A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Calliope stared at Zelda in disbelief. "You think I'm heartless?"

She'd just spent hours in surgery saving Horatio's legs-hours of grueling work, most of it done herself. Sure, others helped, but she was the one who pulled it all together. Horatio's condition had been dire; fixing it took everything she had.

And now, she was supposed to keep up daily treatments for him, needlework and all that jazz.

Yet here was Zelda, accusing her of being heartless.

Heartless? They'd barely done anything for her all these years! How in the world was she the one who is heartless?

Calliope looked at Zelda, caught between exasperation and amusement. The irony was almost funny. Zelda didn't even know the truth: Calliope wasn't her real daughter. Her own child had died a long time ago.

"Calliope, you're staying tonight to look after Horatio!" Zelda snapped, barking the order like a drill sergeant.

Calliope blinked. She glanced at Monty, hoping for backup.

take care of him. He's your brother,

Was nobody going to

and then at Calliope, as if weighing his options before finally shrugging. "Callie, might as well see it through, right? You already did the hard part. Taking care of him for a bit

you when you were kids! You know

turned to look at Calliope, like it

the young nurse who'd come in to

How shameless could people be? The Miracle Doctor had

She

should be resting, not being guift-tripped into playing nursemaid! Seriously,

Dr. Calliope is exhausted. She really needs rest after a surgery like that. Maybe you don't know, but surgery is incredibly draining, both mentally

at her. "And who asked you? I don't remember inviting you to lecture

What's so hard

were sharp as broken glass. The nurse turned red, tears pooling

a loss for how to