Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 76

“Wait.”

For some reason, the conversation irritated Jasper. Sternly, he asked, “Ms. White, don’t you owe Liana an apology?”

Landon sighed helplessly, resisting the urge to stuff his socks into Jasper’s mouth.

A dull pain throbbed in Alyssa’s heart. She turned around to cast him a blank stare.

Her disappointed gaze pierced Jasper’s soul.

“She didn’t do it! Alice didn’t do it!”

Just at that moment, a sweet, gentle voice cut through the air. It arrived unannounced, like lightning on a clear day, foiling the plot that had been carefully planted.

When Alyssa turned her gaze toward the source of the voice, there was a glimmer in her eyes.

“Lauren!”

dress was hurrying toward them. She

dense curls, which

had always been Betty’s imaginary enemy in their family. Betty envied her little

She always looked for new

public, she would try to make

sister would

and timid. In the presence

know, for the three years that Alyssa was part of the Becketts, Lauren was the only one, aside from Mrs. Rosie,

Alyssa left the Becketts, she always worried about Lauren. To her surprise, they met

it

Betty glared fiercely at her sister. “No one was in the bathroom except Liana and her. If it wasn’t her, then

wasn’t her!” Lauren

jumble.

your business. Go play somewhere else!”

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her tiny fists and walked up to Jasper. She looked up at his

nervously.

Alice who

why do you say so?”