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!”

the legal

would never allow the Beckett Group to suffer

despite knowing her evil ways. To resolve the problem, he immediately ordered Neil to host an emergency press conference at one of the halls

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

I was tormented and in pain. I have not

into silence out of consideration

wellbeing and would like to keep

the reporters finally blurted out. “Besides, we heard from the bullies that Betty was one of the bullies in middle school, subjecting her autistic sister to long-term physical and

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

Lauren if you go easy on Betty because

This 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 unscathed while the

at the end of the day. She grew up before my eyes. Yes, she made a mistake, but she

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

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