Can’t Win Me Back

“Lyse is like Dr. House. She gets excited at the sight of corpses,” Axel couldn't help but tease his sister.

"Did that guy drop dead just like that? By hitting his head against the divider?" Xavier grappled with the lingering fear when he recalled the horrifying expression on that man.

Alyssa, having spent a mere few minutes with the corpse, suspected there was more to the man's death. She analyzed, "That might not be the case. Before he fainted, he exhibited symptoms of a seizure. "Besides, the muscles across his body contracted rhythmically while he lost consciousness. Epilepsy is a plausible cause of death, but we'll need to wait for the post-mortem report.”

"Epilepsy? People might think he overdosed." Axel pushed his tongue against his cheek, still indulging in the scene out of a horror movie just now. "I had experience dealing with some drug addicts when I was abroad. They looked exactly like the man just now when they were high or experienced withdrawal symptoms—zombie-like."

Alyssa panted gently in Jasper's embrace. Jasper lowered his gaze and wiped off the sweat on the tip of her nose. He remarked, "Lyse, the man was from The Ivory Gang."

"The Ivory Gang?" Astonished, she gasped, "How did you know about it?" The Ivory Gang was run by Colene's family.

of The Ivory Gang on

of the gang

impossible. Colene told me that doing drugs is banned in the gang. If any of their members are found to be on drugs, they will be punished hard-handedly," Alyssa refuted Axel's

Waters is now a dying man; he can no longer keep everyone in check. I bet he can't do much if one of his members wanted

stop it. You're talking about Colene's dad. Show him some respect even if

might be too conservative, but I can't show them any respect at all.” Axel glanced

evident to Jasper that Axel struggled to get over Winston's subsequent marriages. Every time the topic was breached,

her gaze and said in a feeble, glum

Even Xavier, shocked by the grave family secret, stole occasional