A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 855

The room erupted with gasps and murmurs from the reporters and fans alike.

"Seriously? Aren't mothers supposed to love their kids? Some women, even when things go wrong during childbirth, will beg the doctors to save the baby first!"

"Exactly! Moms are supposed to risk everything for their children. But it's not like Calliope chose to be born during a difficult labor—how can Zelda blame her own child for that?"

"God, that's just awful. How can someone like that even call herself a mother?"

"Poor Calliope, may she rest in peace..."

"Did they even care if she lived or died? You'd think Zelda would want to check on her daughter after all that."

"They didn't even recognize her. Honestly, it's like Zelda never cared about her kid at all."

"She just dumped her in the middle of nowhere and let her fend for herself."

People were starting to feel sorry for Calliope, the girl who'd barely gotten a glimpse of the world before leaving it, her parents never even bothering to look

her way.

she looked at Monty and Zelda. "You know, I always thought I was your child. I never understood why you didn't want me, but when I got a little older, I begged my grandpa to let me

grandpa couldn't say no,

parents. I thought my brother was really my brother.

matter what I did, it was like you couldn't

you cared about

you knew I wasn't your biological daughter, you never treated

Ulysses said, I never spent a single penny

me

up!" Monty snapped, his anger barely contamed. "You lived in our house for years. Are you seriously telling everyone here that you never

anything from you if you say you gave me money, then it should be easy for you

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looked squarely at Monty. "Mr. Jewell, why don't you show

should

his mind scrambling. He couldn't remember ever giving

glanced instinctively

Jewell can't remember giving me an