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.

...

night when Evelyn returned to Oakwood Manor, the villa she shared

her daughter's room. After tidying up her daughter's belongings, she sat on the little bed holding her daughter's urn all night long. The next morning, Evelyn came downstairs, bumping

It was Charles.

her, his expression as cold as ever. He did not

cold laugh. It had been three days since their daughter died, and he only just

Was she still angry about him missing out on Charlie's birthday the day before

her. Suppressing his displeasure, he said in a deep

heart twisted in pain. She could never forget the scene she saw when she rushed into the amusement

fainted in a pool of her vomited blood, and Charles was nowhere

the phone in the morning. "Mommy, Daddy arrived on time. I'm having a lot of fun with him.

time, just so she could spend time alone with her dad.

stood foolishly waiting in the cold wind from

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

Why would she curse her own daughter to

was Charlie's mother. How could she say such a