A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Gideon was still stuck in the hospital. His legs weren't working, so he'd been

pretty much glued to the bed. And since Yvette flat-out refused to take care of him, he was left with just the nurses and orderlies to help out.

One afternoon, as he lay there staring at the ceiling, his phone kept buzzing nonstop. He tried to ignore it, but eventually curiosity got the better of him. He reached over, grabbed his phone, and glanced at the screen.

His family group chat had exploded, literally thousands of messages.

Weird. That chat was usually as dead as a doornail. Most days, you could hear crickets chirping in there. What the heck was happening now?

He noticed people had tagged him too. With a frown, he opened the chat and typed: [What's going on? Who's looking for me?]

[Finally, bro! You're alive! Your house is basically on fire right now!]

[Your wife's getting ready to cheat while you're stuck in bed, dude!]

[And not just with anyone, she's trying to hook up with your uncle! She's lost her mind!]

[Congrats on the world's shiniest dunce cap, Gideon.]

Gideon read through the messages, his face turning more and more complicated. He scrolled up, and sure enough, half the family was ranting about Yvette and Silas, saying her behavior was totally off the rails.

to be greeted by a video of Yvette, dressed like she was headed for a wild summer pool party, trash-talking him and blatantly flirting with someone off camera-someone who everyone assumed was

what the heck is going on in this live stream? Who's

better ask your wife about that. As for who's filming, your uncle and I are streaming it to the whole

seriously, if you're streaming with my uncle, then who's the

Silas would get mixed up in this

my wife, eating pizza

[So... who's actually

stand-in. Your wife's not too bright. She can't even tell us

phone, feeling like

Yvette

Silas.

known she was reckle

seduce far

but never imagined she'd

the

was being live-streamed, completely clueless that the guy she

with wasn't

come. The stand-in, who apparently had one too many beers, started acting

was now showing her stripping down, and most people in the chat were