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!”

ever dream of escaping the legal consequences with

the Beckett

evil ways. To resolve the problem, he immediately ordered

the press conference blinded Javier. The harsh lights illuminated his pale face. He began with anger and sadness in his tone. “Three

pain. I have not slept in three days, battling the pain at

sharp-tongued reporters sank into silence out of consideration

the public concern over Lauren’s wellbeing and would like to keep everyone updated here. Secondly, as Lauren’s father, I will not give up on holding the culprits

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

Betty Beckett? How 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 easy on Betty because she’s

had evolved beyond airing the dirty laundry of an esteemed family. Everyone could tell by now that Betty was Zoe’s accomplice. It would be unfair for Betty to walk away

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

influence on her, leading

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