Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 395

After escaping from Landon that night, Lauren found herself unable to sleep. Upon returning home, she discovered her injuries.

She had a severe scrape on her elbow that was bleeding and oozing pus. The stinging pain brought tears to her eyes.

As she had hurt herself after sneaking out, she kept quiet about her wounds and quickly tended to her injuries with whatever was available in the first aid kit.

Then, she snuggled with her teddy bear under the covers, but that didn’t help. She ended up tossing and turning throughout the night.

Between sleep and consciousness, a flood of memories inundated her mind.

She remembered the degrading experience of being forced to eat lunch in a squalid restroom. She also remembered the humiliating incident of being dunked headfirst into a trashcan by a male student under Zoe’s command.

She recalled the shocking discovery of a dead rat hidden in her bag and her cherished novel torn into shreds by Zoe’s cruel hands.

And then there was the harrowing memory of the music room piano. It was a nightmarish episode that

would haunt her forever.

Zoe Harper. Landon Harper. She replayed the names in her mind. Did that mean Zoe was Landon’s

younger sister?

streaming down her face

dawn.

developmental struggles, she wasn’t thoughtless or naive. Even after

to Landon for saving her from a potentially

kitchen and made a blueberry

to have Jasper deliver her token of appreciation to Landon.

dusted her hands

the door, her expression froze as she stumbled backward. There, Betty sat in

and arms folded, wearing an evil

Lauren went numb.

newly manicured nails and sneered, “You’re

in a hushed voice.

fun. How does that

don’t really know how to have fun. You’ll probably find me boring.” Lauren replied,

chair, a hint of a smirk in her eyes. “I thought

with her

room, her hands behind

dragged herself into the room. Suddenly, she rushed to her headboard in shock, frantically searching through the carefully made bed, tossing the

how hard she looked, she failed to find her treasured teddy bear, a gift from

Lauren knew all too well that Betty wouldn’t have entered her room without a reason. She concluded

the entrance, she