The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 533

At Wesley's words, Charles reacted instantly.

He shot to his feet, eyes wide with fury, and lunged at Charles with clenched fists.

"Charles, how dare you curse my daughter!"

But Charles caught Wesley's fist mid-air, twisted his arm behind his back, and slammed him down onto the polished meeting table.

He said nothing—just shoved the doctor's death certificate in front of Wesley's face.

Wesley's struggles froze as his eyes landed on the name.

His pupils contracted violently, lips trembling, eyes quickly filling with tears.

Charles let go.

With shaking hands, Wesley snatched up the death certificate.

Name: Sandy.

Cause of death: Multiple organ failure due to infection.

No.

No, it couldn't be!

Sandy had just visited him yesterday, calling him "Dad" over and over.

Even though he knew she only called him "Dad" because she wanted his help with Dahlia, he'd felt an irrepressible joy every time she said it—a surge of happiness that made his heart soar.

He would have given her his life.

And now, Charles was standing here telling him that the daughter who was so full

of life just yesterday had suddenly died from multiple organ failure.

He couldn't believe it.

Wesley tore the death certificate in two and hurled the pieces to the floor.

"Charles, it's all fake, isn't it? You forged the

why you're pretending Sandy died because of her,

said he was sure he'd

all, Charles had come to him just

Sandy

the news that Sandy was dead-and

for any sign of guilt, any evidence of a

But he found nothing.

twisted in

he was

that Charles was telling

Sandy really

reality, desperate to believe this was all a cruel trick that

His only child-gone.

could he accept

shaking so badly he could hardly stand. If he hadn't been bracing himself against the table, he'd have collapsed on the spot. He was

almost cold detachment, unmoved by

reached for the tablet he'd brought, unlocked it, and tapped to open a

flickered in fear—he already

instinctively, as if he could ward off the truth by staying away. But

like Pandora's box-he knew opening it would mean facing the

this was his daughter. The girl he'd do anything to protect. His only

trembling hands, Wesley pulled

There were two clips.

camera

image on the screen nearly

hands tightened around the tablet, his eyes filling with

ghostly pale, her breathing shallow and weak. She clung to Dahlia's shirt,

expression twisted with pain.

feel so awful... Please,

go to the

down at

low and threatening.

Sandy. If you can't make your father forgive you, you might as well be

video was at

white bed, her face

doctor was pronouncing