Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

At Turner Manor, after dinner, Ava’s mom had a side conversation with her, subtly suggesting that she should tell Frank sooner rather than later.

After chatting with her mother, she asked her sister-in-law, Christina, again. Christina also said that she shouldn’t hide it. She also said that she was very nervous because she was thinking too much. With Frank around, this nervousness might disappear.

The balance has already begun to tilt. She gave her friend, Alex, a call.

As the video connected, Alex, wearing a loose short-sleeved shirt and square-cut shorts with a crew cut, greeted Ava with a smile. “What’s up today? You rarely call me. I almost thought you forgot about me.”

Ava smiled. She was not in a good mood. She curled her legs and supported her chin. “I just returned to Sapphire City yesterday. What are you doing?”

“I just took a shower and was about to listen to a song. Why did you have a fight with Frank? You seem a bit down. Did he drain all your energy?”

“No. Alex, let me ask you something. Help me analyze it.”

On the screen, Alex was casual, hopping onto the bed, sitting down, and raising an eyebrow at the screen. “Come on, spill it. We don’t need to beat around the bush. If it’s easier for you to talk to me as a girl, go ahead and treat me as one. If it’s better to see me as a guy, then consider me a guy. With my gender, is there still anything to hesitate about?”

After Ava heard this, she chuckled. “Then don’t speak too loudly later. What if your mother comes over?”

Alex readily agreed, “Sure, spill it. I’m working in Sapphire City this summer, renting a place off-campus. How’s the environment? I’m thinking of not staying in the dorm next year, and I’ll probably finish my part-time job late at night.”

As she spoke, Alex adjusted the camera and pointed it at the room. The environment was quite clean. Although Alex was like a boy, she was very particular about hygiene.

Originally, Alex could have graduated with a bachelor’s degree this year, but Ava suggested that she pursue a master’s degree. Ava thought that the competition was fierce for bachelor’s graduates in big cities, with at least half of the applicants having completed their undergraduate studies.

Alex’s family background was not good. After graduation, her family would definitely not give her living expenses anymore. Even now, they gave her very little. Alex had to think of a way himself. He either worked part-time or installed a computer for others to earn extra money.

Ava asked, “You didn’t go back during the summer vacation. Why didn’t you go back?”

“Sigh, it’s all because my family didn’t agree to my postgraduate studies and fell out. They think I should earn money to subsidize my brother and the others.” Alex calmly described the bitterness in his heart.

hear about the challenges you’re facing,”

have to give me a certain amount of money every month. I’ll follow you to Athana in the future. It’s fine, even if it’s a dowry maid or a guard. A big city like Athana is still safer for graduate students. Otherwise,

family. “That’s good. When you graduate,

He could not let Ava take care of him all the time. “That won’t do. I’ve already graduated from my postgraduate studies. If I were to be sent in, I wouldn’t need to study anymore. If you arrange it for me directly,

a point.

main topic, Alex knew that Ava wanted to help her, but she wanted to rely on herself. “What did

Ava licked her wet lips. “I’m

silent. Ava looked up and thought that the line was disconnected. In the end, he realized that Alex was stunned and did not move. It took her a long time to come back to his senses.

not how you got pregnant. Didn’t you say that your family’s Frank wouldn’t make you pregnant? Have you changed your mind?” Alex had specially asked this question

have become pregnant in such circumstances and pondered whether it might have been an accidental escape

and explained her small

a thumbs up through the screen. “Ava, you’ve really impressed me after a summer

you at Sapphire

you were pregnant.” Alex threw many

sighed and explained his concerns to Alex, asking her

saw to make you nervous? Before you see a doctor, you have to ask what you ate before so that I can prescribe the right medicine,” Alex

are also real documentaries that I watch more often. There are also some online knowledge points. Some older sisters who are older than me accidentally miscarried before the baby was three months old. For example, the fetal heart stopped, the progesterone level was too low, and the development was not perfect. Anyway, the information on

and was stunned. There were so many knowledge points. That was indeed quite dangerous. No wonder

a doctor. You’ve already understood

and kept shaking. “Actually, I don’t think you need to think so much. How should I put it? I think your Frank is quite reliable. I’ve never been in a relationship before, so I don’t know what you two are thinking. But I think you should tell him. Think about it. If he finds out that you have a child in a few months, if he loves you very much, he will definitely blame himself for not spending time with you properly in the first place. I think he will have

finished speaking, Ava looked up at her good friend, who had never been in a relationship and had a buzz cut. She suddenly felt that what she said made

Careful and always leaning towards the negative, Alex interrupted, “I know what you’re worried about. You’re afraid that the baby in your belly might be unstable, fearing some unforeseen circumstances. Forget what your family does? Moreover, where’s so much uncertainty? You’re overthinking it. In your situation, you should tell

iron three months later, with nothing going wrong? I’m just using

doesn’t even know what’s going on, he’ll definitely be sad. That’s what

to hide it. It would be fine if nothing happened, but if something happened, he would never be

‘what if’ and the documentary of failures. Suddenly enlightened, she said, “I think you’re right. Initially, I wanted

know if it’s