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.

...

stepped out, they bumped into Dahlia walking their way. Evelyn ignored her, continuing to

tension, and approached with concern, "Charles, Evelyn,

for pleasantries. She pushed Dahlia aside, who then stumbled to the ground with

sound was soft but loud enough for Charles to

even pause, nor did he look back.

darkened in an

...

Maple Garden, but never had

eyes were swollen from crying, and her emotions were beginning

death certificate are inside." Just as Evelyn was about to push the door open, Charles' phone rang.

but still took out his phone and answered in

through first, tinged with excitement, "Charles,

standing close by, heard

"Saw Charlie?"

grip on the doorknob loosened. She turned and dashed out, but after just one step, she

hope in

Dahlia have seen her Charlie?

eyes faded quickly after Dahlia's call. He observed Evelyn's instinctive reaction to Dahlia's

hanging up, he turned and walked

and his voice was cold. "Evelyn, being your daughter was the