Everyone’s eyes were glued to Lisette.
Lisette frowned, caught off guard. She hadn’t expected Calliope to figure it out so quickly. Calliope knew she was faking.
Still, she stubbornly tried to pin it on Calliope. “Well, if Callie didn’t take it, who did? The necklace is actually missing!”
“Yeah, I saw it too! The necklace is gone!” chimed in Zelda, her brow knotted.
Zelda turned to Calliope, voice sharp. “Did you sneak off and take it when no one was looking? You’re nothing but a thief! And you won’t even admit it!”
“A thief, huh?” Calliope clapped her hands sarcastically. “Funny, you don’t notice the thief in your own house, but you’re quick to point fingers at me.”
She stood up abruptly, stalking toward Lisette with a fierce look in her eyes.
Lisette, suddenly nervous, took a few steps back, her gaze darting anxiously to Calliope. “Callie, what are you doing?”
“Forget it. It’s just a necklace. I’ll pretend I lost it.”
“No way!” Calliope insisted. “A necklace doesn’t just disappear. We have to find it!”
She smirked at Lisette. “So, why were you rummaging in your own jeans pocket just now? Got something interesting in there? How about you show everyone?”
“Calliope, stop it!” Zelda snapped. “Why are you picking on Lisette?”
But Calliope didn’t back down. She grabbed Lisette’s arm before anyone could interfere.
Lisette’s hand came out of her pocket, and, clink, a necklace fell onto the hardwood floor. Everyone’s attention shifted to the necklace lying between them. Shock flickered across every face in the room.
“Sorry, Mom. Sorry, Callie. I shouldn’t have blamed you,” Lisette mumbled.
Horatio and Valerian exchanged glances. Neither of them were fools. They’d seen exactly what Lisette had tried to pull.
Monty pinched the bridge of his nose, frowning at Lisette. “Next time you lose something, make sure you really lost it. Who in this house would take your stuff anyway? And for what?”
Lisette cast a worried glance at him. “Sorry, Dad… Are you mad at me?”
Monty sighed. “No, I’m not mad. Just… don’t do it again.”
He turned to Calliope. “Callie, can you come to the study for a minute? I need a word.”
Calliope nodded, flashing Lisette a wry smile before following Monty out of the room.
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Oh wrestling expert ey? So is this Khamzat Chimaev or Shavkat Rakhmonov? Because Khabib's would be too haram....
Oh no. Million is just mix of Conor McGregor, Islam Makhachev, Mike Tyson, Max Holloway, Anderson Silva... I bet he lands 5sec flying knees like Jorge Masvidal too. Oh nope, 1sec knees. And has faster left hooks than Alex Pereira. Definitely would win UFC championship in every weight division including women. Poor Zhang Weili....
Okay so.... Million is now from East. Arctic wolf from East, modified genetically so he can manage his own Instagram and probably also box like Mike Tyson and snapping left hooks like Alex Pereira....
This is starting to be the same twister of abilities as Cassandra Yates and Tiffany. But question is, why the hell Silas can't just open his mouth and tell Caliope that she's the one whom he has in his heart. He would prevent a lot of misunderstanding. Seems like despite capability of talking with modified arctic wolf, she's not like telepathic....
Oh no, so FL is again another hidden genius with both hemispheres working on hundreds... Ffffuuuu. Cassandra Yates and Tiffany were already enough, ughugh. And Tiffany was even more exaggerated than Cassandra....
That's weird, in the first chapters there was said that her bio parents and bros doteď on Caliope but then they adopted Lisette, but this chapter suddenly says otherwise. Did author forget what he wrote?...
I REALLLYYY REALLLYYYY REALLYYYYYY WANT TO SLAP THE 3 BROTHERS WHENEVER THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTH !!! AND THEIR MOM !!!...
Why has this not been updated ?? there were 5 more chapters which was released and it has not been updated.. Please do update on regular basis......