Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Everyone heard the recording played in the courtroom just now!" Javier was so pissed off that his breathing had become uneven. He growled, "Others might not have recognized your voice. But of course I could!

"Right from the start... you were fully aware of Sophia's actions. You knew she hired a hitman! Not only did you conceal it from me, but you actively assisted her in keeping it a secret. You must be out of your mind!"

Betty denied, "No. That's not it."

"Don't you know that you were harboring a criminal? You are an accomplice! Did you want to follow in Sophia's footsteps and end up imprisoned?"

Betty was scared shitless. She was flustered. She knelt by Javier's feet. Tear stains marked her face as she gazed up at him. She pleaded, "Dad! I was wrong. I now know that what I did was wrong!

"All those things. She made me do them! She's my mother. Those things that she asked me to do, I didn't dare to go against her! I was too mindlessly obedient. I was dumb!

"Please, I beg you. You cannot let me end up in prison! I am your daughter. Could you bear to see me end up in prison?

"Also, can our family afford to have another family member go to jail? The Schmidt family already took a hit because of it. You've worked tirelessly to manage the Beckett Group. Are you hoping the Beckett Group ends up in ruins just like the Schmidt Group?"

dark pupils constricted as he yelled,

scooted to the side hurriedly and made way for

others walked by her, too. Not a single person stopped to help her up.

"Damn it. Goddamn it!"

She screamed

not a circus! Go outside to scream instead!" Two police officers approached her to throw her out. They carried hateful expressions on

in embarrassment. She gathered up her strength to stand back

She was taken aback

opposite end of the hallway, bathed in a stream of sunlight, stood the

once relished provoking Alyssa whenever she crossed her path, now refrained from uttering a word. She hastily retreated with her tail tucked between

mocked, "Was there some sort of

for Betty... She's like a character

than