The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 545

Chapter 545

His thin lips parted as if to speak.

But Josephine didn't give him the chance.

She'd said everything she needed to say to Charles.

If he truly felt any guilt, he ought to step away on his own.

"Brooks."

Josephine looked at Brooks, who had come to pick them up.

She hadn't wanted Brooks to accompany them to the follow-up appointment today.

When Eve was discharged from the hospital before, it was just to see how Brooks would act.

In fact, over the past year, she had seen for herself how sincere Brooks was toward Eve.

Before, with Charlie's grudge unresolved, Eve couldn't bring herself to think about her own happiness.

But now, with Charlie's revenge fulfilled, it was time for things to settle.

She and Brooks ought to make things official.

Brooks strode toward them.

In front of Charles, Josephine placed Evelyn's hand firmly into Brooks's.

Brooks didn't hesitate for a second-he took her hand and held it tight.

Evelyn didn't pull away.

saw the sudden

locked on Eve and Brooks's joined

containing the storm

shifted, stepping between Charles and Brooks

Her stance was unambiguous.

was the outsider

with Brooks. They were her

flickered deeper in

nothing he could do. He could only watch as Brooks led Evelyn

spot,

the agony in his eyes was a fierce, undeniable love for Evelyn-and a

right.

He was guilty.

Deeply guilty.

he could

the rest of his life making

Ms. Josephine would give him

...

handled by Blake; the legal wheels

evidence so clear, Dahlia's guilt was

St. Gabriel Chapel in the neighboring city

there himself to light

Charlie-to beg forgiveness, to

morning, Charles drove to

was bustling

the mountain trail was

Seven hundred and seventy

п

to the chapel-a pilgrimage of devotion.

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