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.

was always about Lisette,

to apologize, growing more distant with each confrontation. And now, she rarely smiled

youngest and only daughter, her three brothers doted on her. They'd wanted to give

trouble. Lisette was the picture of perfection- obedient, bright, and successful. On the other hand, Calliope

fault.

She didn't want them.

thoughts, they turned away and got

deep in thought. She'd noticed Horatio's leg seemed weaker than before. He might soon

mind drifted back to the time she'd helped him recover.

But he had never acknowledged her help, never appreciated it. He only trusted

patient refused treatment, how could she be blamed? With a light chuckle,

remembered she'd promised

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