The Day Our Promise Breaks

Evelyn's scream of despair echoed through the room, fueled by Charles' provocation.

For the sake of Charlie, her daughter, she had thrown caution to the wind and fought with everything she had. Yet he, Charlie's father, had prioritized paving the way for his beloved girlfriend to marry into the Jenkins family over their own child. With a single, careless sentence, he had shattered her hopes. If Charlie couldn't find peace in the afterlife because of this...

"Evelyn!" Charles' face was as hard as iron, his voice thundering in anger. "You would say anything to marry me, wouldn't you? Charlie is your daughter, but you curse her time and again. Do you even deserve to be a mother?"

"I don't deserve to be a mother? Charles, it's you who doesn't deserve to be a father! Charlie is dead! My Charlie... she's really gone!" Evelyn's cry of agony broke out. Tears streamed down her face, large and unending. Even after more than a month, the thought of her daughter's tragic death still tore her apart.

Charles was furious. "Evelyn, enough! If you dare..."

His further scolding was suddenly choked off.

He watched Evelyn, whose tears were washing over her face. The despair and sorrow in her eyes were so real that Charles felt a sudden heaviness in his heart.

In that moment, he inexplicably panicked.

Almost instinctively, Charles denied, "That's not possible!"

Charlie couldn't be dead. She was supposed to be healthy and alive.

Evelyn laughed sorrowfully. Looking at Charles, who still refused to believe her, she wiped her face with one hand and suddenly grabbed his arm, "You still don't believe it? I'll take you to see!" Ignoring her tears, Evelyn urgently dragged Charles outside.

Charles didn't believe her. To him, Evelyn was a woman who never spoke the truth. Yet, his legs involuntarily followed her outside.

...

their way. Evelyn

sensed the tension, and approached with concern, "Charles,

She pushed Dahlia aside, who

but loud enough for

to her surprise, Charles didn't even pause, nor did he look back. In a blink, they were gone from

expression darkened in

...

to Maple Garden, but never had his steps felt so

from crying, and her emotions were

and her death certificate are inside." Just as Evelyn was about to push the door open, Charles' phone rang. The familiar ringtone halted both their actions.

moment, Charles frowned but still took out his phone and answered in front

through first, tinged with excitement, "Charles, I

standing close by,

"Saw Charlie?"

her hard. Evelyn's grip on the doorknob loosened. She turned and dashed out, but after just one

glimmer of hope in

could Dahlia have seen her Charlie?

call. He observed Evelyn's instinctive reaction to Dahlia's words, and his gaze turned icy. "Keep

turned and

"Evelyn, being your daughter was the