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."

Charles could never disobey Josephine. Biting back the pain that wracked his body, he slowly sat

studied his pale, drawn face and asked, "Are you badly

her first. She remembered it all-the way he'd

His voice

his injuries meant nothing now-not compared to the

He only cared about what had happened

family, she had always had a head of thick, jet-black hair. It was glossy and full. Where other women complained of postpartum hair loss, Eve never had to worry. Even after

So how...?

Eve's hair..." he

looked at him. Last night, he had risked everything to save her and Eve. She

was too

clinging, his regret, for Eve, were

She

Charlie died, Eve was devastated. She couldn't avenge Charlie. Overnight, her

when he saw the gray,

as if it

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

he could

before Charlie was born...

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

went on, Eve

Josephine forced herself to go on, her voice cold but

you know why Charlie died? Do you understand why Eve couldn't fight for

Charlie's death meant to Eve,

deep. You don't have the right to ask for her forgiveness. Do

Josephine didn't rage. She spoke in the calmest possible tone, but every word cut like

straight

didn't even remember how