To Steal from the Dead

In this gripping, fictional piece, an educated health professional falls out of a long-term relationship only to dive into another.

It starts in an inauspicious way, but to help him forget the past, his decisions become imprudent.

Paul is a pharmacist with a co-dependency issue, and instead of taking time to heal after a break-up, decides to find companionship online.
He also attempts to make some illicit extra money by manufacturing fentanyl in his new home. He thinks he is making sound decisions, when in fact, he is only attempting to erase the memory of his lost love by acting rashly.
Then there is the question of who is using who, as Lucy, his online partner, has motives of her own, which may or may not include the life of Paul.
Follow this harrowing story to the end and see how one bad decision turns into either an empire or a disaster, and who comes out on top.