A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 342

"Besides, they weren't spreading rumors, they were just repeating what they'd heard," someone said, trying to defend the chatter.

"Calliope, what's your next move?" another voice chimed in.

"Yeah, even if you weren't expelled, you've still got plenty of issues," a third pointed out.

"There are a lot of things you can't deny," someone else added, crossing their arms.

"Lisette might not be as good as you in academics, but she's incredibly kind. Do you think academics is the only way to prove you're better?" a girl in the back questioned.

Calliope looked at them all with a calm demeanor, her expression unreadable.

"I've never claimed I had to be better than her," she replied. "I just think it's time for everyone to see the real her. Remember all those things that happened back in high school? Anyone still recall?"

The crowd murmured. They remembered the rumors: Calliope bullied classmates, smoked, drank, hurt animals...

called out, "Calliope, you aren't trying to say

argue with facts. Actions speak louder than words," another shot back,

her composure. "I know the truth speaks for itself. That's why I have some videos

the big screen lit up with a

playing, showing someone in a school

that

Calliope! Are you trying to incriminate yourself?" another voice

to something so awful?" a third voice

you be so cruel to such a helpless

turned ashen. She recognized those scenes all too

at Valerian and Horatio, desperate to leave, but it

revealing the face

Calliope said, her voice steady. "See

was unmistakably shown, her features twisted with

a voice exclaimed, filled with