A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 14

Gideon answered the phone and stepped out.

In the private booth, as soon as Gideon sat down, his friends gave him these pitying looks.

"Gideon, man, we know this must be tough for you. But what can you do? I mean, he's your uncle, right? You just have to roll with it."

"Exactly, Gideon. Mr. Myers isn't someone we can mess with. We're all pissed on your behalf, but what can we do?"

"Yeah, man. Chin up!"

"Here, have a drink!"

"Besides, you weren't that into Calliope anyway, right? Now you can go after Yvette instead..."

"Sure, Yvette might not have Calliope's looks or whatever, but she's your true love!"

One after another, his friends kept throwing out words of comfort.

had only wanted to grab a bite to eat, paused, fork

on earth are you guys talking about? I'm married

of it?" Laird reached over, feeling Gideon's forehead. "How could you

kept it under wraps-

minute she's all about you, then boom, she's with Silas at the altar! That's

was just using you to get

started buzzing

in a fog, not getting a word of what

you guys speak in a language I understand? There's no way Calliope's involved with my uncle.

others exchanged looks,

seriously don't

wedding blew up on social media, and you... you know

Gideon straight in the eye, utterly shocked. "You really

the riddles and tell me

Gideon's frustration was mounting.

they danced around the point, the more restless