Lisette stared at Horatio and Valerian in disbelief. They were actually siding with Calliope on this? She couldn’t believe it. They really thought Calliope was in the right?
Calliope, for her part, just shrugged, her tone chilly. “That’s settled, then.”
With that, she turned away and got back to whatever she was doing, not sparing the others another glance.
Lisette blinked rapidly, staring at the two men, her face full of hurt and disappointment. “Did you hear what she said? She just told you she doesn’t care if you’re around or not.”
Her voice wavered. “But I…I really need you. You have no idea how much you mean to me, how much I love you!”
She looked at Horatio and Valerian, hoping for a flicker of sympathy.
For a moment, Horatio’s gaze softened. After all, they’d spoiled her since she was little. Seeing her so lost and desperate tugged at his heart, especially since Calliope had been working her pretty hard lately. He hadn’t asked questions, but he could guess. Lisette had never been through anything like this.
But the truth was, Calliope wasn’t wrong. Lisette had messed up. She needed to face the consequences.
Horatio’s tone turned serious. “Lisette, whether Calliope cares about us or not isn’t really the point. What matters is how we feel about you, and we do care. We love you.”
He paused, making sure she heard every word. “But you made mistakes. You need to own up to them.”
He squared his shoulders, taking on the big brother role. “It’s my job to make sure you grow up right. Maybe I let things slide before, but now Callie’s stepping in to teach you some life lessons. You need to learn from this.”
“I know the workload’s heavy, and I get that you’re exhausted, but Callie isn’t wrong to push you. Learning new things never hurt anybody.”
“Fine.” She bit her lip and trudged off to her office.
...
That afternoon, Calliope made a trip to the hospital. She was on good terms with the hospital director, so she wanted to borrow an operating room and a few doctors and nurses for a special procedure.
She’d finally secured the medical supplies needed for Horatio’s leg surgery. The treatment plan was almost finalized. It would definitely require surgery, followed by some specialized therapy.
The operation itself was tricky, too difficult for just anyone to handle. Calliope knew she’d have to do it herself.
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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......