The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 549

Their eyes met.

She didn't shy away from his intimate gesture, and the two of them simply gazed

at each other, locked in a silent, electric moment.

Time seemed to freeze right then.

The timestamp on the photo: 8:30 p.m., tonight.

Eve hadn't shown up for her date; she was out with Brooks instead.

Evelyn's almost blatant choice cut Charles like a knife.

...

Maplewood Estate

Josephine tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

As she rolled over once more, Evelyn switched on her bedside lamp and looked at her.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

Josephine gazed at Evelyn, then admitted, "Brooks invited you to dinner tonight. I just didn't want Charles to show up and ruin things between you and Brooks."

"So, I took your phone and texted Charles myself, inviting him out to meet you, just to get him out of the way."

"Adam passed by that spot at eleven. I asked him, and he said Charles was still there waiting for you."

Josephine paused, letting out a soft sigh.

but she also wanted Charles to

he had waited all night

invite him? In the past five years, how many nights did Charlie and I wait for him for nothing? He

feel bad. Everything

waited the whole night,

valued the original marriage most. They were softer at

Charlie's death, her mother probably would have still favored

Charles

she felt only

of her love-she'd never truly hated him for that. She had

But Charlie...

a wound she would never

never

late, Mom. Get

then closed her eyes

on it either. She turned

slowly healed, the infection subsided, and the flesh on her back began

was

because her own daughter had been pushed off a balcony by her husband's mistress. In a fit of rage, she'd murdered

one thing she despised most was people who hurt

of their own relationships.

Charles's instruction, Aiden

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the queen bee everything about how Dahlia had cruelly caused Charlie's death, tormented Evelyn, and even abused and ultimately killed her own

her very first day back,

and beatings became

daily water came from the

the inmates always had hidden sewing needles. Whenever

they jabbed her

obey, she'd get