Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

The jaws of all three dropped in astonishment.

"Jasper, it was 20 years ago. Where did you get the physical evidence from?" Alyssa grabbed Jasper's hand.

Jasper turned his hand around and laced his fingers with hers. His voice was low and hoarse. "Do you remember when I mentioned I was investigating the maid who used to serve my mother?"

Alyssa nodded.

"She might have had a premonition before disaster struck. Before something happened to Sophia, she had intentions to escape. Xavier sent men over and managed to capture her. That's when I employed some of my tricks."

Jasper took a deep breath and continued, "Out of massive fear and to protect her son, she said some things that Sophia had never mentioned in the recording—the truth."

Jasper was a kind person. Given a choice, he wouldn't use someone's child to threaten or force his way. He wouldn't become a monster who would use malicious ways to get what he wanted.

Alyssa believed that even if the maid's lips were sealed, Jasper wouldn't have done anything to her son.

He couldn't go through with it. If he did, he would be no different from Jameson.

own hands," Jasper declared, his eyes reddening. He struggled to suppress the

with her own hands?" Silas and Cyrus' faces

as if he had been struck hard

She felt the air around her thinning. Her heart felt as

they would have gone ballistic. However, Jasper kept his cool. The calmer he was,

what's going on?" Cyrus anxiously

mentioned that she followed Sophia's orders to swap my mother's medication for depression. However, she swapped the medication with supplements, so

that time, Sophia probably realized my mother's relationship with Javier had improved and was losing sleep over it. So, she swapped the normal supplement for a poison that was taken in small amounts daily but can cause

in Alyssa's eyes as her hand caressed

everything in such great detail?" Out of occupational habit, Silas, the

saw it with her

as if her touch was the only thing calming him down. "She said she noticed something two days before my mother jumped off the building. After she swapped my mother's medication,

maid who handled her medication would be brought away for questioning." Alyssa's heart was pounding as she analyzed the

responsible for keeping the medication. It was her who swapped