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.

a bite to eat, paused, fork in

earth are you guys talking

Laird reached over, feeling Gideon's forehead. "How could you be married to Calliope... when she just married Silas? My

Calliope kept it under wraps-

you, then boom, she's with Silas at

using you to get close to Silas.

started buzzing

in a fog, not getting a

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

exchanged looks, something dawning

seriously don't

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

Gideon straight in the eye, utterly shocked. "You

what? Stop with the riddles

Gideon's frustration was mounting.

were speaking in riddles, and the more they