The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 496

Evelyn slipped into a fresh set of pajamas, feeling the comforting embrace of cleanliness.

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Exhaustion weighed heavily on her.

Brooks lit a soothing lavender candle in the bedroom, its gentle aroma wafting through the air as Evelyn snuggled into the warm sheets.

Outside, the rain began to patter softly against the window, growing heavier by the minute.

She thought sleep would evade her after the day's turmoil, but the rhythmic dance of raindrops lulled her into an unexpected slumber.

Brooks stood on the balcony, his gaze fixed on a man who seemed like a ghost lingering in the rain.

He stood there, drenched, staring up at the glowing window.

Brooks kept Evelyn in the dark about it, silently watching Charles get soaked.

It wasn't until Charles succumbed to an infection, a fever raging through him, that

his body finally gave way, collapsing into the rain-soaked street.

Only then did Brooks call Aiden to come and collect Charles.

Charles battled through the feverish night, finally waking the next afternoon as it broke.

Finding himself in a hospital room, hope flickered in his eyes, a fragile ember.

His last memory was of standing outside Brooks' place, fading into unconsciousness in the rain, while Eve was safely upstairs.

Charles scanned the room for Evelyn, but only found Aiden, and the hope dimmed a bit.

Yet, he clung to a thread of optimism and asked Aiden, who approached upon seeing him awake,

it Eve who called you

it was her, maybe it meant she still cared, that he still had

"It was Mr. Brooks."

hear but couldn't

as the words were spoken, Charles's hope flickered out like a

why he kept making

night, drugged, he could've gone straight to the hospital, but he chose to

resentment for him over Charlie's death, he still put himself in

served to deepen

Mr. Jenkins was a

when it came to matters of

"Daddy."

clothes with nervous

her, urging her to apologize and

memory of last

claimed she was the one who instructed Sandy, that Sandy was

almost led him to a point of no return with Eve, he

his sour mood, but the thought that Sandy might have been unknowingly involved flickered

couldn't bear to attribute any cunning

catch up

than usual, a subtle warning to Dahlia not to use Sandy as

Charles had been so distant

heart trembled, wanting to approach, but Aiden gently

Sandy, Mr. Jenkins needs to rest. If you care for

bit her lip, tears pooling in her eyes as she stood at the doorway, gazing at Charles with a

closed his eyes,

leave, glancing back with every step, her heart heavy

truly upset

her daddy stopped loving her, would her

way to a car parked at the hospital entrance, climbed in, and

knew she hadn't managed