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:

submitted to the lawyers. You

and began typing his third tweet of

social media accounts, but not Easton.

mueruthing himself

Turning

The tweet read:

Finished

it on to my lawyers. The internet is not above the law. Everyone will be held accountable

that tweet went up, Easton’s fans

so badass, this is exactly how you

standing

this is SO

minor… not sure if she’ll face charges, but I hope she gets what’s

ovation. You’re

over for Julia, right? There’s no coming back

hasn’t tweeted anything. If she were innocent, she would’ve responded the second that audio dropped. Her silence says it

over your sob story. You

you. I’m sorry

ever doubted Easton, you were never a real fan. Just

I feel so damn

this moment. You didn’t

it, the more pissed I get. Julia is

you. You lied–you deserve everything

final plot twist. Can we

day. Haven’t done a

chaos. I live for

point, hashtags like #Easton, #EastonRecording, and #EastonClarifies

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

innocent

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Finished

had been supporting her, sympathizing with her, praising her strength?

like a coward? Come out and

the audio, Julia? Got anything

huh? What happened to all

lawyers involved. You’re not

seriously not gonna say anything? This proves

you? What

around and try to ruin his?

don’t deserve the

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