Can’t Win Me Back

"Everyone heard the recording played in the courtroom just now!" Javier was so pissed off that his breathing had become uneven.

He growled, "Others might not have recognized your voice.

But of course I could! "Right from the start...

you were fully aware of Sophia's actions.

You knew she hired a hitman! Not only did you conceal it from me, but you actively assisted her in keeping it a secret.

You must be out of your mind!" Betty denied, "No.

That's not it." "Don't you know that you were harboring a criminal? You are an accomplice! Did you want to follow in Sophia's footsteps and end up imprisoned?" Betty was scared shitless.

She was flustered.

She knelt by Javier's feet.

Tear stains marked her face as she gazed up at him.

She pleaded, "Dad! I was wrong.

I now know that what I did was wrong! "All those things.

She made me do them! She's my mother.

she asked me to do, I didn't dare to go against her! I was

was dumb! "Please,

end up in prison! I

me end up in prison? "Also, can our family afford to have another family member go to jail? The Schmidt family

tirelessly to manage

pupils constricted as he yelled, "Bugger off!" Betty scooted to

watched as he

sounded as others walked by

single person stopped to help her

made her feel even

"Damn it.

punched the ground with

cursed in

this is the courthouse, not a circus! Go outside to scream instead!" Two police officers

carried hateful expressions

flushed red in

up her strength to

She stumbled awkwardly.

was taken aback the moment she

the opposite end of the hallway, bathed in

observed

once relished provoking Alyssa whenever she crossed her path, now refrained from