A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 202 In the diner, Big Guy and the others were extremely grateful. They started to try on the gifts one by one. There was a shiny watch, a sleek helmet, and a dapper tie, each more expensive than the last. They were worth thousands if not tens of thousands, not the kind of stuff you'd expect to see in a cozy little diner like this.

While trying them on, they were showing them off to Calliope.

Calliope just smiled and told them how great they looked.

"Do you think this suits me, Calliope?" one of them asked, adjusting the watch on his wrist.

"Absolutely," she replied with a grin, her eyes sparkling with genuine delight.

Across the street, Horatio and his brothers stood silently, peering inside. They watched Calliope laugh and

joke, her face relaxed and joyful. It had been so long since they'd seen her smile like that.

time they got together, it was always about

apologize, growing more distant with each confrontation. And now,

they saw a glimpse of the little girl who had first joined the Jewell family, who was shy but endearing. As the youngest and only daughter, her three brothers doted on her. They'd wanted to give her

causing trouble. Lisette was the picture of perfection- obedient, bright, and successful. On

her fault. She deserved

didn't want them.

got into their car, driving

diner's courtyard, Calliope leaned against a stone table, deep in thought. She'd noticed Horatio's leg seemed weaker than before. He might soon need

drifted back to the time

acupuncture treatment. She'd known that. But he had never

treatment, how could she be blamed?

remembered she'd