The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 359

It took her a moment to quell the wave of anger rising inside her. She couldn't let Dahlia push her buttons.

"Alright, where's the proof? No proof, no more chatter," she snapped, turning to the man sprawled on the floor. "Come on, you're coming with me."

Evelyn motioned for her bodyguard to help Wesley up, ready to take him away. But a sharp glance from Charles halted them.

"Out of the way!" Evelyn insisted, determined to get Wesley out of there.

Immediately, Dahlia's bodyguards stepped in to block her path. Tensions were high as both sides stood their ground, evenly matched in strength. Evelyn placed herself between Wesley and Charles, refusing to let him take Wesley away.

either. He grabbed Evelyn's wrist, pulling her aside, and with

down at Evelyn, Charles said firmly, "Evelyn, you're not taking Wesley

to suffer for years. Now, he's attempted it again. If Wesley's guilty, and with Blake on the case, there's no way he's slipping through the cracks this time.

Blake will lay it all

ago-the crushing pressure and Blake' relentless skill. It was Blake who secured his life sentence back then. If Evelyn hadn't survived, he'd still be locked up. And now, with Blake involved again, the odds looked

and disheveled, struggled to his feet and clutched at Charles's pant leg, his voice pleading, "Mr. Jenkins, I swear I'm not a rapist. You can't send me back to prison. What about Sandy? What will happen to her if I'm locked

me, she'll keep

Wesley accused her of abuse. Sandy wasn't Charles's biological daughter, but she'd charmed him with her sweetness, and out of guilt, he'd grown fond of her. Charles had always doted on Sandy. If he found out

everything off course. If not for her defending Wesley and trying to take him away, Charles might have