The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 440

She was genuinely scared that something might happen to Sandy.

"I told Adam," Charles admitted without a second thought.

Dahlia was in disbelief, tears streaming down her face. "Why? We agreed to keep this from Evelyn. Why did you tell her?"

"Now Adam's refusing to donate his kidney to Sandy. What are we supposed to do? Just sit back and watch her die?"

"I'm not going to let anything happen to Sandy," Charles assured her, his voice steady and firm. "Don't worry. I've got people searching all over the country for a matching kidney for Sandy. She'll be okay."

But Charles's promise didn't ease Dahlia's anxiety. Even though she was fuming over his decision, she kept her feelings in check, not daring to show her anger in front of him. She swallowed her bitterness and forced out a shaky reply.

I trust you," she said, looking lost

offered her a few more words of comfort and reminded

she understood more than most kids her age about life and death. Charles worried that knowing too much might cause her

won't tell Sandy a thing,"

found a matching kidney for Sandy, it wouldn't be as perfect as Adam's.

but Dahlia was dead set on making sure things didn't go his way. She was determined to get

was in a fitful sleep, her

a hint of tenderness, shook Sandy awake. "Mommy," Sandy

had exposed her for mistreating Sandy to Charles, Dahlia had pinned, the blame on a teacher dodging the fallout. But now, she was too scared to lay a hand on

her way out of it again. Sandy, thinking her mothe

her voice dripping with false sweetness

her hand like a little kitten, her voice soft and eager, "Yes! I'll do whatever it takes to make