The Day Our Promise Breaks (Charles and Evelyn) novel Chapter 544

Josephine was certain that this time, the evidence was irrefutable. Tears began to spill uncontrollably down her cheeks.

"Charles, you swear you’ll never cover for Dahlia again. If you go easy on her just because of Sandy, may you never know peace."

In Josephine’s eyes, Charles had never been someone she could truly trust.

She hadn’t forgotten how he’d exposed Dahlia himself, only to let her off the hook so easily for Sandy’s sake.

Eve had hidden things from her, but Josephine wasn’t blind.

How could she be sure Charles wouldn’t repeat the same mistake again?

"Sandy died last night."

Charles’s voice was low and heavy.

"Ms. Josephine, even if Sandy had survived, I wouldn’t have let Dahlia off because of her."

Charles’s words softened Josephine’s expression, if only a little.

At her core, Josephine was a kind person.

But hearing about Sandy’s death, she didn’t feel the slightest bit of sympathy.

You reap what you sow.

At last, Charles had done the right thing.

He had personally sent the woman who killed Charlie to prison.

In the bustling outpatient lobby, mother and daughter collapsed into each other’s arms, weeping.

As much as they were relieved that Charlie’s death had finally been avenged, their hearts were still wracked with sorrow.

Vengeance had been served, but Charlie would never come back.

Charles stood silently to the side, watching the two grieving women.

His pain was no less than theirs; his eyes were redder than a rabbit’s.

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Evelyn worried that Josephine’s emotions might affect her health.

Facing the only family she had left, Evelyn was terrified of losing her, so she was always careful and considerate.

All the hurt he’d inflicted on Eve—surely one slap didn’t even begin to make up for it.

Josephine met Charles’s gaze, understanding what he was thinking.

"Yes, Dahlia deserved her fate, but you were her accomplice."

"Dahlia was cruel, but how much better were you? As Charlie’s own father, you never once fulfilled your duty—not for a single day. You ignored her existence for five years."

"All the love that should have been Charlie’s, you gave to Sandy. And all the affection that belonged to Eve, you lavished on Dahlia."

"The pain you caused these two women isn’t something you can erase with a few empty apologies."

"For the rest of her days, she neither needs nor wants you in her life. Leaving her alone is the best way you can repay me, and the only way you can possibly make it up to Eve."

The pain in Charles’s eyes was impossible to hide—it nearly spilled over.