She was sobbing, and not in a quiet, dignified way. This was full-on, ugly crying.
Lisette thought that if she broke down like this, the others would rally around her, maybe plead her case or at least yell at Calliope for being so harsh. After all, hadn’t everyone always taken her side over the years?
But this time, nobody came to her rescue. All she got were nervous glances and people instinctively stepping back, as if her tears might be contagious.
It was a long, awkward moment before Monty finally spoke up.
“Lisette, look, Callie’s put up with a lot from you before. I don’t think there’s any need for anyone to die here, but if you’re uncomfortable living with Callie, maybe you should be the one to move out.”
As soon as Monty finished, Horatio and the others nodded in quiet agreement. Even Zelda gave a hesitant nod.
To be honest, Zelda was pretty freaked out. What if Silas was right, and whatever Lisette had was actually contagious? If any of them caught it, they’d be screwed. So for now, the best plan was to get her out of the house.
Lisette never expected this. She stared at them, stunned. But then she quickly snapped back.
“If I move out, Callie still won’t leave me alone! She wants me dead, doesn’t she? She’d only be happy if I was gone for good!”
She turned to Calliope, desperate, almost accusing.
Calliope was sitting next to Silas, who looked every bit the king of the castle, smirking with a kind of bored amusement.
He didn’t believe for a second that Lisette would actually go through with anything drastic. Neither did Calliope.
Lisette was the kind of person who threatened, not acted. She was just trying to guilt-trip everyone.
But did Calliope care? Honestly, not even a little.
And with that, she bolted for the stairs, her footsteps echoing down the hall.
“What’s she doing?” Horatio muttered, frowning.
“Probably going to try and throw herself off the roof,” Calliope said with a laugh, raising her voice so Lisette could hear. “It’s only four stories, you know, you’re not even likely to die from that. Want to make sure you really go, Lisette? Headfirst, right down to the concrete. That’s your best shot.”
“And hey, if you mess up and just break a leg, that’s still better than ending up paralyzed, right? Wonder who’d take care of you then?” she added, like she was giving tips on baking a pie.
“But hey, you said you were gonna do it. Go for it! And if it doesn’t work out the first time, there’s always a second try!”
The whole room went completely silent. No one dared to speak. Except Silas, who chuckled softly.
“My wife is absolutely delightful,” he said, clearly enjoying the show.
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The readers' comments on the novel: A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust
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......