The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 369

Since being admitted to the hospital, Josephine had been nothing but

cooperative. But today, she ignored Andrew's instructions and fiercely resisted when the nurse tried to approach her.

"Don't touch me!" she snapped, her voice sharp with defiance.

Her reaction was so intense that Andrew, worried about her condition, quickly gestured for the nurse to open the emergency room door. As soon as it opened, he wheeled Josephine out swiftly.

Seeing Evelyn waiting outside, he wasted no time. "Ms. Evelyn, your mother suddenly wants to leave the hospital. Please talk to her. This is a critical time for her recovery. She needs to stay here to get strong enough for the surgery next month."

"I already said, I won't go through with the surgery," Josephine insisted, her voice firm. She had no intention of staying in the hospital any longer. Charles wasn't going to use her as leverage over Evelyn anymore.

than your health," Evelyn pleaded, tears brimming in her eyes. She held Josephine's hand tightly, her voice trembling. "Mom, I've already lost

her mother was her entire world. If enduring Charles's antics meant her mother's health

worry, and saw the desperate plea in her eyes. Josephine was torn. She couldn't bear to sacrifice Evelyn's happiness for her own health, but seeing Evelyn so upset made it hard to stand by

here and focus on

Josephine further. She told Charles to leave, and he, not wanting to cause more distress,

made him pause, and after a brief internal struggle, he decided

hold back any longe spoke up. "Ms. Josephine, Charles hasn't been lying to you. From the start, it was Ms. Evelyn he was misleading. He never told me to deny you the

delay wasn't about threatening Evelyn to ignore your health-it was

special medication from abroad to aid your

improved condition is thanks to them.