A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 221

Chapter 221

Chapter 221 A Soft Hum

Detroit wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. Avery, Dakota, and some others searched around for along time. The sky began to turn dark, but they couldn't replace any trace of Darlene and Nathen.

The police had used all of their connections, so they could be considered to be searching the entire cityfor Darlene and Nathen. However, it was as if they had disappeared, and they couldn't be found nomatter how hard the police tried.

Avery started to lose his cool. He looked outside the window, and the streetlamps were lit up one afteranother. He felt that Darlene was not around.

Avery looked at Leana beside him. "I found out that Nathen had taken Darlene to Lancaster. Are yousure that Darlene is in Detroit?"

Leana clasped her hands together. Because of her panic and uneasiness, she clenched her handstightly. Her head was sweating in winter.

Leana looked so certain. "I should be right. Besides, many people have been sent to Lancaster. Thepolice station over there attaches great importance to it. It won't be worse than us looking for thempersonally.

"My parents passed away in Detroit. Later, they were also buried here. I have a hunch that my brothercame here."

Leana recalled the surveillance video she had just found. "Besides, I went to the cemetery thisafternoon. The surveillance showed that a man wearing a mask entered the cemetery. He looked likemy brother."

Avery's expression was very ugly. "Why isn't Darlene with him? He brought Darlene here. Where did hetake her to?"

Everyone was in a bad mood.

Leana heard Avery's unkind tone. Along the way, he had been blaming Nathen for bringing Darlene sofar away and suspecting that Nathen had some bad intentions.

Leana was anxious, and her tone became rude. "Darlene might be in the car. As soon as my brothercame over, he went to the cemetery to see my parents. Mr. Gallard, what do you mean?

"We haven't found Darlene and Nathen yet, and the cause and effect are unclear. The surveillance ofthe hospital in Baltimore also showed that Darlene left with him willingly. Do you think it was all mybrother's fault?"

Avery remained silent with a cold expression. Lucian beside him advised, "Forget it. Everyone is in abad mood. Let's calm down and replace them first. What's the use of arguing?"

Leana did not want to communicate with Avery anymore. Her gaze turned to the window of the car, andshe fell silent.

Dakota was so anxious that her face turned white. Only now did she suddenly remember Braylen, whoshe had locked up outside the villa in the morning.

Dakota took out her phone and made a phone call. "I need to tell Braylen about the situation. He maystill be thinking of a way to replace them. Perhaps he can be helpful."

Dakota called Braylen, and Braylen was sitting in Josefina's small and rented house with a disgustedlook on his face.

The rented apartment was less than 300 square feet, which was much shabbier than the one Braylenrented with Josefina when he was at his lowest.

Braylen had been contacting the police, and he never stopped complaining.

"Josefina, my dad gave you 85 thousand dollars a year ago, and I have given you 34 thousand dollarsin total. Where is the money? Tell me why you rented such a shabby house."

Braylen knew that Josefina spent the money on that man, but he just wanted to mention it.

Josefina had been listening to him complain for a long time. From the time she went to the Swale'shome to pick him up, he had never stopped swearing.

Josefina was used to it. She turned a deaf ear to it. When Braylen finished speaking, Josefina forgotwhat he had said.

Josefina made dinner in the kitchen. At noon, because there was no food at home, she only made aplate of spaghetti for Braylen.

Braylen ate it while complaining. When Josefina went to the bedroom to put away the pregnancy testsheet and then came out before cleaning herself up. She saw that he not only finished the spaghetti onhis plate but also ate everything she left in the pan for herself.

Braylen was well-dressed and didn't look like someone who had been starving for three to five days. Ifnot for it, Josefina would suspect that he had been living a worse life than her for the past year. Hecouldn't even eat his fill.

Josefina could do nothing. She only ate bread at noon and was hungry. That was why she went to thesupermarket to buy food and came back to cook dinner at four in the afternoon.

Braylen sat outside. In the storage basket next to him, something moved, and the storage basket shooka few times.

Braylen thought it was strange. As he spoke, he walked over. "Do you really keep a dog?"

The movement in the storage basket was gone, but something made a soft sound.

Braylen reached out and revealed a few things in the storage basket.

It turned out to be a white kitten.

The cat was frightened and jumped up, grabbing Braylen's arm that was reaching into the storagebasket.

The cat's claws were extremely sharp. It let out a sharp cry and scratched Braylen's wrist. It wasobvious that it was in great fear.

Braylen did not expect that such a thing would appear here. He reflexively wanted to throw the cat outof his hand.

Josefina came out of the kitchen with the dishes. Seeing this, she was stunned for a moment andshouted anxiously, "Don't move, or you will hurt it!"

Braylen, who was about to throw his arm out, forcibly held it back and froze in the air.

Braylen watched Josefina anxiously walk over and carry the kitten into her arms.

Braylen was so angry that he sneered, "Josefina, take a good look. Who hurt who? You have noconscience. You are even concerned about animals."

Josefina comforted the kitten in her arms and put it in the corner to eat. Only then did she look atBraylen's injured arm.

"Are you okay? My grandma raised it. She didn't want it, so she just left it to me. It is afraid of you. Itseldom scratches people. Let me take you to get a vaccine."

Braylen coldly said, "No need." Then, he went to the dining table to eat.

Josefina walked over with a face full of guilt. "I'm really sorry. It's better to have a vaccine. Or howabout buying some medicine for you to disinfect?"

Before Josefina could finish, Braylen's phone rang. Dakota's voice came from the other end of the line."Braylen, come to Detroit. Ms. Elicott has given us a clue. She said that Darlene might be here."

Leana's voice suddenly came over. "My brother sent an email. He seemed to have chosen a time tosend it regularly. He said that he wanted to go to the suburbs to pick up Darlene."