Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Alyssa listened to Mandy's words, eyes slowly tearing up.

Battered and bruised...

Barely breathing.

What suffering did her mother go through to have nearly lost her life in a foreign country?

Jasper held on to Alyssa's trembling hand, asking Mandy curiously, "During all the years Mrs. Taylor was here in Belbanks alone and after giving birth to so many children, did she never once thought to contact her own family or return to her home country?"

Mandy shook her head, eyes downcast. "No, not once. Winston even changed Jennifer's lawful nationality and gave her a new identity, cutting her off entirely from her past."

Both Jasper and Alyssa were even more confused now. What did Jennifer undergo to be willing to hide her identity and permanently part ways with her home country?

all the more curious about her

to ask, Lyse. Your father has also privately reminded me on countless occasions

why Winston is doing this, but you must trust him. He truly did love Jennifer and

So, Lyse, just pretend

want to trouble Mandy,

to Dominic's actions, just as he had started to show

check up on Winston and gave

and shut the door, he slumped back in his chair, exhausted to the

understand the pressure of having to

desk with his mouth crumpled up grumpily. Julien had helped Winston whenever the latter had

hours spent standing on his feet, making him both exhausted and hungry. But Jonah, heartless as he

winning over whomever he pleased. But encountering Jonah changed everything, as Julien found himself in uncharted territory, experiencing the discomfort