The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 506

"Dad, are you really going to give up on her?"

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Charles left Rosewood Estates, driving straight to Evelyn's neighborhood. Ever since she moved in, he spared no expense, buying the apartments directly above and next to hers. The gate recognized his car, allowing him entry.

Charles parked beneath their building. It was nearly three in the morning. The neighborhood was silent, but his mind was anything but at ease. Unveiling Dahlia's true intentions at Rosewood had stirred a storm inside him. It wasn't about Dahlia-it was about his own ignorance and poor judgment.

in a wave of misplaced joy. The thrill of regaining something lost made him cling to

was the villain. Trusting Debbie's facade, he backed the wrong horse, unknowingly enabling the injustice and causing Eve so much pain. For a decade, every misstep was a debt he owed Eve. His mistaken belief was no excuse. Those wounds were real, and he

around Sandy. Yet, blinded by his biases, he sided with Dahlia and her daughter, repeatedly crossing Eve's lines and rubbing salt

one call from Dahlia, his concern for Sandy's illness, led him

and stubborn, defend Sandy time and again,

still, he knew Adam signed up for organ donation because Charlie died of kidney failure. Yet, to save Sandy, he pressured Eve to coerce Adam into donating a kidney. Even if it was a manipulation, and henever

he pressed Adam to sign, he was less than

suffocating, like a tidal wave threatening to drown him. He had failed Eve. And Charlie. Unable to restrain himself, Charles'slapped his own face, hard, twice. He was truly despicable. How could he have done such heartless things? Eve was right to call him