A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"This isn't over between the Jewell family and her, not by a long shot! Not unless she coughs up everything that belonged to our grandpa, and everything that belongs to the Jewell family, too!"

Valerian shot to his feet, his face red with anger. "I'm calling a press conference. The whole world deserves to know what kind of disgusting, two-faced person Calliope really is!"

He didn't care to argue with Horatio anymore.

Monty nodded fiercely. "Damn right! We need to get back what's ours. What she did is no different from stealing!"

Lisette rolled her eyes, letting out a dramatic sigh. "Our dear sister really played us, huh? All this time she's been filthy rich, but she pretended to be broke and pitiful right in front of us!"

"We used to feel sorry for her, living out in the boonies, didn't we? She even blamed the rest of us for not doing enough for her, but did she ever need our help? She's got more assets than the rest of us put together. Hell, she's richer than the entire Jewell family."

"And yet she takes everything that's ours, and still puts on that poor-little-me act. Unbelievable."

Monty's fists clenched as Lisette spoke. "It's downright obscene! I can't believe we ever trusted her. She's way worse than I thought."

...

quickly brought down to the police

up and starting the "interrogation." She sat across from them, silent, listening to their tirade

did you scam the Jewell family? And did

look

gaze was cold and unafraid, like

only made them angrier. "You sure are brave, acting all calm

confess, I've got plenty of ways to make you talk.

Calliope shrugged. "Not really."

what you

can I admit to something I didn't do?" Calliope replied, cool as ever. "If you were innocent,

for Lisette, right? Did she order you to frame me? To interrogate me? Hope you're not too

man lose his cool, and he

...

Meanwhile, outside the station.