Can’t Win Me Back

The moment Rosie spoke, the atmosphere in the car came to a standstill.

The air turned frigid.

Alyssa and Sean exchanged terrified glances.

Alyssa then asked, " Mrs. Rosie, you said he's mentally disturbed...

What do you mean?" Rosie felt a slight twitch around her eyes as if she had fallen into a deeply unsettling memory.

She took a deep breath and explained, " I've been working with the Becketts for almost 30 years.

"Among all the staff at Seaview Manor, apart from Mr. Durham and Mr. Odom, who assists Mr. Javier, few have been here as long as I have.

"When I first joined the Becketts, I was tasked with serving Mrs. Beckett and Mr. Justin, though I wasn't their personal helper.

I was simply following the lead helper, doing heavy manual labor like laundry.

More conscientious tasks—pouring and serving tea and the like—were outside my job description then.

"Initially, I thought Mrs. Beckett didn't like me because I came from ahumble village and seemed careless.

I later realized that her daily needs were handled by specific staff members—trusted individuals she brought with her from the Dutton family.

the Beckett family found it challenging to approach her." Sean looked

hide from the Becketts?" "Could it be

look in her eyes

knitted her

Mrs. Beckett was a mad woman!" Alyssa and Sean could

for her, and she lived

of time

most severe episode was when she went berserk,

attacked one of the helpers bringing her

and horrifying!" Sean's eyes widened in

a—" He felt too ashamed to utter that

is a serious mental condition,"

that point, she had lost her

couldn't control herself anymore." Hearing this made

completely despised her, it was understandable why she would ultimately lose control and take

a nondisclosure agreement about

years since Mrs. Beckett's passing, so I had originally planned to take this secret to my grave." Filled with worry, Rosie held onto Alyssa's hands so tightly that her fingers

tell you everything I

likely inherited

normal, he has violent tendencies that are

reached out to soothe