The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 529

A crushing terror enveloped Dahlia.

Her hands shaking, she fumbled her phone out of her pocket and hurriedly dialed 911.

After quickly explaining Sandy's condition and their location, she hung up.

Lowering her eyes to the girl limp in her arms, Dahlia reached out and patted Sandy's face, warning her sternly.

"Sandy, hold on. You're not allowed to leave me, do you hear?"

Sandy hadn't completely lost consciousness. She heard Dahlia's words, but lacked the strength to respond.

While waiting for the ambulance, Dahlia frantically pounded on the iron gate.

"Charles! Sandy's dying, please, I'm begging you, come out and take her to the hospital!"

There was still time-Dahlia hadn't given up hope that Charles might come out.

She still foolishly believed that if Charles saw Sandy like this, he would soften, that he would care.

But the heavy door was tightly shut; the soundproofing was excellent.

Inside, Charles heard nothing.

By the time the ambulance arrived, Sandy was already in shock.

The siren wailed as the ambulance raced through the streets toward the hospital.

In the back, the paramedic worked with a grim expression, desperately trying to keep Sandy alive.

When they reached the emergency room, Sandy was rushed inside.

"Doctor, please, you have to save my daughter. She can't die, she just can't!"

Dahlia clutched the doctor's arm with desperate strength.

The doctor wanted to snap at her-now she was worried?

Why hadn't she brought her daughter to the hospital at the first sign of fever?

After a successful kidney transplant, any competent surgeon would have warned the family about the risks.

she just

time he encountered families like this, he was

were things he couldn't

his irritation, he said in a low voice, "Ma'am,

and unmoored,

"Doctor, my daughter's going to be

was her last hope

monitor in the ambulance had

Sandy was barely

die

was for Sandy's condition to be serious enough to win Charles's sympathy-and maybe, just maybe, get back to the comfortable life she'd had

thought Sandy might

doctor was at his wit's

"Ma'am, every second you hold me back puts your

Dahlia finally released him, as if his sleeve had burned her hand. Without

emergency room, every second stretching into

wasn't that she couldn't bear to

Sandy died, she would be

more than that, she feared her own ruin-feared there would be no coming back for her if

first had Sandy, she'd

she was with Charles, she'd already slept with Wesley more times

intended to break it off with

she was already an adult,

few times, but

said she was

that, she couldn't be

like to be loved by a

Wesley, with his natural gifts, always knew how to please

couldn't resist for long-she wanted it, needed

she slipped back

Wesley, told him that Charles had fallen for her at first

belonged

said she was only with

for his

oney. Once she'd gotteme

run

a away with