The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 430

He sidled up to Evelyn, his voice dropping to a hushed tone.

"This is where it ends, okay? Let's not stir things up any further. If Wesley dares to lay a finger on Aunt Margaret, I'm not letting him off the hook. I'll see to it that justice is served, alright?"

Charles was trying his best to calm Evelyn down, urging her not to get too caught

up in her stubborn ways.

Thanks to Charlie, Eve had a bone to pick with Dahlia.

She always seemed to jump to conclusions.

Evelyn's emotions, which she'd been trying so hard to keep in check, unraveled with Charles' words.

She shot Charles a fiery glare, her eyes ablaze with anger. "Just zip it!"

Brooks wrapped a comforting arm around the trembling Evelyn, feeling her distress deep in his heart.

Charles noticed Brooks' large hand resting on Evelyn's shoulder, and his face darkened even more.

That's when Dahlia showed up.

With a female officer's assistance, she'd managed to scrub off the grime, but a night of mental torment had left her looking drained.

In just one night, it seemed as if she'd lost a noticeable amount of weight.

she saw Charles, she called out to him, her voice tinged

herself over to him, her whole body leaning into

reached out to steady

"Charles, I'm worried about Sandy. Can you take me

who'd been through the wringer all night, tugged at Charles'

down and

"Dahlia can't leave!"

station, Evelyn's anger flared up. She shouted, trying to block her way. "Officer, Dahlia's the mastermind. You need to keep

"Eve!"

was wearing thin, and he turned to Evelyn,

I just explain it? The case has been investigated, and Wesley's confessed.

need to let

to haul Dahlia in. I didn't

spent the night in there, dealing with the aftermath. Do you know what she went through? Isn't that

state from

he had been

Bet

right questions last night,

more insistent and in

mess for no

Dahlia's done, this little

is her

nothing. Everything she went