The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 458

The officer shook his head.

"No, it was a convict named Wesley. They go way back, and he owed Wesley a favor. Wesley's the one who made him target Adam."

"We questioned Wesley too, and he confessed."

"Adam backed out last minute and wouldn't donate his kidney to Wesley's daughter. Wesley was furious and wanted revenge. He set everything up to have Adam hit so he couldn't compete. He wanted Adam to suffer."

It seemed like a believable motive, and with the confession, the case was closed. But from the moment Evelyn heard Wesley's name, she knew Dahlia was the mastermind behind it all. She recalled Dahlia's taunting words at the hospital. Dahlia was determined to make Adam donate his kidney to Sandy, no matter the cost.

her heart clenching with pain. Her hands, hanging by her sides, slowly curled

on Mom," she said softly. Moments later, she

safe," Adam

away unscathed. She left the hospital, and knowing Dahlia

she was worn out from

at any chance to be alone with Charles, but today she was so upset she feared losing her composure in front of him. So, she went along with

herself into the garden, her anger boiling over as she smashed the carefully nurtured

she shouted, her face twisted in

her tirade, a hand grabbed her hair from behind and yanked hard. The force was so strong it felt like her

in Dahlia's eyes, and she swung her hand to strike Evelyn. "Evelyn,

Evelyn was faster. She caught Dahlia's hand mid-air and delivered another sharp

"You bet I dare!"