A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 128 Did You Kill Him?
Douglas was already sitting on the edge of the sofa, his face and neck covered in blood, looking like a dead fish.
Darlene’s face was as pale as paper. She was standing right in front of Douglas, her trembling hands holding a knife that was
dripping with blood.
There was also blood on her face, and it was unknown whether the blood was hers or Douglas‘.
Braylen’s face suddenly darkened, and he approached. His first reaction was to feel Douglas‘ breath.
Not feeling Douglas‘ breath, Braylen was stunned for a moment. He turned around and looked at the motionless Darlene. “Did
you just kill him?”
Darlene’s eyes were red to the point of being terrifying. Her mouth opened several times before she trembled and said, “He
forced me. You forced me.”
Braylen still wanted to say something, but a waitress at the door heard the sound and came over. When she saw the scene
inside, she screamed in horror.
There was a driver waiting outside for Douglas. When he heard the woman shout, het immediately rushed over.
When the driver came in, he saw that Douglas had already fallen to the ground and that Darlene was holding a knife in her hand.
He immediately grabbed Darlene and threw her to the ground with a sullen face. He was in a hurry to check on Douglas on the
ground.
Braylen checked Douglas‘ breath again and then wiped the blood on his finger with a handkerchief. “Stop looking at him. He is
still breathing. Send him to the hospital.”
The driver immediately took out his phone and called 911. He was furious as he looked at Darlene who had fallen to the ground
behind him. “Is she Mr. Swale’s woman?”
If she was Braylen’s woman, if Braylen wanted to protect her, as long as Douglas
survived, he would not dare to blame Darlene.

Or rather, even if Douglas died, he might not be able to blame Darlene.
Darlene was a little flustered, and she looked at Braylen with a pleading gaze.
She wasn’t sure if Douglas could survive. She couldn’t go to jail as a murderer. At the very least, she couldn’t do it before settling
her brother and grandmother down.
Braylen’s gaze lightly fell on Darlene, and then he stood up. His tone was indifferent. “Do you think she is?”
Given Douglas‘ condition, he could not be moved at will for the time being. He could only wait for the emergency personnel to
come over.
The driver asked carefully, “Then I will call the police. Do you agree, Mr. Swale?
Braylen laughed. “It’s your business with her. She is not my woman. What does it have to do with me?”
He recalled more than one year ago when Avery didn’t tell him that Josefina had left
with another man.
When he asked for the reason, Avery replied indifferently in the same way, “She is not my woman. What does it have to do with
me?”
Braylen felt that his anger had finally been vented after so many years.
However, he did not seem to feel happy. He lowered his eyes and looked at Darlene, whose face was terrifyingly pale.
Braylen did not know why he felt unhappy. Darlene was terrified and helpless. However,
it seemed that what he wanted to see was not this scene.
The fear in Darlene’s eyes slowly turned to silence. She looked at Braylen and said in at
hoarse voice.
“I have never received any good treatment from Avery, and no one has ever been good. to me because of him. Why do people
who are malicious towards him vent it on me instead?”
Because Vivian could not get Avery’s love, she chose to torture Darlene by all means.

And now, Braylen also chose to torture Darlene because he hated Avery.
Darlene laughed out loud. Tears already covered her face, but she couldn’t feel anything.
She could no longer remember how many times she had regretted agreeing to be adopted by the Gallard family and getting to
know Avery.
All these years, she had witnessed all kinds of malice because of him.
Her consciousness began to be in a trance. Then the rescue personnel came over and carried Douglas away in the chaos.
The police arrived, and Douglas‘ driver accused Darlene of murdering Douglas, saying that Darlene was vicious and hurt
Douglas once again.
Darlene did not listen to a single word until the police took her away.
She walked out of the room and turned around to look at Braylen who was standing in the shadows. No one knew what he was
thinking. He did not move.
She moved her lips and said with difficulty, “Mr. Swale, from beginning to end, I do not owe you anything.”
Braylen’s hands trembled, and he did not raise his head. It was only after Darlene left with the police that silence returned to the
room.
The smell of blood in the room had not yet dissipated when Braylen sat down on the
sofa.
He remembered that over a year ago, Josefina told him over the phone, “Braylen, I was the one who proposed the divorce, but I
don’t owe you anything after all. I don’t have any feelings for you anymore. Let’s get along well and get over it.”
He slowly clenched his fist. Josefina was disgusting, and Avery was disgusting.
But what Darlene said was right. What did everything that Braylen experienced have to
do with Darlene?

He clenched his fist, and his face was shrouded in darkness. He finally got up and hurried out, wanting to catch up with the
police and Darlene who had just left.
He did not want Darlene to go to jail. This idea came very abruptly, and he did not know the reason, but he was sure that it was
not love.
As he chased them, he turned a corner, and a familiar face entered his sight without any
warning.
Over the past year, Braylen had imagined what kind of situation it would be when he met Josefina again.
However, he had never imagined that they met in such a dark nightclub in the middle of the night.
In his memory, Josefina was still the woman who was so conservative that she would blush when he held her hand.
But he almost forgot that if Josefina was really such a conservative person, how could she have run away with another man
more than a year ago?
He stopped in his tracks and stopped walking forward. There was a deep mocking sneer on his lips as he looked at Josefina not
far away.
He clenched his fists, but he tried his best to restrain himself from clenching his fists.. Many suppressed emotions suddenly
surged up.
However, his expression was very calm with a slight smile, as if he was just looking at someone he was not familiar with.
Josefina was talking on the phone as she walked. Her voice was somewhat timid. She was dressed in decent business attire.
She was probably here to socialize together with
her boss.
She noticed Braylen’s gaze and just casually glanced up. Then, her expression froze, and
her voice stopped abruptly.
Braylen saw panic slowly appear in her eyes, and then it turned into fear. She slowly gripped the phone in her hand.

On the other side of the line, the middle–aged woman scolded impatiently, “Are you listening to me? You fool around outside day
by day. Don’t blame me for not reminding
you...”
Josefina’s hands trembled a little as she interrupted, “Mom, I’ll call you later.”
Braylen clearly heard her say “Mom“. He knew that Josefina had a single–parent family. She did not have a mother and only had
a father.
The mother she called was naturally her mother–in–law, the mother of that man.
Braylen opened his mouth and was about to ridicule her, but he saw her hang up the phone, directly turn around, and hurry back.
Braylen’s face was dark, and he immediately chased after her. “We haven’t seen each
other for more than a year. Why do I become a stranger to you, Ms. Hogan?
“We can be considered acquaintances, but you even didn’t greet me. Why? Is your husband so strict?”