A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 206

Chapter 206

Chapter 206 Exchange Nathen’s Life for Darlene’s

When Darlene walked in, Seth spent a lot of effort persuading Avery and gave him some tranquilizers.Only then did Avery finally calm down a little.

Avery held his phone and kept calling someone, unwilling to give up.

He asked Seth in confusion, “I’ve changed my number. Why is she still not answering my call?”

Avery was still self–aware. He used his previous number to call Darlene but failed. Avery knew thatDarlene had blacklisted him, so he changed it to a new number.

Before Seth replied, Darlene, who had walked in, said coldly, “Stop calling. I’ve blacklisted your newnumber.”

Avery looked at Darlene who had suddenly entered in disbelief. He thought that he had lost his mind.Then he took the unused syringe from the side and pricked it on his arm.

Seth was shocked. It was too late to stop him. Avery had pricked himself with the syringe. He felt painand immediately scrambled to get up from the bed.

The examination instrument that Seth had placed on him fell to the ground.

Seth was speechless. He had tried so hard to calm Avery down, and now it seemed that

his efforts had been in vain.

Seth turned around and looked at Darlene. He sighed, “Y–You came at a bad time.”

Avery got out of bed in a hurry and walked over to Darlene. He said, “Dr. Cannon, please

go out first. I will call you over later.”

Seth picked up the examination instrument that had fallen to the ground. Before he left,

Seth looked at Darlene with concern.

“He was just stimulated, and his condition is not good. If you are angry, try to hold back for now in case ofany accidents.”

Darlene did not reply to him. She just stared fiercely at Avery.

Seth had a very bad premonition. He even felt that Darlene was going to use violence the next moment.After leaving the ward, Seth and Cyrus stood at the door to eavesdrop.

Gustave stood behind, watching coldly as they eavesdropped.

In the ward, Avery walked a few steps away from Darlene. Given she looked very bad, he did not dare toapproach her.

After learning about Darlene’s condition, Avery finally clearly saw how pale Darlene’s

face was.

In his memory, Darlene’s face had never been as pale as death.

She looked even thinner at this time.

The moment Avery opened his mouth, his eyes could not help but turn red. “Darlene, don’t worry. Nomatter what, I will ensure you have a heart transplant. I’ll let you live

well.”

Avery admitted that he was extremely selfish and cold. If what Sandra said to Katrina was true, and ifDarlene could survive, the only way was to accept the donor heart of Nathen. That way, Avery would

choose to play dumb and let Nathen do it.

Even if he knew that this was undoubtedly an indirect murder, no matter what, Avery

could not watch Darlene die.

Avery had never imagined it, and he dared not imagine that Darlene would pass away.

Darlene seemed to have not heard what he said. She looked indifferent and asked coldly, “Did you callthe police?”

Avery was shocked. A moment later, he asked, “Who told you that?”

He did ask Cyrus to call the police, but it was quickly dismissed afterward. That way, Darlene should notknow.

Since the police found out that Avery had only reported the wrong case, they should not have toldDarlene about it.

Darlene still said coldly, “You don’t need to know about this. Was it Sandra or Katrina

who went in to provoke my grandmother when she met with an accident? Or perhaps, it was them whodid it together?”

Avery was clearly guilty and looked away. “That’s not the case. I was just a little muddle–headed backthen. I said something wrong, and Cyrus got me wrong. That’s why I reported the wrong case.

“Don’t overthink it. The police will look into the cause of your grandmother’s accident and give you areasonable explanation.”

Darlene sneered. No matter what, they had lived together for so many years. She knew very well howbad Avery was at lying and how many flaws there were in his lies.

Darlene stared at Avery and said, “You said something wrong, and Cyrus got you wrong. That’s why youreported the wrong case.

“What a coincidence. If you were really muddle–headed and said something in your sleep, Cyrus wouldnot be so muddle–headed and help you call the police because of this. Besides, Avery, were yousleeping while standing?”

Avery didn’t dare to look at her at all. He had been looking away.

He said a little stiffly, “I was lying in the ward at that time. What did you mean by

that?”

Darlene took out her phone and showed him a screenshot of the surveillance footage.

After Avery suddenly called the police, he withdrew the report in less than ten minutes. Darlene hadexpected that something very important must have happened in this

period.

So she came to the hospital. Before she came to Avery, Darlene first asked Nathen, who was on thenight shift, to help and check the surveillance footage on the floor.

She handed the screenshot to Avery. “This picture is taken less than five minutes from the time youwould call the police.

“You had been walking forward but stopped at the end of the corridor. You did not

answer the phone or do anything else. It was most likely that you heard someone talk.”

Avery was silent for a long time before answering, “It’s nothing. Don’t overthink it…”

Darlene interrupted him and opened another surveillance screenshot. “Then you passed the corner ofthe corridor and walked to the surveillance blind spot.

“In that blind spot, you stayed for ten minutes, and in that period, you called the police, and then youcame out of there followed by Katrina and Sandra. Katrina was obviously

flustered.”

Darlene did not say anything more and just clenched her mobile phone, trembling.

“You don’t have to lie to me. Tell me what conditions they promised you to let you give up the truth aboutmy grandmother’s accident and give up on calling the police.”

Her eyes turned red. “My grandmother is the most innocent, but because of the woman who broke intothe ward and said those words, she has become a vegetable now.

“The doctor said that with her current condition, let alone waking up, it’s hard for her to survive. Tell me,what conditions did they agree to? Perhaps I can give you better

conditions?”

Avery felt sad. He reached out to grab her arm. “Darlene, calm down. That’s really not like what youthink. You overthought it.”

Darlene shook off his hand. She was unable to calm down. She was obviously agitated.

“Avery, even if you have forgotten, my grandmother has always been good to you,

though you’re just her grandson–in–law.

“You can’t do this. You’ve found something, right? Tell me. That person should not get away with it. Shehas to pay the price.“