Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Early in the morning.

Even though the person on the bed was still in a daze, the blanket was pulled away, and cool air hit her.

The man paused. In the darkness, he looked apologetically at the woman who had turned to look at him. "Sorry, | just took a shower." Natalie pulled him down to lie with her while reaching for her phone with the other hand. Before she could get her phone, she heard the man beside her say, "Don't look at your phone. It's three in the morning.” She retracted her hand. She could hear the fatigue in his voice even though she couldn't see his eyes with the curtains drawn.

Under the covers, she wrapped her arms around his waist and snuggled into his arms out of habit. "How are things going?" Trevon hugged her and rested his chin on the top of her head. He said in a deep voice, "Sleep first. You'll know tomorrow, okay?" How could she say no when he was already so exhausted? Other than agreeing, what else could she do but hug him? "Alright, go to sleep," she said.

With that, he hugged her tightly and fell asleep.

The two of them hugged each other tightly.

Afew hours later.

The topic trended. The number of likes and comments was so crazy that it was as though they had bought bots to boost the topic further.

Every topic that was trending was related to the Larsen family. Be it tax evasion, salary deduction, beating of workers, and so on.

Every crime aroused the anger of the netizens.

The news that spread like wildfire today did not mention the fight last night. The officials only released two simple announcements. One was that Sam Larsen was involved in illegal activities. He had set up a private casino and killed a university student. The information of the university student was kept confidential, and Sam had already been arrested.

Another piece of information was that the police had assisted in the arrest of six fugitives overseas. During the arrest, the six fugitives tried to jump off the cliff to escape. Unfortunately, they fell off the cliff. When they found the six fugitives at the bottom of the cliff, they were already unconscious. Now, three of them are in a vegetative state, while the other three are paralyzed for life.

In the end, the police wrote that they hoped everyone would abide by the law and abstain from doing anything illegal.

The Larsen family's incident and the six fugitives caused quite a stir in Athana. Most of the people were scolding the Larsen family.

Downstairs.

came back from her morning run and sat on the sofa to rest, she saw the trending news. She, who always talked about standing up for justice, jumped up happily and exclaimed, "Justice defeats evil once again. Awesome." Shocked by her sudden excitement, Olivia looked up at her sister, who was punching the air beside her. She asked, "What are you doing? Why are you so happy?" Sophia handed her phone to her sister as she said, "Look, you should be happy. This is the consequence of hurting you." Olivia looked at Sophia's phone for a long time. There was a photo of the police arresting the fugitives last night at the foot of the mountain. However, they were clearly at the entrance of the studio last night. Why did her father bring so many people to such a far place? Sophia had recently learned to read microexpressions. She knew what Olivia was thinking. She quietly

my dream since | was young. If there's a day when | can't take it anymore, I'll come back. Anyway, | won't change my mind now. My desire to fight is strong." Looking at Sophia who was

Did you go for a morning jog?" Natalie came downstairs and saw her daughter

to training. My body feels weird if | don't train for a day.” Ever since Sophia went to the police academy, her

have to run 5 or 10 kilometers while

she would immediately wake up. Last night, when she heard the commotion downstairs, she

around hers as if

walked towards the

to know the exact situation, but the result this time was satisfying. She wasn't so saintly, so there were some people she wouldn't give

hearing this, Sophia said regretfully, "Ah, | just arrived and you're already going to school.” Olivia explained, "My vacation is over. | had to take leave today. | don't want to fail, so if you miss me, come to my school and look for me." "That's fine, | can do that. Mom, did you drive my car last night or Olivia's car?" Natalie glanced at the two sisters before replying, "Olivia's car. Your car also has a full tank." Olivia had already sat down on the chair. Sophia bent and leaned on the back of Olivia's chair as she said, "Alright, I'll ride my bike to look for you tomorrow. | miss my bike so much." Natalie said to Olivia, "Olivia, you don't

lost a lot of weight, but she knew that this girl was stubborn and could not be

did not seem feminine at all and it was as if she was in a hurry. She replied, "I'l head back the day after tomorrow." "Eat slowly. We're not in a hurry now. There's plenty

quickly. Even though Natalie said that they had more than enough time, Sophia still finished her food

| have four days. Mom, I'm amazing. I'm second in my class for all subjects this month, including physical fitness. There's another person | can't seem to beat, which | admit defeat.” Sophia finished her breakfast and shared with everyone what happened in school. She only chose the happy and exciting stories from her training. She even showed her mother her

Who did she get this from? Olivia was speechless as well. She thought, "Aren't you afraid of flipping out your breakfast?" "Eat some more. I'll go see if your brother is awake. I'll change your bandage when | come down," Natalie said before standing up and walking upstairs. Her last

back as she went upstairs. They raised their hands and high-fived each other

Upstairs.

blanket on the bed was cold and gray. He was leaning against the back of the bed with his phone in his

ago, Ruby was still worried and sent him a message, [Is your wound better?] Jasper stared at the message for a few seconds before exiting the chat. He looked at the payment message that he had screenshotted and entered the chat interface again. He did not answer the question but instead, he asked, [How is Liam?]

back last night, Ruby thought about it and felt that it was not as simple as Jasper said. She did not