The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 534

Half an hour later, Dahlia appeared at the airport.

She wore a hat and a surgical mask, carefully maneuvering her wheelchair and warily scanning her surroundings.

She didn't know if news of Sandy's death had already reached Charles.

Nor did she know whether he'd gotten the evidence from Wesley and handed it over to the police.

The police couldn't reach her-both the hospital and her rented apartment had come up empty. Would they realize she was planning to flee the country? Would they send someone to arrest her?

The uncertainty gnawed at Dahlia, filling her with dread.

Waiting outside the airport, nerves strung tight, she'd never known time could crawl so painfully slow.

Every second felt like an eternity.

At last, it was time for border control and security.

Dahlia wheeled herself to the front, passing through the e-gate for customs.

At security, when asked to remove her mask and hat, she barely dared to breathe. She was terrified that a warrant had already been issued, that she'd be stopped.

In just those few minutes, Dahlia broke into a cold sweat. Her shirt was soaked through, but her face betrayed nothing as she calmly answered each question.

The moment she was cleared, her tension evaporated like mist. For the first time, she felt like she could almost taste freedom.

Once she was out of the country, the law here couldn't touch her.

be free. Still

Dahlia truly relaxed. A giddy sense of triumph

if they knew she'd set up that brat Charlie,

still couldn't do a

little brat—well, she'd have

her wheelchair forward, only to

move.

moment, then realized someone was holding her

snapped together in irritation as

do you think you're doing? Take your filthy hands

The

Instead expression didn't change.

his grip

all backwards.

wheels, her temper flaring. She opened her mouth to

up, she saw a face she loved fiercely-and the last person she wanted to see at that

Charles.

He'd come after her.

ghostly

trace of triumph

pressed the controls, trying to

through security. She was just one step from boarding, from

could she

way

cold as ice above her. "Dahlia, tell me how