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 consequences with your dad’s support! You have no

never allow the Beckett Group to

resolve the problem, he immediately ordered Neil

lights illuminated his pale face. He began with anger and sadness in his tone. “Three days ago, my daughter, Lauren Beckett, experienced

pain. I have not slept in three

of consideration for the gut-wrenching

like to

Javier, your 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,

do you plan to deal with her? She kicked Ms. Lauren during the abduction—it was captured on

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

grew louder. The reporters gossiped about the situation disgruntledly. This had evolved beyond airing the dirty laundry of an esteemed family. Everyone could tell by

crowd, but she’s my daughter at the end of the day. She grew up before my

been a bad influence on her, leading her onto

of