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

consequences of his actions, so it didn't matter if he faced additional repercussions.

to confess to the years he helped Josh forge false accounts and transfer

that what we could do. I wish you all

down her face as she went to Clarissa and hugged her tightly. Before long, her

Josh was escorted into a police

they left, Cyrus noticed Lauren in Landon's embrace,

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

the intensity of his stare threatening to reveal the truth

was a restless night at

obstacles blocking Jameson's path, one would expect him

or he harbored resentment toward what he perceived as divine injustice—Jameson didn't get what he wanted. He longed for Alyssa,