A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 3

A month ago, Calliope had begun planning for this day, her wedding day.

It was exactly a month ago that she had been given a second chance at life. She knew how this was supposed to go. Gideon would leave her for his true love, and she would become the town's laughingstock.-

So, she plotted each step carefully, orchestrating this wedding with precision.

Thinking about her past life stirred a storm of anger and sorrow within her. She never imagined her life would end so tragically.

Marrying Gideon was just the beginning of a nightmare. After they got married, he was never home. Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays- big or small- he spent them all with Yvette. Meanwhile, Calliope remained alone, trapped in a hollow marriage, enduring his cold indifference and cruel words. Then came the incident.

It happened just days before her birthday.

Since Lisette had joined the Jewell family, Calliope had never truly celebrated her birthday. Lisette's was just one day before hers, and every year, their parents threw an extravagant party for both of them, they claimed. But Calliope knew better. Lisette was always the star of the show, while she faded into the background.

Since she was seven, she hadn't truly had a birthday of her own.

Calliope had been kidnapped. She had called Gideon, desperate for help. But he had been with Yvette, ignored her pleas and berated her instead. Panicked, she reached out to her parents. Then to her

them cared enough to

"Calliope, what nonsense

can't you be more like

said, "Calliope, this is why we don't

something bad is going to happen to you, prove

hundred times

died. She was tortured to death, her body left

been back for a month, the memories of those dark days before

Thinking about it made her skin crawl, and she

spent some time

her to that horrible place, wanting be the sole jewel of the

she had been scheming-winning over their

the role of the sweet, innocent flower, all the while driving a wedge between Calliope and

parents always took Lisette's side. No matter what Calliope said, they refused to believe her. Instead, they accused