Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"Are you Betty Beckett?" The man spoke in Cyrrisian. When Betty heard her mother tongue, she slowly stopped crying and lifted her face.

A stranger in a suit stood in front of her.

"How... How did you know me?" Betty immediately put aside her ego and begged him in tears and snot, "Y-You must be sent by my dad, right? Please, bring me home to Solana City. I do not wish to stay a day longer in this godforsaken place!

"I am really sick right now. It's a serious illness. I might die if I don't receive treatment. Dad won't leave his daughter to die."

The man replied flatly, "I'm sorry, Ms. Betty. Your dad did not send me."

Betty collapsed onto the ground again with a look of disappointment and despair.

The man added, "However, someone would like to meet with you."

Betty had no capacity to think. Hopeless and embattled, she scrambled up from the ground and followed him to a luxury car.

the first thing that came into her vision was a pair

the shabby outfit she was wearing. The stilettos on that woman were once Betty's favorite brand,

car,"

bullet and entered the car. The graceful woman in the car was surprisingly dressed in a white lab

Nice to meet you." The woman politely reached out

down Betty's cheeks when she shook the woman's hand. After being bullied by her landlord and neighbors, as well as dealing with the drop in quality of life and the sudden AIDS diagnosis, she felt extremely emotional

handed her

Betty asked, "May I know your

beamed. "My last name is Gardner.

Gardner?

front of her and sniffled again. She explained, "I. I once knew this annoying bitch who was

so? Well, we're destined to meet, it seems." The woman's smile broadened. "I had heard of you when I was in Solana

was at the hospital. Your current state piqued my interest, so I wanted to check on you. Since we're both from Solana City, I want to help you