The Love that Never Really Dies

“Hey, Roxanne! My dad is inside!”

“Okay, lead the way!” Roxanne nodded with a smile and grabbed her handbag as she entered.

Hmm… It sure isn’t like her to be so friendly all of a sudden… Oh, well… Maybe it’s because Sebastian begged her to help.

Sasha thought to herself as they made their way to the doctor in the laboratory.

“Here, this is the one. This is also Yancy’s doing, so it should be similar to the one Sabrina was given previously, albeit a bit more advanced,” Sasha said while handing her the samples of the poison.

She had given Roxanne a brief explanation of what happened, hoping to aid her in developing an antidote sooner, but Roxanne simply flashed her an impatient look in response.

“I’ll look at it myself. I have a record of the previous analysis, so you don’t have to remind me about it.”

That response was typical of her, so Sasha thought little about it until she noticed a red spot on Roxanne’s exposed neck when she bent over.

That looks like a hickey… Wait a minute… A hickey? Why would she have one? Did she get a new boyfriend or something?

up after retrieving the samples and got ready to leave. “All right, let’s go. We need

few seconds to regain her composure and led Roxanne

Sasha had to borrow a syringe and ice box from the nurse to

blood flowing. Poisons like these will numb the heart first, so your dad’s blood isn’t fresh at the moment. I need to get a fresh sample for my analysis,” Roxanne instructed after examining Rufus, who

and Roxanne leaned in closer to examine his

caught a whiff of a very familiar

Roxanne scolded her impatiently when she

what seemed like forever, Sasha found herself asking, “You hate me, don’t

But then he came asking me for help, and I

hide it at all, and Sasha found herself

make any requests in return?” she

did. I made him have dinner

she cut her off. “Nonsense! You obviously

a hint of anger in her

possibly make him do? He’s a grown man, for crying out loud! You think I can just order him around like a