Turning Of The Tide

Chapter 154

As noon approached. Sherri descended the stairs in her loose pajamas, rubbing her tired eyes. Surprisingly, she spotted Natalie waiting downstairs and wondered if she was hallucinating

Quickening her pare, she bounced over to join Natalie’s side “When did you get here? Why didn’t you wake me up?” Meanwhile, Juana went to the kitchen for Ruby’s meals. Natalie had already heard the rough details of Sherri’s scolding in the morning from Ruby Though Ruby’s storytelling skills were not the clearest, Natalie managed to grasp the gist of it

With a smile, she playfully remarked. “Didn’t want to disrupt your beauty sleep, did 11⁄2”

Quickly catching on to Natalie’s teasing. Sherri fired back. “Ah. you’re savoring every bit of this, aren’t you? Sister, I barely made it out alive this morning It felt like a never-ending marathon race”

Natalie grinned, a mixture of amusement and envy evident on her face

After their early departure from the Landor family’s residence, she returned to Evergreen Gardens with Jasper. Perhaps due to her intense fever from the previous night, she appeared a bit weary after a long day.

By the time they arrived at Evergreen Gardens, it was already 7:00 PM. She tended to the usual evening routines of bathing her son and soothing him to sleep and before she knew it, it was nearly 8:00 PM Time seemed to slip away unnoticed.

She was taking a moment to admire Jasper’s peaceful slumber, and a faint glow of contentment washed over her. If Trevon ever reconsidered and attempted to challenge her for custody of Jasper, she would fight him fiercely with every ounce of her being

However, her tranquility was abruptly interrupted by an ill-timed phone call Glancing at the caller ID. she recognized it to be Harry scall. Opting to ignore she dismissively declined the call, convinced he had nothing to discuss. But to her

ion, the relentless ringing perusted

Her mood soured, and due donned her i

“ith a gentle push, she opened the balcony door and closed it behind her

dy answered the call. “What’s the matter? No pleasantries were exchanged, nger across the w teen she relucta

be bothered even to utter Harry’s name

rising. You come back and don’t bother to give me a heads up” The implication behind ! ords made Natalie feel she needed has permi on to return

out a mocking laugh, unable cleared up. How big is your ego the establish

been two years, and your mind still hasn’t I have to inform you? Do you think you can dictate my actions? If you

tiger at the zoo”

with such a per voi him. There was no

not immediately blocking umply a waste of her time and

on the other end, no longer engaging point, saying. Transfer

match with Natalie. He

frustration She wished she could perform a cramotomy on him right then and there “Mr. Foster are you sure you

well aware that the houses had a hefty price tag and believed that Natalie had struck it rich With his recent string of bad luck and mounting losses in gambling he saw

meager ten percent stake. If he couldn’t secure

the previous softness veneer “Natalie, handing over the money would be in your best interest. I know you have a daughter and a son If you care about

children. While Harry could try to intimidate her, using her children as pawns only

who meets their demise first. My bet is on you, as you’re the one

words barely escaped Natalie’s lips before she abruptly ended the call. A tinge of frustration lingered, but pretending not to worry would be disingenuous. After all, Harry was the kind of person capable of anything Just to be safe, she decided to send a message to Sherri. “Sherri, please tell Juana not to take Ruby out lately Harry asked me for a sum of money, but 1 refused. I fear he might lose

swiftly replied, “la he insane? He won’t spare even the children- How much money did he demand

million dollars. He discovered my whereabouts and assumed I could afford such an expensive house”

in, there will be no end to his demands. Rest assured. I’ll

“Alright, sorry for dragging you into

we have

responded with a surrendering emoji, followed by an “Im

to her room, she caught sight of a familiar silhouette on the neighboring balcony. Dressed in a deep blur pajamas, casually leaning against the railing, putting on a cigarette, the wispy smoke blurred their distinct features. However, the balcony lights illuminated the scene, forcing her to acknowledge that it was

when did he move in next door’ She had been entirely unaware, which explained the several

every move. His gaze momentarily grew colder, but when their eyes met, he gave a subtle nod, maintaining his trademark aloofness. It seemed Natalie had let

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