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."

how much he longed to chase after Evelyn, Charles could never disobey

his pale, drawn face and asked, "Are

had rushed in to save her first. She remembered it all-the way he'd

fine." His voice was

compared to

wounds. He only cared about

and full. Where other

So how...?

Eve's hair..." he asked, voice

save her and Eve. She knew now-Charles's feelings for Eve were genuine. He truly wanted to

it was too

regret, for Eve, were

couldn't forgive him. She had never

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

when he saw the gray, but now, hearing

felt as if it might burst from

would have given anything to pull Evelyn

could turn back

before Charlie was born...

but she steeled herself. Better a

Eve would

forced herself to go on, her

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

feel what Charlie's death meant to Eve, you

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

didn't rage. She spoke in the calmest possible tone, but

straight into

didn't even remember how he left