Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"The maid heard a silence. After that, I saw ..." Jasper's voice trailed off, and his chest heaved. His eyes were bloodshot, and his nostrils flared.

His palms sweated and trembled in Alyssa's grip as he revisited the scene of his mother's fatal fall.

For the first time, he learned about the dull thud produced by a body hitting the ground. He swore he could even hear the sounds of Anne's bones breaking.

He had merely taken a glimpse of the scene, but the trauma that came with it would haunt him for the rest of his life.

"Stop it, Jasper. Stop ..." Alyssa hugged him tightly, wanting to be one with him. Jasper did not cry, but she started sobbing. Her tears stained his white shirt.

"It's fine. I am vengeful, but I won't be blinded by hate. I'm not going to break down," Jasper remarked as a newfound light entered his eyes.

His attitude softened as he wiped away her tears with his rough dingers. "I'm strong because you're by my side. Lyse, you have no idea how much you mean to me. You've given me the courage to carry on. Otherwise, I would have succumbed to despair."

was right. Alyssa was the reason

fall happened at the same time. Could that indirectly prove Sophia's involvement? She

improved. When she caught Sophia tampering with her medication, she appeared

pointing at Sophia. Madam Anne was likely pushed off the building by

fleeing the bedroom in panic, and they collided. Sophia threatened her not to say a word and paid her a

maid wasn't even motivated by the money.

she took the money and kept her

have to protect

now is to get Sophia charged with drug offenses and

didn't get Sophia arrested on charges of abetting murder. Given that he only had one shot, he wanted to