Can’t Win Me Back

Jasper clenched his fist so hard that his veins bulged when he received the update. He jeered. “Javier is a great father, isn’t he? He wouldn’t give up on his terrible daughter no matter what.”

“This isn’t about Betty. He is trying to save his face as the family patriarch.”

Xavier was furious. “I saw him busy taking care of Mr. Newton at the hospital while keeping tabs on Ms. Lauren’s condition. I thought he had finally come around, but I was being naive!

“From the very beginning, he has been an egoistic person who only cares about himself. You can’t expect him to self-reflect and change.”

Jasper turned around to stare at the gray sky. “Well, since he’s all about saving face, I’ll make him lose face.”

As public opinion continued to brew, there were increasing calls to prosecute the six bullies. Betty was implicated as well, especially because she was a Beckett and Lauren’s sister. In some way, her behavior was more despicable than that of Zoe and the rest.

“Betty Beckett harms even her own sister; she is a vicious animal! She should be heavily punished!”

“How brazen of her to bully her autistic sister!”

dream of escaping the legal

would never allow the Beckett Group to suffer a

ordered Neil to host an emergency press conference at one of the halls of the

harsh lights illuminated his pale face. He began with anger and sadness in his tone. “Three days ago, my daughter, Lauren Beckett, experienced a horrific abduction and torture. Until today, she remained

father, I was tormented and in pain. I have not slept in three days, battling the pain at every

into silence out of consideration for the

public concern over Lauren’s wellbeing and would like

oldest daughter, Betty Beckett, was present at Ms. Lauren’s abduction,” one of the reporters finally blurted out. “Besides, we heard from the bullies that Betty was one of the bullies in middle school, subjecting her

vow to hold the culprits accountable, what about Betty Beckett? How do you plan

you think it’s unfair to Ms. Lauren if you go easy on Betty

esteemed family. Everyone could tell by now that Betty was Zoe’s accomplice. It would be unfair for Betty to walk away unscathed while the others were

daughter at the

influence on her, leading her onto the wrong

In an effort to protect the image of the Beckett family, he tried to whitewash the actions of