A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 856

"No way—are you saying she scammed them out of a ton of money, but they never even spent a dime on her?"

"That can't be right. The Jewell family must all have been conned!"

A chorus of murmurs swept through the crowd.

Monty was starting to sweat. He looked nervously at Zelda and pressed, "Come

on, show them! Didn't you buy her clothes? Pay her tuition?"

Zelda's face was tight. "No, I didn't!"

With all those eyes on her, she didn't dare lie.

She had no proof.

"What?" Monty gaped. "Every year on her birthday, didn't you buy her something? You got presents for Lisette—weren't you supposed to do the same for her? And that tuition money-didn't I tell you to pay it?"

Zelda's expression soured even more. "I can't remember. I always forget these things!"

"And besides, whenever I was out getting clothes for Lisette, she'd be off somewhere. I don't remember ever getting her anything!"

Zelda huffed, clearly annoyed.

ever cared about

I went with you, you said I was an embarrassment and made me

me something, you'd walk out with bags and bags for Lisette—always

But if the real Calliope was here, she'd probably be crushed. You treated your adopted daughter a thousand

audience gasped,

know she wasn't their real daughter, and this

my God. Even thinking she was their own, they only bought

so sad. I've seen favoritism, but this

for the real

her family didn't care whether she

daughter-it was trying to get money from the

"How disgusting!"

"Poor Calliope!"

if Mrs. Jewell says she never gave Calliope any money,

their money coming fr

belongs to s

one of her brothers

all turned

looked sick. He hadn't given Calliope a

right? Show

onlookers getting riled definitely