Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Chapter 22

The hospital was always the busiest place, and it was where one could see what human nature was like. There were people coming and going in the wards, corridors, and halls. There were old, young, and sick people with their companions. Some of them were crying, some were silent, and some had smiles on their faces.

It had been almost three years since she graduated, and her heart was no longer as sensitive as when she first left school. At that time, even time she saw someone pitiful, she would cry along with them.

There were too many helpless moments and accidents in the world, and she didn’t have time to sympathize.

In the adult world, there was never an easy way to choose, so being able to turn a mess into a beautiful day was already good enough.

Sherri was afraid of disturbing Natalie’s consultation, so she took the medicine and went to her own office for a while. At this time, everyone was in the outpatient department or in surgery, and the office was empty.

She waited until it was close to dinner time before getting up and going. to the outpatient department to have a meal with Natalie and complain about last night’s unpleasantness.

Sherri directly pushed open the door to her best friend’s outpatient room. There were no patients, and Natalie was taking off her white coat, getting ready to eat.

When Natalie saw Sherri enter, she stopped what she was doing, sat back at her desk, and asked in a hurry, “You finally showed up. If you didn’t, I was going to call the police. Where did you sleep last night?”

Jim told Natalie that “Mr. Roberts” had arranged everything, but she didn’t know who “Mr. Roberts” was. At this moment, she really wanted to know where Sherri was last night.

Sherri, exhausted, slumped on the desk and casually tossed the medical records to Natalie, indicating that she was sick.

Natalie skeptically took the medical records and was surprised by what the doctor had written. She asked, “What happened to you? I called in sick for you today, and you really went all out. You don’t have to be so convincing, do you?”

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Continuing to read the medical records, Natalie said, “Muscle strain. What were you doing last night? What’s wrong with your mouth?” She was completely confused.

Sherri, half-dead, spoke up. “Please give me some soup. I’m starving,” she said slowly, propping up her cheek.

These past few days, she hadn’t been able to eat anything good, so soup was her only choice.

“What a tasteless life!” Sherri mourned inwardly.

Natalie looked at her friend’s pale face and said, “Hmm, I’ll get you some.

But first, tell me what happened to your mouth.” She paused for a moment and added, “Do you want some meat in it?”

“Yeah, sure,” Sherri replied.

Just as Natalie took out her phone from her pocket, she saw a friend. request notification. She was a bit puzzled because not many people knew her WhatsApp ID.

Seeing Natalie’s furrowed brow, Sherri asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

Natalie replied, not paying much. attention. She simply swiped it away and continued to open the

pinched her ear and said in a wavering

go ahead,” Natalie said, still looking down

restaurant.

is Hackett,”

at Sherri, her gaze

uneasy.

was saying, “Go ahead and explain yourself. I’m waiting.”

her the truth,” Sherri thought. She hesitated for a moment and then said, “Well, last night,

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just slept in the living room. We’re not interested in each other at all, so nothing really happened. And you know, I always want to blow up balloons when I’m drunk. He bought me 500 balloons for that, and I blew up 250. That’s why my mouth is like this. But this damn guy filmed me and threatened to release the video. unless I give him your contact information. So, Natalie, can you forgive me?” She

wondered what Sherri had done. last night, and at this moment, she didn’t care about friending Hackett

sympathy for the so-called Mr. Blackwell. She wondered if he was still

night, you were acting crazy at Hackett’s house but he didn’t kick. you out of his house.”

best friend or what? You left me behind last night and

that Mr. Wilson is your husband, he’ll know that he has made a big mistake.” After saying this, she realized that she had unintentionally

who stopped you from drinking last night. I ended up

morning, without asking Jim how she got back. But then she thought it might not be appropriate to

Nothing happened to her anyway, so she

didn’t ask.

Don’t you remember who took you home last night? Should I ask Mr. Blackwell for you?”

two really that close

“Just a relationship based on threats

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being threatened.”

said, “You’ve got a lot of nerve,

of Sherri’s situation, Natalie accepted

same time, Hackett, who felt wronged last night, insisted on bringing Frank to the Wilson Group to seek comfort from Trevon.

stricter. Besides emphasizing education, they also considered height,

PR team, with an average height of 5 feet and 5 inches and none of them. weighed over 110 pounds. They were curvaceous and pleasing to the Every time Hackett came in, he would get envious and ask Trevon how he found such a team of beautiful

saying he had a

eye.

fingers reached for a cigarette from the box and lit it, instantly enveloping himself in a cloud of

had to admit that

took a puff at his cigarette and lifted his chin slightly to

also lit a cigarette and lazily leaned back on the sofa,

to take

didn’t solve your problem last night, so you took matters into your own hands?” He remembered how the two of

did you do? Staring at the ceiling and chatting? That’s