Chapter 52 Take Off Your Coat

The shopping mall was crowded, with chattering voices and footsteps echoing from all directions. The moment Elaine looked over, Skylar seemed to have noticed someone looking at him. He instantly turned his head and met her gaze. He was in a wheelchair and looked much thinner and paler than before, like a ghost of the man he once was. His once cold eyes carried a deep exhaustion. But the moment he saw her, his gaze shifted from shock and disbelief to bewilderment and desperation. He didn't believe it when the police told him that the body wasn't hers. But now that he saw that she was alive and well before him, he finally believed that she had survived. His fist tightened around the wheelchair's armrest. It was as though an invisible hand had gripped his heart and stolen the air from his lungs. He couldn't even speak or move. The police officer on the other end of the line kept talking, but Skylar said nothing. He watched as Elaine's expression changed from disbelief to fear. She l