A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Neil turned to Calliope, his voice warm with gratitude. "Callie, I know you barely had a bite to eat before jumping in to help us. Really, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been this lucky."

Without Calliope, there was no doubt Oxcreek Town would've been bulldozed by Ivory Town again. Ivory Town always showed up in droves, young and strong, and Oxcreek just couldn't match their numbers. Every time, it ended badly for the home team.

But this time, with Calliope around, things were different.

"Neil, I'm serious. If anyone from Ivory Town ever gives you trouble again, promise me you'll call. I mean it! I've got connections in town, and this kind of thing isn't hard to handle."

She shot a look over at the folks from Ivory Town. "Alright, it's over. Everyone, head home, okay?"

"Yeah, let's get back to dinner. We didn't even finish our food!" someone chimed

in.

"Gosh, the pot roast will be ice-cold by now!"

"No kidding, let's go warm it up!"

drifting back toward the community

as folks reheated casseroles, mashed potatoes, and pies. Soon,

others chatted with Calliope, finally realizing-she knew the county commissioner, and a bunch of people downtown. She was someone they could

stirs up trouble, just tell me, alright? No secrets," Calliope said with a

here, Callie, makes us

someone called

back, and you end up saving

be in real trouble

Calliope and Silas, offering cheers and

seemed to mind.

Calliope and Silas headed to the hotel in town

they

stop: Ivory Town, where Calliope made sure Isaiah understood what would happen if he ever messed with

then did they return to

Calliope's old- family home. Most of the packing was done, boxes stacked neatly in the living