A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 199 "What?" Horatio and the others turned their heads simultaneously toward Lisette.

Lisette's reaction was intense, looking like she knew something they didn't.

"I can't say!" Lisette blurted out, shaking her head vigorously at Horatio and the others, quickly sealing her lips shut.

"What do you know?" Zelda asked suspiciously. "Lisette, what did Calliope do? Spill it!"

"Yeah, Lisette, just tell us. If you don't, we're in the dark!" Valerian frowned with concern on his face.

Lisette shook her head. "I'd better not. It's just a hunch. Callie couldn't possibly be that kind of person. She wouldn't do such things!"

"What are you guessing at?" Ulysses asked, his brow furrowing even more. "You can tell us, Lisette. There's no outsiders here. Just say it."

After a moment of hesitation, Lisette finally spoke up cautiously, "It's really just a guess. I might be wrong. People might say that, but I think it's all rumors!"

the judge of that. Just tell us,"

Callie hanging out with many older men. She was

too. They said Callie was being 'kept' by these older

low, would she? Our family isn't struggling for cash. She doesn't need to do something like that! And those men are so gross!" Lisette glanced

expressions on their faces, she narrowed her eyes slightly. It seemed she might finally get Calliope out of

she

misunderstanding," Lisette said. "Callie wouldn't be

would do anything!" Zelda said, her face darkening. "She's the kind of person who would. So, that

and the others didn't

she gave, all

can't be like that.

I can't believe Callie was

photos? Let us see," Horatio said, his expression stern. Lisette obediently pulled out

time. One was older and uglier than the next, and the