked in the middle of the road and the two of them were in the middle of the road, Avery and Andrew probably thought that Darlene did that because she wanted to pass by but was blocked.

Darlene calmed herself down and wanted to sit back in the driver’s seat. Whether it was turning around to leave or directly passing by Avery, it was better than stopping here.

Darlene could feel Avery staring at this side. Even if she thought that he would not be able to see her clearly, she still felt a little uneasy.

When Darlene was anxiously climbing to the driver’s seat, Braylen had already come out of the police station not far away. He quickly came over.

Braylen noticed that Avery was looking at his car and Braylen also heard the sound of the horn from afar. Braylen quickly realized what was going on.

However, Braylen still looked very calm. When he passed by Avery, he calmly greeted, “Hi, Mr. Andrew, Mr. Gallard, what a coincidence. What is going on? Whoops, it seems that Mr. Gallard is getting beaten up now.”

Andrew heard the sarcasm in Braylen’s words and ignored him.

As for Avery, who was kneeling on the ground, he was even less in the mood to talk to Braylen. Instead, Avery continued to stare at Braylen’s car.

Avery thought, just now, there was a honk in the car, so there must be someone else inside.

But is it strange that there was someone else in Braylen’s car?

No, it is not strange at all.

In Braylen’s car, there might be a woman he newly met, friends, or relatives. It might also be Mrs. Swale or Mr. Swale. There are too many possibilities, but it cannot be Darlene.

Braylen walked to the side of the car and could feel Avery’s gaze still following behind.

So when Braylen opened the car door and got in, he deliberately raised his voice a little and complained, “Mom, can’t you just give me a call if you get impatient? I can hear you honk from afar. We are now outside the police. station. What if the police say that I disturb the other residents and detain my car?”

Darlene was about to get into the driver’s seat when she saw Braylen getting into the car. She did not respond and retreated back to the passenger seat.

Avery and Andrew quickly shifted their gazes away. When Braylen drove away, Avery turned back to take another look again.

Avery couldn’t explain why he turned back to take another look, but Braylen’s car had already disappeared into the night.

The Gallard’s place was still in a foul and lifeless state. When Andrew brought Avery back, Avery chased away the new clinical psychologist again.

There was also a high-level nutritionist Andrew had finally managed to find to help Avery to quit smoking and drinking and regulated Avery’s diet and rest. The nutritionist had confidently made a long list of the daily diet for Avery and even wrote a book about his plans to change Avery’s bad habits step by step.

On the night when everything was ready, the nutritionist had just shown Avery the results of his hard work, and Avery kicked him out together with his recipes and book.

After being a nutritionist for so many years, this was the first time he had been chased out. The nutritionist was so angry that he left immediately and refused to come again no matter what.

The servants in the Southwood Villa were getting fewer and fewer day after day, and the few that remained were the most honest.

Whenever the servants saw Avery, they looked scared and reluctant. They only hoped to get their salary after fulfilling their duties.

The more Avery looked at those servants, the more he disliked them. In the end, he dismissed all of them.

Only Cyrus and Roselyn left. Roselyn used to be Teresa’s maid.

Roselyn spent most of her life in the Gallard’s place and did not want to leave.

Avery drove her away a few times in annoyance, but in the end, he gave up.

After Avery returned to the Southwood Villa, he still sat in the living room drinking wine.

Roselyn did not try to persuade Avery. She must be tired of doing that after failing so many times.

Roselyn directly went into the kitchen and got some honey water and hangover soup ready for Avery. After she got everything ready, she came out again, silently sitting on the sofa opposite Avery.

Avery was tired of drinking and felt annoyed.

He had drunk too much wine, and the more he drank, the more clear-headed he became.

Avery threw the bottle of wine in his hand onto the coffee table and drunkenly looked at Roselyn sitting opposite him.

“Roselyn, do you also think I deserved it? I was so stupid back then.”

Roselyn saw that Avery stopped drinking and got up to clean up the wine bottle and cigarette ash on the coffee table.

Meanwhile, Roselyn said lightly, “Mr. Gallard, you know that Ms. Garcia is already dead. Rather than being like this, you might as well cherish the things you have now.

“I heard that the Gallard Group has been in a bad situation recently. Your grandpa’s health is getting poorer day by day. You should just move on.”

Avery did not listen to what Roselyn was saying.

Avery propped himself up against the back of the sofa, staggering out into the backyard.

The Southwood Villa was much smaller than the Scenery Villa, but the backyard covered more than 1,000 square feet. In the past, there were various flowers and plants in the courtyard, but now it was a very large grave.

Darlene’s body was not found, so what was buried there were her clothes.

Avery walked closer and sat down next to the tombstone. NôvelDrama.Org holds text © rights.

Avery touched the tombstone. There was nothing but Darlene’s name on it, not even a single photo.

Avery thought, in those two years of marriage, how much has Darlene been wronged? As her husband, I can’t even take out a single photo of her.

Avery gently stroked Darlene’s name with his fingertips. Other than the howling autumn wind, there was no sound in the backyard.

Avery never dared to count the days. Only now did he realize that Darlene had been gone for two whole years.

It had been two years and Avery had no news of Darlene at all.

All these years, Avery would always think of the words Darlene had said and her resolute gaze as well as her tone filled with hatred.

Darlene said to Avery word by word, “Avery, if I die one day, you must not come to my grave and cry.

Please don’t.”

Therefore, Avery didn’t dare to shed tears here. A year ago, he had set up this tombstone, and now, in the blink of an eye, another year had passed. He had always remembered Darlene’s words.

But at this moment, for some reason, Avery couldn’t help it. The wind blew so hard that his eyes hurt. Large drops of tears fell to the ground of the tomb. Avery curled up and stooped, unable to restrain himself from sobbing.

“Darlene, please come back. Open your eyes and look at me again. I’ll make it up to you.

Please come back and have a look at me again. I’ll give you anything, okay?”