When the Family 104

Chapter 104 Turning the Tide

Finished

So back in the Westwood Mountain tunnel, when Easton came across Julia lying on the ground-

His first instinct wasn’t to help her. It was to wonder if she might be the one Jean warned him. about–someone who could cause serious damage.

He was instantly on guard and turned on his voice recorder.

It wasn’t a big deal. Just a precaution.

If nothing happened afterward, all the better.

But if Julia really did plan to spread lies and cause trouble, he’d have concrete evidence to defend himself.

Sure enough, things unfolded just like Jean had predicted. Julia didn’t hesitate to twist the story and smear him.

But Easton wasn’t flustered–not one bit. This time, he had the upper hand. The tragedy from. before wouldn’t repeat itself.

“How’d you even think to start recording?” Jean had been sitting in silence for a while, deep thought. But she couldn’t help asking the one question that had been eating at her.

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Easton set his phone down and looked at her with a faint, amused smile. His voice was gentle.

“Maybe it was divine intervention.”

There was something cryptic in the way he said it, like his words had layers.

Jean stared at him. “Can you talk like a normal person for once?” she asked, not bothering to hide the exasperation in her tone.

Easton let out a soft laugh. “I don’t know,” he said with a shrug, his face catching the afternoon light from the window. “Maybe it was a flash of inspiration. Or a total coincidence. Either. hit record… didn’t expect it to come in handy. Guess you could call it fate.”

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Jean gave a dry laugh. “Wow. That’s basically a whole bunch of nothing. Classic.”

Easton just smiled and didn’t say anything more.

His phone buzzed. A new message from his agent popped up on WeChat:

to the lawyers.

at it, opened Twitter, and began typing his third tweet of

managed their social media accounts, but not

mueruthing himself

Turning

The tweet read:

Finished

on to my lawyers. The internet is not above the law. Everyone will

that tweet went up, Easton’s fans absolutely

this is exactly how

Easton! You’re standing up

SO

not sure if she’ll face charges, but I

ovation. You’re amazing,

over for Julia, right? There’s no coming

she were innocent, she would’ve responded the second that audio dropped. Her silence says

over your sob story. You

wrong to doubt you. I’m sorry for ever questioning

were never a real fan.

was beautiful. I

long for this moment. You didn’t let me

about it, the more pissed I get. Julia is such a

coming for you. You

this is the final plot twist. Can we be done

day. Haven’t done a

I live for this

#EastonClarifies were all trending at the top of

used just three tweets to completely flip the narrative. Nearly

innocent

Turning

Finished

her, praising her strength? Gone. Replaced by

Hiding like a coward? Come

you hear the audio, Julia? Got anything to

now, huh? What happened

got lawyers involved. You’re not

not gonna say anything?

the hell is wrong with you? What did Easton

saved your life. You turn around and try

don’t deserve

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