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!”

Beckett, don’t you ever dream of escaping the legal

allow the Beckett Group to suffer

ordered Neil to host an emergency

and sadness in his tone. “Three days ago, my daughter, Lauren Beckett, experienced a horrific abduction and torture. Until today,

I have not slept in three days, battling

of consideration

conference because firstly, I understood the public concern over Lauren’s wellbeing and would like to keep everyone updated

the reporters finally blurted out. “Besides, we heard from the bullies that Betty was one of the

what about Betty Beckett? How do you plan to deal with her? She

to Ms. Lauren if you go easy on

disgruntledly. This had evolved beyond airing the dirty laundry of an esteemed family. Everyone could tell by now that

Javier gritted his teeth and admitted, “Betty is wrong for hanging out with the wrong crowd, but she’s my daughter at the end of the day. She grew

and the others have been a bad influence on her, leading her onto

lamented Javier’s blatant favoritism. In an effort to protect the image of the Beckett family, he tried to whitewash the actions of the morally depraved