Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Clarissa was so overwhelmed by her emotions that she found herself at a loss for words. "You... have given me a second chance at life."

"You're too kind, Ms. Sparks," replied Jasper with a gentle smile. "You are the one who redeemed yourself."

Alyssa then asked, "Oh, yes. What did you want to say earlier, Ms. Sparks?"

"Josh will never get out of prison." Clarissa handed her a USB flash drive, her eyes reddened with emotion. "There is a recording of a phone conversation Josh had with someone, which I secretly recorded that night.

"Last week, he slept with a girl on a cruise ship. In a bid of excitement, he injected the girl with drugs, resulting in her death.

"Afterward, he engaged the person on the phone to dispose of the girl's body. I waited until he was asleep and then checked his phone to record the person's number.

"Before disclosing our findings, we can initiate a police investigation. I trust we will soon apprehend the accomplice responsible for disposing of the body."

upon

about to face the consequences of his actions, so it didn't matter if he

already at the police station, ready to confess to the years he helped Josh forge false

that what we could do. I wish you all

face as she went to Clarissa and

was escorted into a police car, his face contorted with

they left, Cyrus noticed Lauren in

of anonymity, imprinted itself on his memory. A bittersweet pang shot through him. Though

away, the intensity of his stare threatening to reveal the truth he desperately tried

was a restless night at

path, one would expect him to feel

he harbored resentment toward what he perceived as divine injustice—Jameson didn't get what he wanted. He longed for Alyssa, yet circumstances had forced him to become