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?"

as he yelled,

hurriedly and made way for Javier. She watched as he walked

too. Not a single person stopped to help her up. This made her

"Damn it. Goddamn it!"

the ground with her fists. She screamed and

circus! Go outside to scream instead!" Two police officers approached her to throw

flushed red in embarrassment. She gathered up

stumbled awkwardly. She was taken aback the

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

whenever she crossed her path, now refrained from uttering a word. She hastily retreated with

tongue. She crossed her arms and mocked, "Was there some sort of

and lovely lady. As for Betty... She's like a character straight

better than her when she was 20