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.

symptoms of seizure and mad

Their deaths were horrific.

had taken this type

Julien, please figure out if the drug carries any

can."

he learned that the case involved The

over me.

up. She pressed her lips, thinking, "Julien is really a nice guy. Jonah should never hurt him,

get back to

the couch. "Alright then. | won't be thirdwheeling any longer. I'll

Jonah just now? He seemed upset," Julien called out to

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

could read her

heartache. Their Foxy appeared

best relationship in

guess he's still recovering from exhaustion.

remorsefully. "It was my fault for stubbornly keeping him up last

time. I'll

relationship with Jonah," she said without betraying her emotions, but her breathing

the road, after decades of living together, will you think

issues might make you look at