A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

At the time, he was away filming on location, so he didn't make it back in time.

But the family portrait was missing someone else, too—

Calliope.

Staring at the photo, he suddenly understood how Calliope must have felt, like she'd been left out, abandoned.

Ulysses felt a mess of emotions.

He sat down on the couch, looking kind of lost, like a puppy left out in the rain.

"Hey, Ulysses, what's up with you? You finally managed to come home, but you look like you've got the weight of the world on your shoulders."

Valerian Jewell gave Ulysses a suspicious look.

He'd never seen Ulysses like this before.

He knew Ulysses had been doing great with his acting gigs lately. So he should have been in high spirits.

But right now, he just looked... empty.

"Valerian!" Ulysses finally realized Valerian had somehow ended up sitting right next to him.

"Did something happen?" Valerian asked.

"Yeah, Ulysses, what's wrong? Did something go wrong with work?" Horatio piped up from his wheelchair across from them, looking just as confused.

frowned. "I ran into someone at the airport

others all looked at Ulysses,

"Calliope," Ulysses said quietly.

surprised. "What was she doing there? Going on

she was picking someone up. At first, I thought she was there to pick me up. I actually felt kind of happy for a second.

couldn't hide the annoyance in his

other brothers, but

was there to pick someone up, who was it? It couldn't have been

Valerian was thinking aloud.

she picking

shook his head. "You guys would

looked at each

Horatio urged him on, sensing there

brothers. But I wasn't one

disappointment heavy in

airport to pick someone

He felt let down.

he saw the people she'd -guys more

come

hew the disappointment

into something sharper.

close they all were, the jealousy

and Horatio exchanged