Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

"How about the plane?" Inigo asked.
"You'll just need to first retrieve the money. Once you've ascertained that you're not being followed or chased, you can leave any
time," Jameson chuckled. His gaze was cold.
"Well, hurry up, then! I'm so done with this shithole!" Inigo couldn't get used to the place. Plus, he wasn't able to go out in the
open. He was already at his wits' end.
Jameson stepped on the white handkerchief and kneaded it with his shoe. "As long as you go along with my arrangements, I will
make sure you have a smooth departure."
The next morning, Alyssa and Jasper heard the shocking news—David was found dead in the shared bathroom at the detention
center.
They had heard that he died in a bizarre and horrifying manner. When he was discovered, rigor mortis had already set in. His
face was puffed up and discolored.
His cause of death was strangulation by the stainless steel shower hose, which was still wound around his neck when his body
was discovered.
It looked very much like a suicide.
However, how could that be?
He was still an able-bodied sane man. Why would he commit suicide out of the blue?
A death happened in the detention center without anyone knowing. This would be humiliating news.

The police informed the Schmidts of the news. Then, they transferred David's body to the pathologist for an autopsy before
making any further inferences.
Cyrus relayed the situation to Alyssa and Jasper over the phone. After the call, neither Alyssa nor Jasper knew how they should
react.
Evidently, this wasn't any devastating news. It was good news that the bastard had died.
But who was it who wanted him dead?
Even if he didn't die, he would've had to spend the rest of his life rotting in prison. Who was it who couldn't wait until a verdict
was reached and wanted to eliminate him immediately?
"The officers at the detention center contacted the Schmidt family. The funny thing was that both Victor and Josh kept coming up
with excuses.
"Neither of them was willing to reclaim David's body. They were completely indifferent. In the end, they simply sent a secretary to
settle things.
"What a miserable end for the second son in the Schmidt family. How pitiful," Cyrus scoffed.
It wasn't that he sympathized with the Schmidts. He just felt that the Schmidts were such cold-hearted beings.
"David isn't the type of person to try to kill himself, Cyrus. I'm sure that he was murdered. This needs to be thoroughly
investigated, no matter what. I have a feeling that there is something more. There's a deeper and darker side to this."
Alyssa and Jasper were seated on the couch. She was sitting between his legs while he had his arms wrapped around her waist.

Jasper rested his chin by the side of her neck.
She could feel the warmth and hear the sound of his low breathing in her ear. It tickled her, and it made her ears turn red.
She shrugged and said, "Hey... Stop it. I'm having a serious conversation with Cyrus here."
"I'm paying attention to your conversation too," he replied.
Then, he couldn't help it and started kissing her on her neck. Her fair skin was as soft as a baby's skin. In an instant, a love bite
appeared on her neck.
Her breathing became unsteady. She let out a soft moan.
"Hey, hey! Pay attention, the both of you! I don't want to be hearing anything indecent." Cyrus was also a hot-blooded man. He
couldn't stand hearing the sounds from the other end of the call.
Alyssa and Jasper sure could find pleasure in their intimacy, but he didn't even have a partner. This was physical and mental
torture to him.
"Let's just go with Lyse's proposal, Cyrus." Jasper spoke into the receiver in a warm voice, "The person who killed David is
sophisticated. This may be our chance to apprehend them, including the mastermind."
"I wish that we could do so too. However, it's not as easy as it sounds."
Cyrus responded in a serious tone, "The culprit is very experienced. They chose to strike in the shared bathroom as that is the
only place in the detention center where there are no surveillance cameras installed.
"Also, his approach was cruel yet professional. He chose to use the tools available on the spot and left nothing behind. All the
water has washed any fingerprints and footprints away.
"It's possible that the murderer is another criminal at the detention center. He could also be one of the guards. I would go so far
as to say that they may not have acted alone.
"It could've been anyone who came in contact with David. This isn't a small scope that we're talking about. There are too many
factors. It's difficult to search for evidence and investigate."
Alyssa lifted her hand and pressed it against Jasper's mouth to prevent him from getting ahead of himself.

She said, "Rather than identifying the perpetrator, I think that the more important thing to do now is to identify the motive of the
murder. David was about to be sentenced. There was no escape for him.
"Who would be willing to take such a risk to set him up and have him killed? That was a highly risky move. What were they
hoping to achieve out of this?"