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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

opened Twitter, and began

teams that managed their social media accounts,

mueruthing himself

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The tweet read:

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the evidence and passed it on to my lawyers. The internet is not above the law. Everyone will be held accountable for what they say and

went up, Easton’s

this is exactly how you deal with

standing

is SO satisfying. Hit

face charges, but I hope she gets what’s coming

You’re amazing,

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

she would’ve responded the

I cried over your sob story. You

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

were never

I feel so damn

so long for this moment.

more

for you.

tell me this is the final

to this mess all day. Haven’t done a single thing at

I live for this

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

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

innocent

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sympathizing with her, praising her strength? Gone. Replaced by waves of

like a

hear the audio, Julia? Got anything to

What happened to all

Easton’s got lawyers involved. You’re

say

wrong with you? What

saved your life. You turn around

You don’t

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