A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

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"These styles are just awful. Let's try somewhere else,” Valerian said, picking up on the awkward atmosphere and quickly steering Lisette away.

Horaand Ulysses trailed behind, neither saying much. Ulysses kept glancing back at Calliope, unable to help himself. He knew it now-she had those amazing new brothers in her life. There was no way she'd ever look at them, her original brothers, the sway again. Of course she didn't need them anymore.

A strange, heavy sort of sadness settled in Ulysses' chest. Horalooked just as conflicted.

Up ahead, Valerian and Lisette walked in silence, both lost in their own thoughts. Neither had realized just how well Calliope had been doing since she left the Jewell family, or that she'd found brothers who could easily replace them. Lisette especially couldn't believe it. She had tried so hard to win Calliope over, to be the sister she never had, but apparently, Calliope didn't even need her.

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If Lisette had brothers like that—tall, charming, successful—she probably wouldn't bother with her original family either. These guys weren't nearly as handsor accomplished as the new ones.

Eventually, the four of them reached a little rest area in the mall, a cozy spot with sbenches and a vending machine humming nearby. They sat down, all of them looking more than a little worn out.

"I'm sorry, guys," Lisette said, her voice earnest. "This was supposed to be a fun day out. I didn't mean for it to turn out this way." No one really wanted to talk. The silence dragged on until Valerian finally cleared his throat.

"Lisette, none of this is your fault. Seriously. You couldn't have known." "But if I hadn't dragged you all out here, we wouldn't have run into Callie," Lisette replied quietly, staring at her hands. "And if we hadn't run into her, everyone would still be in a good mood. So it's on me.

She let out a long, frustrated sigh.

"I'm sorry. I ruined everyone's Christmas. And it's not like I'm Callie, I can't change how she feels. She's got those rich, perfect brothers now.

No wonder she doesn't want to cback to the Jewell family." "Can you blher?" Lisette continued, her tone wistful. "They can give her everything she wants. Maybe she thinks the Jewell family just can't compare, so why bother?" Lisette sounded like she was just thinking out loud, but her words had a sting to them-like she wanted the others to believe Calliope was shallow, that she'd ditched them for money and status.

But Horaand the others didn't even notice her angle. They were too caught up in their own misery.

They'd always thought that even if Calliope was distant now, she'd eventually cback to them. She'd realize, someday, that her real brothers were the ones who truly cared.

But now Calliope had moved on. Her new brothers were cooler, richer, better in every way. Why would she ever look back?

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The thought made their stomach twist. They'd lost her, really lost her.

e And she wasn't ever coming back, not when she had something better.

They wanted to feel angry, but all they could manage was helplessness.

"I'm sorry... Maybe it'd be better if I wasn't around at all, Lisette O M whispered, her voice barely above a mumble. "Maybe then you guys and Callie would still be close."

She looked up at them, guilt written all over her face. "It's my fault wasn't here, maybe you wouldn't have lost her too." m She looked so small and regretful, her words hanging in the air.

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