Can’t Win Me Back

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

evidence of the victims taking

seizure and mad behavior before their deaths,

Their deaths were horrific.

that the victims had taken this type of drug

Colene's family and The Ivory Gang. Julien, please figure out if the drug carries

can."

face when he learned that the case involved The

has always fussed over me. | will

lips, thinking, "Julien is really a nice guy. Jonah should

that. I'll get

the couch. "Alright then. | won't be

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

had eyes for him, just like

from him because he could read her mind from her

heartache. Their Foxy appeared

relationship

lied, "Oh, he's fine. | guess he's still recovering from exhaustion. He's not getting any

That makes sense." Julien pressed his lips remorsefully. "It was my fault

next time.

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

down the road, after decades of living together, will you think differently of him?

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