Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

The audience fell silent. Even those audience members hired by Javier to fill the seats were affected by Sean's speech that explained the ordeal faced by Nina. In the end, they cast disdainful and acrimonious looks at Sophia.

Once again, Alyssa was brought back to the scene of Nina's brutal death. Feeling heartbroken, she covered her ears with her hands and shut her eyes tightly, feeling like she was in an enclosed space. Sweat dotted her forehead as she struggled to breathe.

"Lyse, don't think about it. I'm here for you," Jasper comforted her and pulled her into a hug. He guided her to rest her forehead on his shoulder.

Although Nina wasn't Alyssa's family, Alyssa's kind soul was irreparably scarred and traumatized after witnessing Nina's death.

"Jasper... I feel like I'm at fault," she sobbed and whispered in his ear.

Her words nearly broke his heart. Tearing up, he consoled her, "Don't say that. Lyse, you're not at fault. The two people in the dock are the sinners."

delivered his statement, it was the defendants' turn to present theirs. Sophia wept and emotionally delivered the statement Simon had prepared for her. It

all happened because of the personal grudge between Jeffrey Snyder and Nina Carle, as

must have abused his power and bullied the maids in the family because he thought he was above them as

who had turned a state witness, defended himself and snapped, "Your Honor, Nina Carle had dirt on Sophia Kirkman. That's why Sophia paid me off

when I was in the detention center, she attempted to hire assassins to take my life.

hired you had I known you were a hooligan abroad!" Sophia screamed at the top of her lungs as she engaged in

after

attention to Betty's face, which had turned white. Even

her head in fear and anxiety, nearly crying from