A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

After the movie, they strolled out into the cool evening, still buzzing with excitement. They wandered down the sidewalk, chatting about the plot twists and characters.

"The special effects were actually pretty awesome, right?" Portia grinned, bouncing on her heels. "Callie, what did you think?"

Calliope returned her smile. "Yeah, I liked it. It was way better than I expected. By the way, how's your family's company doing? Your brother and everyone okay?"

"All good!" Portia replied, then snapped her fingers as something occurred to her. "Oh! Callie, remember that woman you warned us about? The one you said we shouldn't hire?"

"Yeah, what happened?"

“She got arrested!" Portia shook her head in disbelief. "You totally called it. She turned out to be trouble, big time. If we'd hired her, who knows what mess she'd have brought. Turns out, she got a job at another firm, and nearly wrecked the place, got the boss in all kinds of legal trouble."

"Guess she really was dangerous," Calliope said.

to you, our company dodged a bullet. If not for your heads-up,

can keep slacking off without guilt,"

"As long as everything's okay, that's what

bits and pieces of the story before, changed the subject. "Hey, Callie, about that letter from your grandpa... Are you sure you're not really part of the

"Not

surgery anyway, so asked them to run

Kermit, but figured it was best

never really seemed

either. You're nothing like them, personality- wise. If you told me

smiled, relieved that

they made their way to a nearby bar. Inside, the place was humming with music and laughter. They ordered a round of cocktails. Portia got a

talking about Calliope's birth parents and what the