The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 566

It was already one in the morning.

Evelyn had turned off the lights and gone to bed at eleven, but for two long hours, sleep had eluded her. She hadn't suffered from insomnia in ages, but tonight, she lay awake in the darkness, eyes open.

She sat up, pulled open her nightstand drawer, and found the half-finished bottle of melatonin she'd been using.

Just as she was about to take some, her phone-resting on the nightstand-lit up with an incoming call.

She hadn't saved Aiden's number, so she didn't know who it was. But somehow, as if she knew, Evelyn reached for her phone and answered. "Hello?"

"Ms. Evelyn, it's Aiden."

Aiden stood outside the hospital room, watching through the glass as Charles suffered on the bed, wracked with a fever that wouldn't break. His voice was hoarse. "Mr. Jenkins is in a bad way. He was barely conscious on the drive back to the hospital, and his fever hasn't gone down despite everything the doctors have tried."

"Ms. Evelyn, could you come see Mr. Jenkins...?"

"I'm not a doctor. I can't help him."

Evelyn's grip tightened around her phone, but her voice remained icy.

"Ms. Evelyn, I know you resent Mr. Jenkins. I know it's hard to forgive what he did

to you and Miss Josephine," Aiden pleaded, his voice cracking. "But he's in real danger. If his fever doesn't break tonight, he could lose his leg..."

"Mr. Jenkins is such a proud man-if he loses his left leg..."

Aiden couldn't finish, his throat tight with emotion.

a fault. Seeing Charles brought

sleeping, pushing himself until he'd saved the company.

drive was all about

small silver locket in his hand, gazing at it with a tenderness

had played a

tried to protect

Charles learned the truth, how much pain

Charles had done to

do nothing while Charles suffered

you come see him, just this once?" "Since he fell unconscious, all he's done is call your name... He just wants you

her phone

Josephine's voice came

the turmoil in her eyes.

room, gently taking the phone from Evelyn's hand. To Aiden, whose voice was on

She hadn't expected Josephine

about Charles how she'd always hoped Evelyn could move on, hoped she'd choose Brooks, that Charles would stay far

Josephine only

save both of

now-going to

is the right thing to

ve

Afterwards, whatever happens, you'll

have no regrets."

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knows