A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 233

Chapter 233

A Wound that Never Heals Chapter 233

Chapter 233 Darlene Loses Control

Gustave had been in a coma for seven days in the hospital. He had survived a narrow escape fromdeath. The first thing he said after waking up was to ask where Darlene was.

Darnell wanted to persuade Gustave to rest for a while longer, but he could not stop Gustave. Gustavedirectly got out of bed and went to Darlene’s ward.

Darnell told Gustave that Darlene’s heart transplantation was very successful. Then Gustave wasbarely relieved.

But when Gustave walked to the door of Darlene’s ward, what he saw was completely different fromwhat he imagined.

Darlene’s mood was extremely terrible and she was out of control. There were chaotic sounds of thingsbeing smashed in the ward, the anxious voices of others, and Darlene’s hoarse and fearful cries.

Darlene’s face was pale and frightened. She curled up in the corner of the bed and trembled more andmore violently.

She had no way to control herself. These people in front of her seemed to have Nathen’s faces, andshe couldn’t get the bloody heart out of her mind.

When Darlene took advantage of the chaos to grab the fruit knife on the bedside table, Gustave quicklywalked over and grabbed her wrist.

“Darlene, the heart transplant is over. Everything is going smoothly. There will be no more unpleasantthings. Calm down.”

Darlene’s hand that was holding the fruit knife was grabbed. She couldn’t move anymore and shelooked at Gustave with empty eyes. “He is dead.”

Gustave was dumbfounded. He thought that Darlene was just confused and asked, “Who is it?”

The others in the ward were silent, having no idea what to say.

Darnell rushed in. Hearing Darlene’s words, he looked sullen, and he did not speak.

Darlene’s tears fell uncontrollably. She felt that she was still alive, but more like she was dead.

Now, the living person, whose heart was beating, was Nathen, not her, Darlene.

She had nowhere to hide the fear in her heart. She said in a trembling voice, “Dr. Elicott is dead. Myheart is his. He lied to me and gave me his heart. He also gave me his life.”

Darlene shook her hand to grab Gustave’s arm and begged him, “I don’t want it. I beg you, help mereturn the heart to Nathen. Can you help me take out this heart?”

Her heart was beating every minute and second. Darlene couldn’t make herself forget the fact andforget that Nathen gave his life to her.

When she was awake and asleep, her heart was beating.

She did not know that she could hear her own heartbeat. She had always heard that voice.

It was a heavy, rhythmic beating.

Gustave could not believe his ears. He had been unconscious for seven days. When he woke up andlearned that Darlene’s heart transplant was very smooth, he thought that everything was getting betterfor her.

What did Darlene mean by her heart was Nathen’s?

Gustave did not respond for a moment and looked sideways at Darnell, who was standing next to him.

Darnell nodded silently and confirmed what Darlene said. Darnell also went to investigate this mattercarefully. It could not be wrong.

No matter how calm Gustave was, he could not calm down after hearing all this.

Gustave had thought that Darlene finally had a way out and that she was lucky as she was saved fromdeath.

In the end, the fact was so cruel.

Why was it that no matter what, fate was unwilling to let her go, always having to play such a cruel andterrifying joke on her?

Darlene urgently intended to stuff the knife into Gustave’s hand, her voice desperate and helpless, “Ibeg you to help me once. Help me take it out.”

“The heart jumped in my chest. I felt like I was going crazy. Mr. Walpole, look at me. I’m really goingcrazy.”

She looked anxious and desperate. Seeing that Gustave was silent, she pulled the knife out forcefullyand pressed it against her chest.

“I hoped to save my own life. But I didn’t want to take someone else’s life. I’ll take it out. Help me returnit to him.”

Gustave’s face darkened. He reached out and quickly stopped Darlene.

He also began to tremble. He had never imagined such a result.

Thinking back, when Nathen told 8 that he had found a suitable heart for Darlene, Gustave sincerelythanked Nathen.

Now that Gustave thought about it, he suddenly understood Nathen’s strange words. “Gustave, you arenot as good as me. None of you are as good as me.”

It turned out that what he said was not that no one could replace the good heart as he could.

Trembling, Gustave held Darlene in his arms. He patted her back and wanted to comfort her, “Darlene,no matter what, it is not your fault. At this point, no one can change anything.

“What’s more, it is not certain yet. There may be some misunderstandings. Let’s investigate it carefully.The truth may not be like this.”

Gustave remembered that in the past, he could always appease Darlene like this. Before her heartfailed and she had not found a suitable heart for transplant, when she was full of despair, she couldalways calm down when Gustave patted her back.

But this time, Darlene could not calm down at all. She only tried her best to push Gustave, “I don’t wantit. I don’t want this heart.

“I’m really afraid of it staying in my body like this. I beg you, help me take it away and let it go back towhere it should go.”

Gustave said in a deep voice, “Darlene, the heart is not an item. Even if you don’t care about your life,the heart you’ve accepted cannot go back to where it is. Even if you lose your life, you can’t make himcome back to life.”

Darlene’s face was pale, and her eyes were even redder.

“I don’t want it. I don’t want this heart. Please. Can any of you help me take it away?”

The more excited she was, the clearer the sound of her heartbeat became. She was about to collapsecompletely.

Due to the rejection reaction after the heart transplant, coupled with the huge mood swing, her bodyfinally couldn’t bear it anymore. Just like before the heart transplant, she spat out blood.

Dakota rushed over in a panic, and the situation quickly went out of control. The doctor had no choicebut to inject a small dose of tranquilizer into Darlene first, and then took her into the emergency room.

In less than half an hour, a critically ill notification was sent out of the emergency room.

The doctor seriously told them, “For the patient with heart failure, finishing the heart transplantation witha suitable heart is only the first step. It’s a way to go if she wants to live healthily.

“The removal period after the transplant is extremely difficult, but if the knot in Ms. Garcia’s heart is notuntied, she might still be in danger, such as the current situation.”

Avery stood not far away and listened. He was too ashamed to go too close and he just looked at thosesad faces outside the emergency room.

Finally, Avery made up his mind, turned around, left the hospital, and drove to the Elicott’s old house.

Martin had already returned from abroad. The atmosphere in the old house was dark and heavy, andMartin was engaged in preparing Nathen’s funeral in a low profile.

Near the end of the year, the snow in Baltimore was getting heavier and heavier day by day.

The servant guarding the gate went in and spoke a few times, but Martin was unwilling to see Avery.

Avery stood outside. He waited until midnight before kneeling down directly outside the iron gate.

“Please tell Mr. Elicott that I will wait here for him to come out.”