When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

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.

in

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.”

way,

1

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:

the lawyers. You can post

it, opened Twitter, and began

social media accounts, but not Easton.

mueruthing himself

Turning the

The tweet read:

Finished

everyone else who joined in spreading lies and causing harm–I’ve collected all the evidence and passed it on to my lawyers. The internet is not above the law. Everyone will be held accountable for

moment that tweet went up, Easton’s fans absolutely

you’re so badass, this is

standing

this is SO

not sure if she’ll face charges, but I

You’re amazing,

over for Julia, right? There’s no

hasn’t tweeted anything. If she were innocent, she would’ve responded

your sob story. You

doubt you. I’m sorry

ever doubted Easton, you were never a real

was beautiful. I

long for this moment. You didn’t let

it, the more pissed I

for you. You lied–you deserve

the final plot twist.

all day. Haven’t done a single thing at

I live for

hashtags like #Easton, #EastonRecording, and #EastonClarifies were all trending at the top of

just three tweets to completely flip the narrative. Nearly everyone now believed he

innocent

Turning the

Finished

her, praising her strength? Gone. Replaced by waves of doubt,

like a

audio, Julia? Got anything

What happened

you. Easton’s got lawyers involved. You’re not walking

seriously not gonna say anything?

you? What did

saved your life. You turn around and

You don’t