A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 251

A Wound that Never Heals Chapter 251

Chapter 251 Her Body Is Nowhere to Be Found

The beach was already crowded with police and police cars, and the search boat had been pulling up objects, but none of them were related to Darlene.

Gustave crouched down in a daze over the newly salvaged heap and rummaged through the stinking mess. Dirty mud splashed his face, and he looked tired and discomfited. Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Darnell could not stop Gustave no matter what. He could only search together with Gustave.

Gustave searched very carefully. He could not replace the search-and-rescue boat to find her in the deep sea. There was nothing to do but try to find something in the pile.

It was as if he could find something, it would prove that Darlene was still alive and well.

Yet he could find nothing related to Darlene at all. None of the things salvaged were similar to hers.

There were dark circles under his eyes, and the backs of his hands began to show signs of swelling and cracking.

The collar at the back of his neck was suddenly tugged rudely, and he fell backward. Then he stood up supporting himself.

He turned around and saw Avery’s bloodshot eyes filled with anger.

“Where is Darlene? Where did she go?”

Gustave looked at Avery silently and opened his mouth, failing to utter a word.

Avery asked Gustave fiercely, hands trembling, “I am asking you a question.

Where is she?”

Darnell stood up with a sullen face and reached out to pull Avery away. “Mr. Gallard, Ms. Garcia has already fallen into the sea.

Everyone is in a bad mood right now. We are trying our best to search and rescue. Please don’t throw a tantrum and make things worse.”

Avery forced Darnell off, grabbed Gustave by the collar, and pushed Gustave back a few steps.

Avery glared at Gustave, almost wishing he could burn Gustave with his gaze. Avery’s voice trembled as he said, “Aren’t you capable? Isn’t the Swale family capable?

“A bunch of useless losers. Why are you crying? You couldn’t even keep an eye on a woman? Couldn’t you get a maid to watch her around the clock? Couldn’t you lock the doors and windows and lock her in before anything?”

He grabbed Gustave, caring about nothing. “I told you already that this was the most critical moment for her. I told you that the proof that Nathen was still alive could be found within a few days. Yet no one believed me. You just let her get her way. What a bunch of self-righteous trash!”

Lucian was comforting Dakota, who was crying in despair. When he heard Avery’s words, he coldly reprimanded, “Avery, don’t go too far. You have no say in our family’s business.”

A bodyguard came over to stop Avery. “Mr. Gallard, please show some respect and watch your mouth.”

Just as the bodyguard approached, Avery let go of Gustave, wanting to punch and kick the bodyguard. “Go fuck yourself! Respect your ass! You watch your mouth!

“If it weren’t for the Swale family and Gustave. Darlene would still have been with me, and she would have been fine. No matter what, she would never fall into the sea!”

He was still furious and kicked the bodyguard on the ground hard again. “Get lost! All of you! Get lost! Give Darlene back to me!”

The policemen at the side came over with sullen faces and held the guns to stop Avery.

“Mr. Gallard, if you don’t stop, there will be consequences.”

Avery turned around and struggled to grab the gun in one of the policemen’s hands. “Fine. Go ahead! Shoot me in the head.

Either you pull her up alive, or you shoot me!”

Cyrus urgently persuaded Avery, “Mr. Gallard, calm down. Why don’t we let the police and the others find her before anything?”

As Cyrus spoke, he looked at the few policemen who controlled Avery and said, “Mr. Dorsey, I understand that your men are doing things following the law.

“Yet considering what has happened, it’s also understandable that Mr. Gallard gets a bit emotional right now. Don’t you think that having your guns pointed at him is a bit uncalled for? What if someone’s gun goes off by accident? Who will be responsible for that?”

Tom could only signal a few of his subordinates to let go of Avery and then put their guns away.

Just as they let go, Avery walked straight into the deep sea. “I’ll go find her myself. I’ll find her and bring her back.”

Cyrus stopped him with a pained expression, his voice uneasy as he said, “Mr. Gallard, please don’t be like this.”

Avery had just let off a lot of steam, and he had come here in a hurry, so now he had little strength to fight when he was grabbed by Cyrus.

After struggling for a while, he slowly crouched down.

He slumped to the ground and sat on the cold beach. When he looked up, he saw nothing but the endless beach and the sea covered with white mist.

Countless fish of enormous size hide in these depths, and no one could see them at all.

Compared with them, a single human being was simply way too insignificant.

Avery’s eyes were dull and lifeless, like two huge bottomless black holes.

“My Darlene is dead. She is gone. If only I had been a little earlier. Just a little bit earlier…”

The search-and-rescue boat came closer and stopped again. This time, a slipper and an off-white coat further up the beach was found.

The two things were far away from each other, but no matter what, they were both found.

The slipper and the coat were both light-colored, but after being soaked in the sea for hours, they had begun to turn darker, and it was difficult to distinguish the original color.

Yet it was already enough for Gustave and the Swale family to recognize that they belonged to Darlene.

A few hours earlier, she had been wearing these in the Swale’s home’s kitchen, smiling and preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Large patches of blood could vaguely be distinguished from the coat. The police took the coat back, and based on the blood stains left on the coat, they concluded that Darlene had lost a lot of blood after she fell off the cliff.

The police collected hair and other traces from the coat and ran DNA tests on those that were still usable.

The test results confirmed that it was Darlene’s coat. The police came to the primary conclusion that Darlene was dead based on the bleeding, which was ruled. according to the blood stains left on the coat.

Her coat was found, she had lost a lot of blood, and her body was nowhere to be found. What was more, there were a lot of piranhas in the sea. The result was self-evident.

After more than a week of searching, the police made their final decision. Darlene was ruled dead at sea, and the search was officially called off.