Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2460

Chapter 2460

The hospital ward grew heavy with silence.

Mandy and Neil stared at Alyssa, stunned beyond words.

"M-Ms. Alyssa, you knew that man was Mr. Damien?" Neil asked, disbelief etched into his voice.

"Yes." Alyssa's reply was quiet, her lips pressed into a thin line. She lowered her gaze, her voice barely above a whisper. "We found out when Cyrus took Damien's cigarette butt for a paternity test."

Mandy approached Alyssa, her shoulders trembling slightly.

"So, you and Cyrus knew... and you both kept it from me?" Mandy said, her voice catching in her throat, tears welling up.

Alyssa felt a sharp pang in her chest. "Mandy, I'm sorry. It was my decision. Cyrus had nothing to do with it."

Mandy's tears fell freely now, her grief spilling out in raw sobs. "Do you know what it's been like for me all these years, thinking Damien was gone? Winston, Miley, Lyla, and Colene kept telling me to move on. I tried to accept that he was dead, that we'd never find his body. But I never did."

Her voice broke. "Night after night, I'd dream of Damien, drenched to the bone, standing there. 'Mom... the water's freezing...' he'd say, again and again."

Neil sighed deeply, his heart heavy. Alyssa's hands trembled as guilt gnawed at her.

Uncontrollable tears flowed down Mandy's cheeks, her eyes burning with grief and resentment. "Lyse, you knew everything, and you hid it from me. Didn't you think about how selfish that was? How unfair, how cruel?"

This outburst, these harsh words, was unprecedented from Mandy, who loved Alyssa like her own child.

pain she was experiencing now

Alyssa choked out again, her voice

Ms. Alyssa grow up. You know her character. She wouldn't act without careful consideration. I'm certain she had her reasons for keeping this information

swallowed hard, her voice shaky. "Mandy, Damien's in

Mandy froze.

in someone else's game. And the person pulling the strings could easily dispose of him

or by direct retaliation. That's why I kept

her tear-filled eyes widening. "Who's manipulating

"I'm sorry, Mandy. I can't say. It's for your safety and

her hand gripping Alyssa's tightly. Her voice was laced with fear. "If this mastermind needs Damien for something, why would he send

stunned into silence, her mind grappling with the new information. Damien hadn't regained his memory yet, and Justin was short on reliable men. So why would Justin target

someone else be trying to eliminate Damien

sheer complexity of the

to comfort Mandy. "Mandy, try not to fret. Damien

No one

took him to the hospital, the doctor said

struggled to breathe, overwhelmed with emotion. Alyssa immediately moved to her side, gently patting her back to calm

with Damien again. I would rather die if

I will make sure that

then, Mandy's cell phone

a blinking red

Alyssa asked, "Mandy, what's

he was unconscious. Solana City

sharply, silently grateful for