The Day Our Promise Breaks

As the second round of fireworks soared into the sky, exploding in a burst of dazzling colors, Charles and Dahlia simultaneously bent down to kiss Sandy. One on the left and one on the right, their affectionate kisses landed on Sandy's cheeks.

The moment was frozen in time.

"Woah. Mr. Jenkins really dotes on his daughter."

"Well, I heard Dahlia is the love of his life."

Envious voices filled the air.

Evelyn's eyes turned bloodshot as she tightly wrapped her daughter's urn in her down jacket. Her heart was twisting in pain.

She covered the front of the urn with her hand, whispering softly, "Charlie, don't look!"

She didn't want her daughter to be sad.

...

when Evelyn returned to Oakwood Manor,

little bed holding her daughter's urn all night long. The next morning, Evelyn came downstairs, bumping into a tall and

It was Charles.

didn't look at her, his expression as cold as ever. He did not say much but asked succinctly,

been three days since their daughter died, and he only just remembered

angry about him

her. Suppressing his displeasure, he said in a deep voice, "I came to take Charlie to the

could never forget the scene she saw

in a pool of her vomited blood,

Daddy arrived on time. I'm having a lot of

spend time alone with her dad. Charlie

stood foolishly waiting in the cold

bloodshot as she glared at Charles with rage. Her voice was cold as ice. "She's dead! Where are you going to take her? To

she curse her own daughter to death over such a

Charlie's mother. How could she say