The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 555

Charles's pupils contracted sharply as he stared at the streaks of gray and white that had newly grown into the crown of Evelyn's hair, disbelief filling his eyes.

His lips trembled. "Eve, your hair..."

Evelyn took advantage of his shock, shoving Charles hard away from her.

His left leg gave out beneath him, sending him stumbling back until he crashed into the hospital bed.

Evelyn instinctively reached up to touch her own hair, but she said nothing. She turned and strode toward the door.

"Eve!"

Charles tried to catch her, desperate for answers, but before his hand could reach her, Josephine's sharp voice cut through the air. "Charles!"

He froze at the sound, glancing back. "Mrs. Jenkins, you're awake."

"Mom, you're awake." Evelyn, too, stopped and turned, as if to go back to the bedside, but Josephine spoke first: "Eve, I'm fine."

She shot Evelyn a look-a silent plea to leave.

Seeing Josephine was alright, Evelyn said, "Mom, Brooks saved us. I'm worried about him. I want to check on Brooks."

"Go ahead." Josephine's hand closed firmly around Charles's wrist.

Charles was still reeling, his heart in pieces, watching Evelyn turn to leave. He wanted nothing more than to grab her, to force her to explain what had happened to her hair.

But Josephine's grip was iron.

He couldn't break free without a scene, so he turned, pleading, "Mrs. Jenkins..."

Josephine met his gaze. After Evelyn left the room, she spoke quietly, "Charles, sit."

disobey Josephine. Biting back the pain that wracked his body,

his pale, drawn face and asked, "Are

save her first. She remembered it all-the

His voice was

his injuries meant nothing now-not compared to the shock of

He only cared about what had

and full. Where other

So how...?

Eve's hair..." he

and Eve. She knew now-Charles's feelings

it was too

regret, for Eve, were nothing but

couldn't forgive him. She had never even

couldn't

much when he saw the gray, but now, hearing it confirmed,

as if it might burst from his

given anything to pull Evelyn into his arms. More than anything,

could

before Charlie was born...

heart twisted with pain, but she steeled herself. Better a short pain than

went on, Eve would only suffer

forced herself to go on, her voice cold

why Charlie died? Do you understand why Eve couldn't

death meant to Eve, you would never ask her

caused Eve runs too deep. You don't have the right to

calmest possible

straight

didn't even remember how he left the