A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 244

Chapter 244

A Wound that Never Heals Chapter 244

Chapter 244 He Feels He Shouldn’t Leave

The lights in the bathroom were always on, but there was no sound inside, not even the sound of therunning water of a bath.

Dakota was anxious to knock on the door, her voice trembling. “Darlene, why haven’t you come outyet?”

There was no response from inside. Dakota did not care about anything else and reached out to openthe door.

However, the bathroom door was locked and could not be opened.

Dakota’s face instantly turned pale, and her hands and feet went limp. She tried to shout at the top ofher lungs, “Someone, come! Help me!”

The servant standing outside the door immediately rushed in. Soon, Reina, Nigel, and Gustave alsohurried over.

Braylen and Lucian had gotten excited

because of the festival atmosphere at night and drunk too much. At this time, they were still lying on thebed, unconscious and unable to come over.

When the bathroom door was opened, hot steam came from inside.

The door and windows were tightly closed inside. Darlene was still sitting in the bathtub and slid down.The water in the bathtub reached her shoulders.

Her eyes were closed, and she looked like she was asleep. Her eyelashes were covered with a thicklayer of mist, and her face was pale.

Dakota was so scared that she staggered and almost fell. The servant, taking into account that Darlenewas almost naked in the bathtub, did not dare to go in.

Dakota urgently shouted, “Quickly go in and save her!” Gustave already stepped in with a gloomy face.

He pulled the towel beside him and wrapped

Darlene tightly after carrying her out from the bathtub. After he went out of the bathroom, he pulled ablanket from the sofa and wrapped it around her.

When Dakota followed him in a panic, she remembered something and quickly went back to the bed ofthe bedroom to take the bag of pills she had just found.

Dakota was not sure if they were sleeping pills, so she would take them to the hospital so that a doctorcould take a look at them.

If they were really sleeping pills, then it was too dangerous. Darlene seemed to have been calmrecently. But it was unimaginable what she was planning.

Darlene fainted because she had difficulty breathing in the bathroom. Fortunately, she was stillbreathing, and Gustave took her to the hospital in a hurry.

In Scenery Villa, Cyrus picked up the phone and immediately told Avery who was still sitting on thesofa.

“Sir, the two bodyguards who have been secretly keeping an eye on the Swale family just called. Theysaid Ms. Garcia was suddenly sent to the hospital. It was a sudden coma, but it was not serious. Shewoke up soon after being sent to the hospital.”

Avery stood up and walked out. “I must see her.”

Cyrus immediately followed him. “Sir, you have been investigating Dr. Elicott all day today. It’s alreadypast midnight. Since Ms.

Garcia is fine at the hospital, why don’t you go tomorrow morning?”

Avery left the house, opened the car’s back door, and sat inside. “Go now.”

By the time Avery rushed out of the ward, Darlene had woken up and was sitting on the head of thebed in the ward.

Dakota had asked the doctor to check the pills and found they were indeed sleeping pills. In otherwords, Darlene had been secretly saving sleeping pills for quite some time.

Even though Dakota saw Darlene taking sleeping pills almost every day, Darlene still managed to savethe pills. Obviously,

Darlene put a lot of thought into it.

Dakota sat by the bed and came to a realization. It was like a sad stone in her throat. She could noteven ask Darlene a single word.

Gustave sat beside Darlene, his expression extremely dark. “Why have you been saving those pills?Also, you were in the bathroom for so long. Why didn’t you open the window? It was suffocating.”

Darlene looked calm. “I just felt warm in the water, so I stayed there and doze off.

“I didn’t save the sleeping pills on purpose. I just wanted to see if I could sleep well without them. Afterall, it is not good to keep taking them.”

After she finished speaking, the few people in the ward were silent and did not respond to her.Everyone had a look of disbelief.

Darlene chuckled. “I am being honest.

There’s no other reason. It’s not what you think…”

“What do we think?” Gustave interrupted her.

Darlene was silent for a while before answering, “In short, it’s not like that.”

Gustave reached out and grabbed her pale hand that was hanging on the quilt. His palm trembledslightly, which indicated he was uneasy.

He tried to sound calm. “Darlene, it’s been so many days. What are you thinking? Don’t bottle thingsup. You are no longer as helpless as before.

You have parents and a brother. Nigel is not a little boy anymore. Many people can support you andhelp you share the burden. They will listen to your true thoughts.

Darlene’s face was still calm, and there was a trace of helplessness in her soft laughter.

“It’s nothing, really.

“I really just accidentally fell asleep in the bathroom. I saved the sleeping pills because

I wanted to take care of myself. I haven’t been taking them recently.

“Why should I save those things? Things are getting better. How can I have any extreme thoughts?”

Darlene explained herself. Gustave and

Dakota could not continue to say anything.

Now that they could not figure out Darlene’s thoughts, they did not dare to rashly speak about Nathen.

At the very least, unless they really found the evidence that Nathen was still alive, even if Darlene reallyremembered it and they spoke the truth, there was no way to truly appease Darlene.

The Psychiatrist rushed in and tried to communicate with Darlene, but he got nothing.

Darlene looked calm and helpless as if it was really not a big deal.

The Psychiatrist was somewhat embarrassed. He called Dakota out and said,

“Either it is not serious or something is really wrong.

“The more serious the psychological problems, the more likely a patient would close herself off and thebetter she would be at disguising her true thoughts.

“Therefore, there were two extreme possibilities in Ms. Garcia’s situation. One was that she was reallyfine, and the other was very dangerous.

Avery stood not far from the corridor. He also heard the doctor’s words.

Dakota was so anxious that her face was haggard. Naturally, she was not in the mood to pay attentionto Avery who was not far away.

After he finished speaking, the doctor only added, “No matter what, the family members must pay closeattention to Ms. Garcia’s condition. We can’t afford a single mishap.

“For drugs like sleeping pills, if there is a need for appropriate dosage, it is recommended to injectthem. Or dissolve them before Ms. Garcia takes them. It is best to put away dangerous items such as

knives.”

Dakota looked flustered. “I thought things were getting better. How is this possible? She was gettingbetter. What should we do now?”

The doctor comforted her, “Perhaps we are just overthinking things. Mrs. Swale, you don’t have toworry too much. Even if she has psychological problems, as time goes on, they can be healed.”

The doctor was just trying to help. Dakota was clear about it, but she could not keep pestering thedoctor to think of a way. She could only nod and agree.

When Dakota returned to Darlene’s ward, the doctor also left quickly.

Avery asked Cyrus, who was beside him, in a deep voice, “Is there any news from abroad?”

Cyrus shook his head. “Sir, not yet. It’s still the same as the previous few times. It was not easy to replacea clue, but at the critical moment, it broke.”

Avery was in a bad mood, and his words were unpleasant to hear, “A bunch of trash.

Martin must have led them by the nose.

“It has been almost a month. Even if Nathen was really abroad, I am afraid he has gone to anotherplace. I will go abroad to replace him myself.”

Cyrus had a troubled expression. “But Sir, tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, and you have been runningaround all this time. Mr. Elicott is nagging that you should go back to the mansion to have a reuniondinner tomorrow.”

Avery asked Cyrus to arrange for the overseas trip. “I will eat dinner with them when I get back. Therewill be plenty of chances for us to eat dinner together.”

Cyrus had no choice but to arrange the plane that night. Avery left without notifying Martin.

When he entered the cabin, Avery felt uneasy for some reason. He had a strange feeling that heshouldn’t leave this time.

In the end, he still made a decision. “Cyrus, you stay. Keep an eye on Darlene in secret. I will goalone.”