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!”

clad in a simple white dress was hurrying toward them. She was sporting a

of dense curls, which was

Betty’s imaginary enemy in their family. Betty envied

for new ways to bully

in public, she would try to make her sister look bad. She was afraid

would

other hand, was autistic. As a result, she was relatively introverted and timid. In the presence of strangers, her

aside from Mrs. Rosie, who treated Alyssa

left the Becketts, she always worried about

it delighted

her sister. “No one was in the bathroom except Liana and her.

wasn’t Alice! It wasn’t her!” Lauren pleaded desperately.

jumble.

this is none of your business. Go play somewhere else!”

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and walked up to Jasper. She looked up at his

nervously.

It wasn’t Alice who did

you say so?” Jasper’s