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.

He clicked in, only to be greeted by a video of Yvette, dressed like she was headed for a wild summer pool party, trash-talking

what the heck is going on

who's filming, your uncle and I are streaming it to the whole family. Yvette's antics were too insane to

[Callie, seriously, if you're streaming with my uncle, then

Silas would get mixed

man. I'm here with my wife, eating

who's

Your wife's not too bright. She can't even

just stared at his phone, feeling like he was losing his

Yvette

Silas.

known she was reckle

seduce far and humiliate the

but never imagined she'd

humiliate the whole

completely

with wasn't

part was still to come. The stand-in, who apparently had one too many beers, started acting up. And Yvette, in some kind of drunken daze, just

stripping down, and most people in the chat were