A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

As soon as Calliope heard her phone buzzing nonstop, she fished it out of her purse. Every single message was from Gideon.

She couldn't help but roll her eyes. Glancing over in Gideon's direction, she wondered what the heck was wrong with him.

Honestly, she'd never realized just how nuts Gideon could be.

Without another thought, Calliope blocked his number.

Gideon, meanwhile, frowned when his texts suddenly wouldn't go through. He shot a look toward Calliope, convinced that her blocking him meant she still cared. In some twisted way, that made perfect sense to him.

Of course, Calliope had no idea that Gideon's mind worked in such a bizarre way.

Just then, Calista came over, needing to talk to Calliope about something, so he pulled her outside for a quick chat.

After a few minutes, Calista's eyes lit up, like he'd just solved a riddle.

makes so much sense

for

on cue, Gideon

back inside, will you? I need

about leaving Calliope alone with

Calliope reassured him. "I'll be okay. Go

back to Calliope. "Aunt

"Got it," Calliope nodded.

warning glare. Gideon, sitting in his wheelchair, gazed up at Calliope. "Callie, you still care about me, don't you? Blocking my number is just proof I'm

stared at him like he'd grown a second head. "Who told you blocking someone

as your leg?" she added,

a heads-up. Don't come crying to

turning serious. "Yvette's baby, well, there's a good chance something's wrong. I can't say for sure what, not yet, but I'd bet money that child's going to have

but this was about an