A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 812

Just then, Portia wandered over and peeked into Calliope's bucket. She

practically did a double take, jaw dropping in shock.

"No way!"

"How did you collect so much already?"

"We only just started, didn't we?"

Portia glanced at her own empty sand pail, then at Calliope's overflowing one, packed with all sorts of treasures-shells, pebbles, even an old bottle cap or two.

She felt a complicated mix of envy and disbelief.

Hadn't they only been on the beach for, what, fifteen minutes?

Sure, the beach was pretty empty and the tide had just gone out, so there was plenty to find, but how could Calliope be so quick? She looked like a pro, scooping up half the beach in record time.

a grin. "Whenever they found something they thought I'd

herself, but with their help, her bucket looked like she'd

I'm so jealous," Portia huffed, faking a pout. "Wish

if we're going to have a contest, your brothers can't help,

laughed, tossing a

chat with Uriah; the two of them were deep in conversation

gaze drifted to

Norton

their own, chatting and laughing, walking farther down the shoreline like a pair of lovebirds. If Calliope didn't know for a fact that Mavis only had eyes for Uriah she might have tried to set her up with Norton. They seemed like a perfect match-both genuinely good people, and she knew them both inside

they'd make a cute couple," Portia said, echoing Calliope's thoughts as they strolled along the sand glancing over at Mavis and Norton. They look good together:

"Yeah, totally," Calliope agreed.

think Urian would notice by now I mean, he's always sneaking

just shrugged, unsure. She wasn't about to play matchmaker. Right now, she was just having too much fun

sand. Calliope and Portia competed to

Mavis was doing pretty well herself, thanks to Norton's help. Their bucket