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.

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 put her phone away and patted Olivia's shoulder. She reassured, "Don't think about anything else. Just remember today's news. They jumped off a cliff and almost died. It's that simple." These words made Olivia raise her head and look at Sophia. Her sister had only been overseas for a short while, but she seemed to have changed into a different person. "Sophia, do you

As she spoke, Sophia hugged her sister like an elder sister. She said, "I like to wear it. This has been 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

are you up so early? Did you go for a morning jog?" Natalie came downstairs and

stopped punching and did not ask about her father at all. She answered, "That's right. I'm used to training. My body feels weird if | don't

to run 5 or 10 kilometers while carrying weights. She had been punished once and had learned her lesson from

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

two daughters each hooked their arms around hers as if what happened last night had never happened

walked towards

situation, but the result this time was satisfying. She wasn't

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

ached for her daughter, who had lost a lot of weight, but she knew that this girl was stubborn and could not be persuaded.

"I'l head back the day after tomorrow." "Eat slowly. We're not in a hurry now. There's plenty of time for you to eat. Have some milk." Natalie handed her a cup of hot milk and asked again, "Do

habit of eating quickly. Even though Natalie said that they had more than

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

between her eyebrows. Her heart ached for her daughter, but she was speechless. 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

their mother's back as she went upstairs.

Upstairs.

the bed, wearing black pajamas. The blanket on the bed was cold and gray. He was leaning against the back of the bed

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