A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 177

Chapter 177

Chapter 177 About to Die of Heart Failure

Avery’s heart suddenly sank. He did not even notice he had dropped his phone. He immediately walkedto the sofa with a tense expression.

“Darlene?”

Standing in the huge living room, he got no response. He had only turned to the French window andtalked on the phone for a few words, and she was gone.

He shouted a few more times, but there was no response from Darlene. Instead, a servant who hadgone to rest quickly came when she heard his shouts.

Avery had a terrible expression on his face. As he searched around, including places behind thecurtains, he asked, “Did you see her?”

The servant was stunned for a moment before she realized who he was talking about. She hurriedlywalked down. “She… Wasn’t Mrs. Gallard downstairs with you just now? I didn’t hear any noise upstairs.I don’t think anyone has come up.

A few servants stood below the stairs and panicked.

Then Avery said impatiently, “Go and look for her. Why are you just standing there?”

The servants finally snapped back to reality and fanned out in panic to search for

Darlene.

Soon, some people said, “Mr. Gallard, she isn’t in the bedrooms downstairs.”

“Mr. Gallard, she’s also not in the kitchen or the backyard.”

Avery looked around and walked upstairs with a cold face. “Search upstairs and the

terrace.”

Chaotic footsteps went upstairs, and the noise receded.

Darlene came out of the cupboard in the kitchen and looked at the knife on top of the

cupboard.

Except for the knife on the top of the cupboard, all the other knives should have been deliberately putaway, and no more knives could be seen in the kitchen.

There was no way to reach the top of the cupboard. She pulled a chair over and stood on

1. it. Just as she reached the knife, a servant screamed behind her.

“She is here! Mrs. Gallard, please come down. The knife is sharp. It is easy to fall when you stand sohigh. It is very dangerous!”

The servant shouldn’t have screamed. Hearing her scream, the people upstairs hurried down. Theirfootsteps quickly approached.

Darlene grabbed the knife and panicked. She was in a hurry to get down from the chair but lost herfooting and fell.

The servant who screamed came over in a panic to support her.

By the time Avery and the servants arrived from upstairs, Darlene and the servant had already fallen tothe ground. Then they staggered up.

Darlene’s lips were pale white, and she could not care less about anything else. She directly unsheathedthe knife, gritted her teeth, and ruthlessly slashed it down toward her wrist.

Avery’s face suddenly darkened, and he took a few steps forward and snatched the knife away from herhand. “Let go of it! The knife is not a toy. Calm down!”

She was still pressing the blade down on her wrist. Avery reached out and grabbed the tip of the blade,putting his hand between the blade and her wrist.

His

eyes were red, and he was a little anxious. “Darlene, I told you to let go!”

Avery did not know where she got all the strength, but she grabbed the knife so tightly that Avery couldn’tmake her let go of it no matter how hard he tried.

She pressed the tip of the knife down recklessly and slid it down again.

The knife did not land on her wrist. But it left a bloody cut in Avery’s thenar space. Blood flowed along hispalm onto her wrist and then dripped onto the ground. The blood was glaring.

The servants were shocked and tried to come closer. “Mrs. Gallard, quickly let go of the knife. It isdangerous to cut the thenar space. If you do this, Mr. Gallard will be in danger!”

Avery said coldly, “Get out.” Then the servants could only shut up and retreated out of

the kitchen.

Darlene’s hand that was holding onto the knife trembled violently, and there was only despair in her eyesas she looked at Avery.

“Avery, I’m about to die of heart failure. I have no more than two months. Let me go.”

Avery tightened his grip on the blade, preventing her from cutting her wrist. He frowned. “What nonsenseare you saying? You are alright. How could you get heart failure? I’ve called a doctor over to take a goodlook at you. You are very unstable

emotionally.”

He thought of something. “But your heart disease has tortured you for too many years. It has not beenserious, but since we are having a baby, we should have it cured. It is problematic to take medicineduring pregnancy.”

Darlene got very emotional, but she said calmly and clearly, “I’m very clear–headed. I am going to die. Inthe past, you refused to let me go. Now, you play dumb and still

won’t let me go.

“As for that child, you personally signed the paper and killed him. You killed your own flesh and blood,but you wanted another woman’s kid who had nothing to do with you. and said you would see it as yourbiological child.

“Avery, you just don’t dare to face those awful things that you have done, so you just pretend to lose yourmemory and play dumb, right? But what you have done is done,

and it can never be undone.”

She stretched out her other hand and suddenly grabbed Avery’s wrist.

When he was stunned, she put the handle of the knife in his palm, grabbed his hand, and pressed theknife against her lower belly.

“Avery, look, he used to be here. You were right. He should be six months old now.

“But four months ago, you did this to me. You stabbed me with a knife. His heart had

started to beat, but you killed him. He didn’t even have time to struggle.”

Fear appeared on Avery’s face. He didn’t know why. He clearly didn’t remember the

things Darlene said.

But when she said these things casually, fear, which was so clear and deep, seized him

like it was an instinct.

He shook his head. “Darlene, you are sick. You are talking nonsense. Let the doctor examine youcarefully.”

He felt a bit lost. He didn’t even realize that he was holding the knife against her lower

belly.

Darlene suddenly exerted force and pushed the knife toward herself. She looked at him and smiled,“Avery, you have killed before. It’s not like this is your first time anyway. Why don’t you kill me as well?”

Avery suddenly came back to his senses. Because of the inexplicable fear, his face turned

pale.

He was a little breathless. He regained his senses and snapped the knife back.

Darlene looked at him, still smiling. “Didn’t you lose your memory? Didn’t you forget everything? Buteverything is still in your head. Otherwise, why are you nervous? What are you afraid of?”

Avery had no idea why he was suddenly so panicked. He got up in a hurry and went out of the kitchen tolock the knife into the drawer. Only then did he return.

Darlene’s eyes were blank. She still stared straight at him. “That day when you signed your name in thehospital corridor and said that you didn’t want that child, why weren’t you afraid? Why weren’t younervous?

“Why did you suddenly talk about him so affectionately after so long? Why? Do you want him to comeback to see you and chat with you?”

Avery took a step back. The panic that came from nowhere was like a poisonous snake

creeping up his back. He felt a chill run down his spine.

After a long time, he finally spoke, “You’ve really gone crazy.”