Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

It was still early in the night.

Alyssa and Jasper met up with Sean. After that, the three of them made their way back to Solana City as quickly as they could.

Along the way, Sean made endless attempts to call Tatiana. In the end, her phone was simply just shut off.

"Taty... Why aren't you picking up? Taty!" Sean mumbled to himself incoherently. He was a bundle of nerves.

"Everything will be alright, Sean."

Through the rearview mirror, Jasper could see that Sean's eyes had turned red. He continued in a warm voice, "I have already asked Xavier to go to Taty's school to look for her. Solana City is also just half an hour away. We'll head straight to Solana Film Academy."

In her uneasiness, Alyssa clenched her clothes tightly. Cold sweat had formed on her forehead. She stuttered, "Jasper, I really regret it now. I shouldn't have blown up at Taty."

"Don't say that, Lyse."

Jasper pulled her in for a loving embrace. "Taty isn't such a wilful person. Moreover, the both of you grew up together. How wouldn't she know how much you care for her? I'm sure she knows that you were just concerned for her."

"But Jasper. I'm still afraid."

her together," said Jasper as he gave her pats of comfort. Deep down, he was actually feeling an

very worried about losing touch with Tatiana all of a sudden. On the other hand, he was overwhelmed by the feeling of being needed

so, he still looked forward to the times when he could

his identity and just being Alyssa's man behind the

care less about how others mocked him. All he hoped for was to be helpful to

order to avoid drawing attention, they stopped their car at the

enough, Xavier ran out to them.

We've combed through the entire school. We've also asked the manager of the female dorm to go to Ms. Tatiana's dorm to look for

Their hearts dropped.

surveillance footage near the school. There was no sign of Ms. Tatiana at

come back to school at all. The seriousness of the

anymore. "Call the cops, Ms.

we can only make a report 48 hours after losing contact!" Xavier was also on pins and needles. Alyssa frowned. She made a phone call to

"What happened, Lyse?"

our calls. She has never

yet. However, she couldn't bother about that. She