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:

has been submitted to the lawyers. You

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

managed their social media accounts, but

mueruthing himself

104 Turning

The tweet read:

Finished

collected all the evidence and passed it on to my lawyers. The internet is not above the law. Everyone will be held

went up, Easton’s

this is exactly how you deal with

You’re standing

god this is SO satisfying. Hit them

if she’ll face charges, but I hope she gets what’s

You’re amazing,

for Julia, right? There’s no coming back

innocent, she would’ve responded the second

I cried over your

doubt you. I’m

were

beautiful. I feel so damn

this

I think about it, the more pissed I get.

is coming for you. You lied–you deserve

the final plot twist.

to this mess all day. Haven’t done a

live for this

and #EastonClarifies were

just three tweets to completely flip the

innocent

Turning

Finished

supporting her, sympathizing with her, praising her strength?

a

you hear the audio, Julia?

quiet now, huh? What happened to

you. Easton’s got lawyers involved.

not gonna say anything?

is wrong with you? What did Easton ever do to deserve

You turn around

You don’t deserve

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