The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 609

"That's not true. You're lying. You love children-you'd never have the heart to go through with this!"

Charles just couldn't believe it.

He refused to accept that Evelyn could be so ruthless.

She had to be making this up.

...

Just then, the doctor who'd performed Evelyn's surgery stepped out of the operating room.

He spotted Evelyn and started walking over, probably to remind her to take it easy.

But Charles intercepted him, gripping the doctor's shoulder.

"Tell me the truth-Eve didn't actually have the abortion, did she? My baby is still alive, right?"

Seeing Charles suddenly lose it and interrogate the doctor, Evelyn clung tighter to Adam's arm without even realizing it.

Adam gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, silently telling her it was okay, she could relax.

Then Adam stepped between Charles and the doctor, his voice ice-cold. "Charles, let go. Harassing the staff and lying to yourself-what good does that do anyone?"

But Charles wouldn't back down.

He stared the doctor down, desperate for any scrap of hope.

"Mr. Jenkins, I'm sorry," the doctor said quietly, "but by the time the director called, the procedure was already underway."

"The baby... is gone."

His vision swam with pain and fury. It was real. The baby was gone. The grief inside him had nowhere to

go of

away, eyes red-rimmed, he looked at Evelyn and choked out, "Eve, how could

to you and Charlie. Why can't you give me one more

chest heaved

be a father-again-it was

gaze at Evelyn

hate her for being

down, he knew

was because

you don't

Evelyn didn't even flinch.

nothing left-no path except to

fit to

mistake comes with a second

too deep for an

forget or

not ever.

time

I remember it

swho

over

pure torment. I hate

would I ever go back to

Evelyn to steady her and turned to Charles. "If you really want to make things right, Charles, let her go. Stop dragging her back into your mess. Leaving her alone is the best thing you