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.

was more precious to Mandy than her own child. But the intense pain she

Alyssa choked out again, her voice strained

understand how you feel." Neil stepped forward, unable to watch Alyssa take the blame alone. "Mrs. Taylor, you've watched Ms. Alyssa grow up. You know her character. She wouldn't act without careful consideration. I'm certain she

shaky. "Mandy, Damien's in grave

Mandy froze.

but lost his memory. He's being manipulated, a pawn in someone else's game. And the person pulling the

would put him in immediate danger-either by losing the manipulator's trust or by direct retaliation. That's why I kept it from you

heart twisted with worry, her tear-filled eyes widening. "Who's manipulating

shook her head. "I'm sorry, Mandy. I can't

her hand gripping Alyssa's tightly. Her voice was

with the new information. Damien hadn't regained his memory yet, and Justin was short on reliable men. So why would

trying to

complexity of the situation

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

so strong, so resilient. No one can just

response was sharp. "Resilient? Do you even know that when I took him to the hospital, the doctor said he would have died

immediately moved to her

took me so long to meet with Damien again. I would rather die

Mandy. This time, I will make sure that Damien returns

Mandy's cell phone

screen, where a blinking red dot moved steadily southward across the

asked, "Mandy, what's

grip tightened on the phone. "I put a tracker on Damien's phone while he was unconscious. Solana City is too big. This is the only way I

exhaled sharply, silently grateful