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.

to grab a bite to eat, paused, fork in hand. He stared at

earth are you guys

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

it under

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

just using you to get close to Silas.

group started

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. What nonsense are you spouting? Laird, if you keep

the others exchanged looks, something dawning on

you seriously

up on social media, and you... you

eye, utterly shocked. "You really don't

the riddles and tell me what's going

Gideon's frustration was mounting.

more they danced around