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.

it? You forged the certificate. Sandy isn't dead-you hid

want me to testify against Dahlia, don't you? That's why you're pretending Sandy died

he was sure he'd seen

him just

Sandy was Wesley's

news that Sandy was dead-and that Dahlia had

searching Charles's face for any sign of guilt,

But he found nothing.

in Wesley's

he was

that Charles was

Sandy really was

to his own version of reality, desperate to believe this was all a cruel trick that his daughter was still alive

His only child-gone.

he accept

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

a calm, almost

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

fear—he already knew what the

ward off the truth by staying

for him to press play, was like Pandora's box-he knew opening it would mean facing

was his daughter. The girl he'd do anything to

Wesley pulled

There were two clips.

a security camera outside Charles's

image on the

the tablet, his eyes

breathing

expression twisted with pain.

so awful...

go to

glared down at Sandy with cold fury, her

low and threatening.

father forgive you, you

was at the

on a stark white bed, her

doctor was