Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

When Trevon and Frank cout of Lithern Club, it was already around 1 p.m. Hackett was in high spirits. From tto time, he would turn his head to look at them wearing black sunglasses on this cloudy day. They looked a little silly. The more Hackett thought about it, the more he found Trevon and Frank looked alike. The smile on Hackett's lips gradually becwider.

Sensing Hackett's mocking gaze, Frank and Trevon turned to shoot him a sharp glance through their black lenses. Hackett laughed out loud.

He didn't bother to suppress it anymore.

They walked toward the car.

Trevon stopped in his tracks and said something to Hackett, who had already opened the car door. It was something close to a request. Trevon's tone was very serious and his voice was very deep. "Hackett, give Jasper a chance. He will treat Ruby well." When Frank heard this, he stopped talking. He was afraid that if he helped Jasper, it would backfire. So he waved his hand and got into the car. "Let's go. I'm going to recuperate. | have to take care of the gift you gave me." Hackett recalled last night when Jasper looked for him. Jasper had said that he wanted to becthe richest man for Ruby. Hackett sneered and said, "Whether he can be my son-in-law depends on his performance. If | didn't give him the chance, they would have broken up yesterday." With that, Trevon placed his hand on the door frand smiled. "Thank you." Hackett smiled back and said, "Remember to bringsmidnight snack tonight. My appetite has been quite good recently." Trevon narrowed his eyes and frowned. He did not expect this guy to make another request. "Are you done?" Trevon asked.

"I said I'm not angry anymore. | didn't say I'm not hungry. Deal or not?" Hackett said.

"I'll bring some, and fuck you." With that, Trevon got into the car and drove away.

Watching his two good friends leave, Hackett was in a good mood. He bent down and whistled. He tidied his hair in the rearview mirror and looked up at the dark clouds in the sky. Then he felt that the weather did not agree with his mood. "Looks like you don't understand my mood," Hackett mumbled.

At the base, the man who had been beaten up ran to get his wounds treated. He was wearing a black mask and black sunglasses, making him look like a celebrity who had secretly cto see a doctor.

Natalie's consultation room was pushed open. She thought it was a nurse. "Cin," Natalie called out, but there was no reply. She looked up and glanced at the person who cin. She quickly stood up. The man was wearing a mask and sunglasses, so she could not see the injuries below. "Why are you here? Aren't you going to work?" Trevon sat down on the chair. Natalie walked over and closed the door. She was scared to see his face when she walked back to him. His eyes were red and so swollen that Trevon could barely open his eyes. There were also bruises around them. His cheeks were also swollen, and the corners of his mouth were broken. He was in a daze for a moment, and she could smell the cigarette on his body.

"Where did you go? Did you break into a bandit's den or something? | thought you quit smoking." Natalie held his chin with one hand and tilted it from side to side. She lowered her eyes and started to examine it. She couldn't help but raise her beautiful eyebrows.

Natalie even suspected that what she saw was an illusion. She didn't understand why Trevon had the smell of cigarettes and was even covered in injuries. She kept thinking, 'Was he going to the bandit's nest to save a hostage alone?’ Trevon did not push her hand away. He was happy to be touched and examined by her. He smiled and said, "I was beaten up by Hackett so that he won't touch your son." As soon as Trevon said this, Natalie understood. She didn't know what to say in response, so she could only go get the first aid kit and treat his wound. "Didn't you say that you will have to go on a business trip in a few days? What should we do now?" "Let the brat go for me. What else can we do? I'm already wounded like this. Are we going to scare our business partners away with my face?" Trevon replied.

Natalie was amused and patted Trevon's shoulder. "Didn't we already make preparations a year ago? If we can have a daughter-in-law like Ruby, the beating is worthwhile. It's our fault in the first place. We were selfish at that time." It was good that Ruby's family didn't tell Jasper to break up with Ruby.

After treating Trevon's wound, Natalie thought for a moment. "I'll go back later tonight. | need to see Sherri after work. Your matters have been dealt with. | should go deal with mine." Trevon felt that he was a great contributor. He took the beating for his son and begged for praise in front of his wife. Then he refused to leave the office and kept saying that it hurt everywhere.

Natalie couldn't believe Trevon was old but still asked for a kiss to relieve the pain. Natalie indulged him for a while before she chased Trevon away and told him to go hand rest.

Trevon reluctantly went home. The pitiful look in his eyes before he left made Natalie want to laugh.

At almost 4:30 p.m., she called Sherri.

Sherri should be getting off work as well. Sherri picked up the phone very quickly and said in a coquettish tone that gave Natalie goosebumps, "Hello, what's the matter, dear?" Natalie couldn't stand it and touched herself to make the goosebumps go away. "What happened? Why are you in such a good mood today?" "When have | ever been in a bad mood? | have been in a good mood recently. You know it, right? Why are you looking for me? You call to treatto a meal?" Sherri said.

Sherri continued to speak in a strange tone.

Natalie wanted to know if there was something wrong with her tongue. Why couldn't Sherri talk like a normal person? "I called to apologize," Natalie replied.

"Oh, you've done something wrong to me. Don't tellyou're keeping a rich young gigolo?" If what Sherri said were true, Natalie should have called Trevon, not her.

Natalie was lost for words.

Forty minutes later, Natalie rode Sophia's motorcycle to Athana Hospital and happened to see her best friend coming out.

She could see Sherri smiling brightly even when Sherri was on the steps far away. The sgrin might be seen on the face of someone who had just won the lottery. Natalie stopped the motorcycle and got off. She took off his helmet, held it in her hand, and put the key in her pocket.

Sherri hid the key that she had been swinging in her hand into her handbag. She walked closer and held Natalie's hand. Natalie turned to look at her with a complicated expression. "Sherri, are you sure nothing special has happened recently? You are not in love again, are you?" Natalie's butt was patted by Sherri. "No way. My sweet Hackett is so good in bed. Why would | want another man? Tell me, why are you looking for me? Have you thought it through and asked Jasper not to callgodmother but to takeas his second mother?" Without waiting for Natalie to answer, Sherri turned sideways and looked down at Natalie's butt. She reached out and touched it again. It felt good. "Wow, it is firmer than | expected. It's maintained quite well." "That's enough. It's not as meaty as your butt. You really can't stop talking about this. I'll treat you to coffee," Natalie said.

Sherri said happily, "Looks like Old Trevon has been giving you massage a lot." Natalie didn't know what to say. Why couldn't Sherri stop telling dirty jokes? Meeting her gaze, Sherri stopped smiling and answered the question, "Don't. I've already drunk two cups of it today. My blood will turn black if | drink any more. Treatto a milkshake..." As she spoke, Rose's voice cfrom behind. Rose jogged up and hugged their shoulders. "Damn, | caught you guys planning to hang out without me. If you can't do this to me, you have to bringalong. I'll call my husband." Before Natalie could stop her, Rose had already called Edward. Edward soon answered it. After talking with him for a few minutes, Rose hung up. Then she said, "Natalie, you're not being a good girl. You didn't askout.

Edward was on the way to pickup, and | had to tell him to turn around and go hdirectly. Let's go. | won't have a milkshake. | want coffee." Rose was being straightforward with Natalie.

Natalie sighed in her heart. 'Forget it, Rose will find out sooner or later. Just tell her straight away.' The three of them walked towards the cafe opposite Athana Hospital.

They found a table in the corner and sat down. Natalie called for the waiter to order two cups of coffee and a milkshake.

After ordering, Sherri asked, "You just said you wanted to apologize. For what? Don't tellyou don't want Jasper to be my son-in-law." Rose held the plug and turned to look at her sister-in-law, who seemed to be out of her mind. "Are you crazy? Isn't that problem already fixed?" Natalie smelled something fishy as if there was something they didn't tell her. She narrowed her eyes, stared at Rose, and asked, "What do you mean?" Rose was about to say something, but Sherri took a bite of the pastry from the table and stuffed it into Rose's mouth. The waiter brought a plate over. Rose chewed on it and swallowed what she had wanted to say.

After that, Sherri picked up the milkshake and tried it, avoiding Natalie's gaze. Sherri just looked away as she pretended she didn't know anything. Rose did the same. Now Natalie was even more certain they were hiding something from her.

Natalie suddenly smiled and leaned against the back of the chair with her arms crossed. She planned to be honest and discuss the matter openly. "Alright, since you're not going to tell me, I'll say it first. | have sbig news. I'm hiding it from you." As soon as she finished speaking, Sherri and Rose raised their heads and asked in unison, "You're hiding something from us too?" They sounded very surprised and spoke loudly. After saying that, Sherri and Rose seemed to realize that they had let it slip. They were too excited just now. The next second, they lowered their heads to continue to drink the beverages.

There were already a few customers around who turned to look. Natalie did not lower her head, so she naturally could not ignore those quizzical gazes. She nodded apologetically at everyone and smiled awkwardly.

Natalie retracted her gaze and looked at Sherri and Rose, who were playing dumb with their heads lowered. The way they behaved made her laugh. Natalie chose to be the first one to confess, so as to get them to talk. "Letsay it first. The three of us will take turns, okay? What I'm hiding is related to the two kids." Upon hearing that, Sherri and Rose immediately looked up again. There was a certain uniformity in their reaction. After a few seconds of silence, they answered in unison again, too." Natalie was confused.

This time, it was Sherri's turn to speak. She gave Natalie a probing look, grinning from ear to ear. "| discovered a shocking secret, but it's sweet," Sherri said.

Rose obviously knew about it, too. She kept nodding when Sherri spoke. Rose and Sherri looked as if they were a team working on a task.

For sreason, Natalie felt that the two of them were hiding the sthing. She did not know if she had guessed wrongly. "I'll send you what I've been hiding, and you will do the same," Natalie demanded.

Sherri nodded in agreement. "Alright, we'll do it at the stime." A minute later, Natalie and Sherri placed their cell phones on the table and looked at each other. Rose looked at the cell phones one by one. She was so shocked that she called out, "Damn, you two are indeed best friends. You two were pregnant at the space. How could you even achieve such a thing at the stime? It feels like you two are long-lost sisters. Why don't you guys go to the hospital and do a DNA test together?" After saying that, Rose still could not recover from her shock. She even forgot to close her mouth, but her gaze was still fixed on the phone screen.

This time, it was Sherri and Natalie who asked in unison, "When did you find out?" Rose only cback to her senses after saying this. She looked at Sherri and then at Natalie, wanting to hear if their timelines were the same.

If they were the same, Rose would jump to the conclusion that Sherri and Natalie were related by blood.

Rose had completely forgotten that if her guess turned out to be true, Ruby and Jasper could not be together.

Natalie did not plan to say a random date. Instead, she picked up her cell phone and typed the date. That was the day Ruby's stuopened.

Sherri wrote that it was the day after Trevon took them out for a trip to celebrate Ruby and Jasper's birthday.

Obviously, if Natalie lost in terms of time, she would be criticized by Sherri.

As expected, in the next second, before Natalie could finish thinking about the matter, Sherri's voice came.

"Natalie, you're too much. Jasper and Ruby have been together for so long. | thought | knew it early. You actually knew it before me. | can't believe you hid it from me. I'm so angry that I'm going to faint?" Rose took the two cell phones, began to compare the time, and calculated the days with her phone. Natalie reminded, "Don't waste your time. It's been more than a year." Rose exclaimed, "Natalie, | didn't you're so good at keeping a secret." After such a long time, Natalie actually did not reveal anything at all. It was Sherri who had told Rose about it not long ago. It was too shocking. The last tRose shared the results of Sherri's tracking with Edward, Edward was not surprised at all. It was as if he had expected it. When Rose went htoday, she would share the news from Natalie with Edward again. Rose thought he would be as shocked as her.

Sherri pretended to be heartbroken. She clutched her chest, but Natalie reminded her, "You put your hand in the wrong place. It's on the left. Or is your heart on the right?" As she spoke, Sherri moved her hand to the left. Natalie was once again amused by her. She did not expect Sherri to know so early and remain silent. This was beyond Natalie's expectations. She needed to ask what medicine Sherri had been taking recently to calm her emotions like this.