Can’t Win Me Back

All of a sudden, a glimmer flashed across Lauren's clear eyes.

She stared straight at the audience.

Her lashes fluttered, and her pink lips started quivering.

Her eyes turned red.

They glistened as she welled up with tears.

"Darling.

Darling? Are you okay?" Landon started panicking when he noticed that Lauren was crying.

"A-An-Angie..." Lauren stuttered.

Her lips trembled, and her voice was extremely raspy, as if she had been parched for a long time.

Though her voice barely rose above a murmur, Landon caught every word.

He heard her loud and clear! "Lauren! You...

You can speak?" Landon was so agitated that tears filled his eyes.

He lost it.

" Lauren! You really can speak?" "Lan-don..." Lauren lifted a finger and pointed to the spot below the stage nearest to them.

She had a wide smile on her face, yet tears were streaming down her cheeks.

"I...

see...

looked in the direction that Lauren

was no one

he wouldn't

greeting an old-time friend who had traveled

"You're right.

back." He whispered into her ear, "I see

us." After asking a few helpers, Alyssa finally found Tatiana in

over a sink and

face showed that she was having a

You..." Alyssa

noticed her pale face and the

widened

hands and exclaimed, "Taty! It can't be, can it? Are you..." "Lyse...' Tatiana's petite frame started

welled up

herself back and started crying before

"I'm pregnant...

child..." Alyssa gasped and covered her mouth in

moved

a new generation! Winston and Lyla would be great- grandparents, while she and Jasper would soon be an aunt and uncle! 1 Alyssa wiped the tears off

her in

shaky voice, she asked,

haven't been to a hospital for a checkup..." Tatiana's eyes

She sniffled pitifully.