Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"I can understand if Betty has lost her mind. She wasn't a normal person in the first place. But how did she lose so much blood?" Alyssa grazed her lips against Jasper's palm.

"I heard she was laughing and cursing at the detention center. She'd grab anyone she saw and claim to be a Beckett, saying that her father is the president of the Beckett Group. The inmates beat her up. The more they beat, the more agitated she became."

Jasper's heart melted at Alyssa's submissive demeanor. He couldn't resist trailing his fingertips over her milk-stained lips.

"What an ambitious lunatic." Alyssa sneered.

"Last night, something must have snapped in Betty's head. She cut her hand and smeared blood on her cellmate and the wall, hence the blood loss."

"Perhaps she was already teetering on the edge of sanity then. She still remembered that she had contracted AIDS. She probably used her disease as a means to retaliate against the inmates."

"But honestly, it's better this way. I was at a loss about what

to five years for assault. However, if deemed mentally unstable, she'd be committed to a mental institution. There, she could continue to cling to her delusion of being a

marked Cornelius'

had struck the Harper household, leaving a family shattered by internal

the weight of great misfortune. Yet, despite the turmoil, the

figure in his time. To face such a tragedy at the end of his life was

position of power, others ceased to care. The attendees were mostly acquaintances from the business world or old friends. Loyal to a

their way to the burial site. His heavy steps mirrored the weight of his grief while his emotionless eyes, a stoic mask concealing

his ability to succeed Cornelius. Thankfully, the Becketts and Taylors stood by him. Jasper and Alyssa, representing their families, offered

funeral. Yet, he remained unfazed by the criticism, standing tall and resolute, his