Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Julien blinked. Being observant and having dated Jonah for a while, he immediately noticed his lover spacing out. "You're not

attentive. Are you feeling unwell?"

Jonah's heart sank. He denied in a raspy voice, "No. I'm fine."

"Julien, | have a favor to ask of you!" Alyssa quickly distracted Julien, whisking him away to the living room. She said to Jonah,

"Jonah, what are you doing? You should throw together sfood for Julien!"

"Sure." Jonah left without a word.

Meanwhile, Julien kept turning around to check on Jonah. Something felt amiss, but he couldn't quite put a finger on it.

Back in the living room, Alyssa laid out the pills she brought with her on the coffee table. "Julien, please run stests on the

components of this drug. You're the domain expert, not to mention you have the right equipment for it."

"What's this?" Frowning, he scrutinized the blue pills.

"There were a few consecutive cases of drug addicts dying of heart attack in Solana City, but in the post-mortem, the examiner

could not find evidence of the victims taking drugs.

of seizure and mad behavior before their deaths, like they were mentally

Their deaths were horrific.

we found out that the victims had taken this type of drug before their deaths. This is a serious

please figure out if the

can."

put on a serious face when he learned that the case involved The Ivory Gang. He promised, "Nathan

Colene has always fussed over

lips, thinking, "Julien is really a

about that. I'll get back to you as soon as |

couch. "Alright then. |

upset," Julien called out

too much for Jonah and only had eyes for him, just like how Jasper felt toward Alyssa. She could never

from him because he could read her mind

Foxy appeared to be helplessly in love with

the best relationship in the

| guess he's still recovering from exhaustion. He's

my fault for

next time. I'll

I'm envious of your relationship with Jonah," she said without betraying her emotions, but her breathing grew labored.

his flaws and issues down the road, after decades of living together, will you think differently of him? He might

envisioned him to be, and sof his issues might make you look at him in a