Shattered Promises

<p><em><strong>Some damages can't be undone...</strong></em></p><p> </p><p><u><strong>MARK</strong></u></p><p> </p><p>Charlie thinks she's in love with me. She <em>can't</em> be. She deserves someone better someone as amazing and incredible as she is. </p><p> </p><p>Someone who isn't a useless cripple half a man.</p><p> </p><p>I thought my surgery would make me whole but I was wrong. Now I'm worse than half a man. </p><p> </p><p>I'm a freak. </p><p> </p><p>Charlie deserves the best and though I'd give anything for that to be me it isn't. </p><p> </p><p>Now I know it never will be.</p><p> </p><p>So because I love her I'm making the ultimate sacrifice. I'm walking away so she can find someone as perfect as she is. </p><p><br> </p><p><u><strong>CHARLIE</strong></u></p><p> </p><p>Mark promised he'd always be there for me. He swore nothing could ever make him leave nothing. </p><p> </p><p>Yet here I am all alone with an unrelenting pain that nothing can numb because he walked away and crushed my heart. </p><p> </p><p>Part of me always knew I was too broken for anyone to truly love. I should have listened to that little voice. </p><p> </p><p>It's so hard to keep going when my entire world has shattered. </p><p> </p><p>Some days I'm not even sure I want to. </p><p> </p><p>Then one trip to my doctor changes <em>everything.</em> </p><p><br> </p><p><u><strong>NOTE:</strong></u><strong> </strong>This is Book 3 in a three-book series. These books need to be read in order. This is the heartfelt conclusion of Charlie and Mark's journeys to self-acceptance. </p><p> </p><p><u><strong>TRIGGER WARNING:</strong></u><strong> </strong>This book contains subject matter which some readers may be sensitive to. Specific trigger warnings are located inside.</p><p> </p><p> </p>