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

showed symptoms of seizure and mad behavior before their deaths,

Their deaths were horrific.

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

please figure out if the drug carries

can."

when he learned that the case involved The Ivory Gang. He promised,

and Colene has always fussed over me. | will definitely

a nice

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

Alyssa rose from the couch. "Alright then. | won't be thirdwheeling any longer.

upset," Julien called out to her with a

and only had eyes for him, just

him because he could read her mind from her

in heartache. Their Foxy

deserved the best relationship in the world,

still recovering from

remorsefully. "It was my fault for stubbornly keeping him

next time. I'll

said without betraying her

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

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