A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 111 He Pulls Her Up in Public
Darlene came back to her senses and found Nathen had sat beside her.
As soon as Nathen handed the orange to Darlene, Avery’s gaze immediately followed him. His eyes were glued to Nathen.
Darlene did not hate eating fruits, but she seldom ate oranges. She originally wanted to refuse, but when she noticed both Avery
and Katrina were looking over, she still accepted it.
She took the orange and ate a piece, then said, “Thank you, Dr. Elicott. It’s very sweet.”
Avery let out a cold snort, and there seemed to be one word “ridiculous” on his face.
Katrina looked over with a smile and said in a voice dripping with sarcasm, “Mr. Elicott and Ms. Garcia have a good relationship.
You must have known each other for a long
you are!” time, right? Even my brother doesn’t peel oranges for me. How enviable
Nathen looked at her with surprise. “I just heard you call Ms. Garcia ‘Vivian‘. So you know each other, right?”
The smile on Katrina’s face froze. After a moment, she explained in embarrassment, “I
got the wrong person.
“It occurred to me that I had seen Ms. Garcia before. She was not Vivian. By the way, Ms.
Garcia and Mr. Elicott are having a good time talking.”
Dakota drank her tea, hiding a trace of displeasure on her face. She could tell Katrina
was deliberately stirring up trouble.
Nathen continued to peel the orange in his hand. “Ms. Swale must be joking. As for you and Mr. Gallard, did you know each
other before? It looks like you are very close friends. at this meeting.”
The expression on Avery’s face became darker. But Katrina had not heard the ridicule in Nathen’s words. She replied shyly, “Yes,
I have known Avery for many years.

“I can’t say we are old friends at first sight, but we have always been very familiar with each other. When I was young, my brother
often brought me to the Gallard’s home.”
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Nathen nodded. “I see. Does Ms. Swale have an older brother? I haven’t come out with my grandfather much, so I don’t know
much.”
The atmosphere fell into a brief silence, and Katrina’s expression was completely stiff.
Anyone who had relationships with the Swale family knew Braylen, the eldest son of Mr. Swale, was the biological child of the
Swale family.
However, Katrina was a mistake that the Swale family had made back then.
Mr. Swale’s daughter was lost at a very young age. Later, the Swale family went through
a lot of trouble to find Katrina and regarded her as the lost daughter.
However, after half a year, it turned out Katrina was not the biological child of the
Swale family.
Dakota was kind and wanted to accumulate virtue for her lost daughter, so even if she knew the truth, she still adopted Katrina
as her daughter.
Dakota accepted this adopted daughter, but that did not mean Braylen would accept this younger sister. All these years, Katrina
offered to call Braylen “brother“, but Braylen
never called her “sister“.
Therefore, Nathen’s words, “Does Ms. Swale have an older brother?” made Katrina feel extremely embarrassed.
She was worried her identity as a foster daughter would be looked down upon by the public. She wanted to change the topic, so
she took an orange and handed it to Avery.
“Avery, I had a manicure recently, so it is not easy for me to peel oranges. Could you

please peel one for me?”
Avery glanced at the orange, but he did not take it. Obviously, he was not in a good
mood.
He said indifferently, “I don’t know how to peel.” I won’t act like Nathen, who offered
to flatter Darlene by peeling an orange. It was as if Darlene had no hand.
Everyone was watching, and Katrina stretched out her hand, then took her hand back in
embarrassment.
The servant beside her immediately stepped forward to help her. “Ms. Swale, let me help you.”
Katrina handed the orange to her, and her tone was a little strained. “Thank you.”
Andrew looked at the colorful nails on her hands and did not like them.
After all, he was in his seventies, and as an old–fashioned man, he liked plain girls. He did not understand young people’s
interest in manicures.
Katrina vaguely sensed the old man’s gaze, so she put her hands on the sofa and hid the
nails on her fingers.
It was quite harmonious just now. Why do I feel Nathen is deliberately making trouble
for me now?
Originally, I wanted to embarrass Darlene. If I had known the result would be like this, I
should not have sneered at them.
Nathen saw Darlene had eaten the orange in her hand and handed over the newly peeled
one to her. “Eat another one.”
Darlene did not refuse and said “thank you” as before, reaching out to accept it.

This time, Katrina no longer dared to taunt them. She was worried she would overreach herself again.
Andrew said, “Ms. Swale majored in playwriting and was good at it. I heard you are
filming a movie, but the script has not been written yet.
“I think it would be better to leave it to Ms. Swale. You can communicate more in
private. Ms. Swale must have learned a lot about filming abroad.”
While they were talking, other guests also talked about their things. No one paid
attention to Darlene and Nathen.
When Nathen handed over another orange again, Darlene said, “No, thanks. I am almost full. Dr. Elicott, you can eat them
yourself.”
Nathen put the peeled orange on the table.
Darlene looked around and made sure no one was looking at her. Then she took out her mobile phone and showed the photo
that looked like Nigel to Nathen. “Dr. Elicott, this seems to be my younger brother. I think he might still be alive.”
She was being watched by Avery, so it was not good for her to search for Nigel. Therefore, she asked Nathen for help.
After all, in the past years, Nathen had been treating Nigel’s illness, and he had always been very good to Nigel.
Darlene thought there was no one else who could be asked for help.
When she called Aleena to borrow money from her before, Avery found out about it, so she did not plan to trouble Aleena
anymore. She was worried she would cause trouble
for Aleena.
Nathen took her phone and enlarged the boy’s face in the photo. “Yes, it is very similar. I will help you find him later. Where and
when did you take it?”
Darlene did not notice Avery looking over and explained in a low voice, “It’s in the south of Baltimore. This photo was taken by
someone else. I’m not sure about the time,

but it should be a few days ago.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Avery stood up with a sullen face.
Andrew looked displeased. “Where are you going? You have only spoken a few words! You have no patience with me, right?”
Under everyone’s gaze, Avery walked towards Darlene and pulled her up to the backyard. “Let’s talk.”
Darlene frowned and grabbed the sofa. “Just talk here. We have nothing to talk about in private.”
“No.” His tone was not good. He pulled her hand away from the sofa and dragged her to the backyard.