The Day Our Promise Breaks

Carmen sat in her chair, eyes coldly fixed on Evelyn. She found Evelyn's face irksome from the first glance.

She looked too much like that woman.

Evelyn stood still, not moving. She swallowed down the words she had to prove she wasn't guilty.

In the Jenkins family, Carmen hated Evelyn the most.

Evelyn had thought that today, at the very least, Charles would give her a chance to explain. She never expected that he still took Dahlia and her daughter's words as gospel. Evelyn didn't even get a chance to defend herself.

She pressed her lips tightly together, fighting the sense of powerlessness within her. She was facing an opponent with backing and found it hard to move forward.

"My mother said to kneel!" Sena's eyes gleamed with satisfaction.

She despised Evelyn to the core.

Sena had come to the Jenkins family with her mother when she was little. Sena's mother told her to win over her grandmother, but Rosa didn't like her. Rosa preferred Evelyn instead. Rosa would protect her at every turn. It wasn't just Rosa. Even Charles was openly and secretly guarding Evelyn. Over the years, Sena had never gained the upper hand over Evelyn. Today presented such a good opportunity. She wouldn't let Evelyn off.

behind her, lifted her leg,

and bent her knee. With a

pressed her down, forcibly keeping her on the ground. She struggled but was pinned down tightly, unable

side to pick up a long ruler. They repeatedly and harshly

clenched her teeth, refusing

noticed Evelyn's stubborn face, and her eyes

ten strikes without even a grunt and was unsatisfied. Sena went to grab the most severe whip used

custom-made, covered with dense barbs, capable of not only tearing flesh but also hooking to it, deep enough to reveal the bone. This was a punishment reserved for Jenkins family members

up and did not

piercing sound.

just coldly

beg for mercy, and she was furious. This

open, and a commanding voice from the doorway boomed, "I'd like to

shook her hand. The whip was quickly retracted. The rebounding force caused the whip to harshly snap back onto