“Yeah, now that Kermit's gone, it's only right we look out for Callie!”
“She’s like a daughter to us.”
“Honestly, she is family!”
Everyone chimed in, crowding around Calliope and Silas, making it clear they'd stand up for her no matter what.
They weren’t just making conversation—they wanted Silas to know he’d better treat Callie right.
Sure, her grandpa wasn’t around anymore, but the whole town had her back like a second family. If Silas ever hurt her, he’d have the entire neighborhood to answer to.
Calliope felt a little choked up by their warmth.
Silas, too, looked around and nodded approvingly. He knew Calliope had always gotten the short end of the stick with the Jewell family—ignored, picked on, never really seen. But here, among these neighbors, she was loved, protected, and cherished. You could tell everyone genuinely wanted the best for her.
After a bit of chatting, Neil stepped up to organize dinner. The town had a community hall, and as soon as folks heard Calliope and Silas were back, they’d all gathered there, tossing together a potluck banquet.
As they walked, Neil kept Calliope updated on all the latest changes in town.
“Honestly, Callie, we owe so much to you and your granddad. Without your help back in the day, the town wouldn’t have come this far.”
Calliope smiled. “Oh, we didn’t do that much. You’ve been a great mayor! And the folks here are just lucky, I guess.”
“Meeting you two was the real blessing for this town.”
They laughed and joked all the way to the community hall.
The place was new. Calliope had never seen it before. But it was impressive, full of life and warmth. She couldn’t help but notice how much the town had grown, and she knew deep down, she and Kermit had played a big part in that.
“Neil!”
The whole room went dead silent.
“Ryan, what happened?” someone called out.
“Yeah, Ryan, sit down! Callie just got back, let’s eat. Can’t this wait?”
But Ryan’s eyes darted to Neil, anxious. He forced a shaky smile. “It’s nothing, really. I just need a quick word with Neil.”
Calliope frowned, her face turning serious. “Ryan, is that blood? Are you hurt? Did something happen?”
Ryan had been her childhood friend, always steady and reliable. Seeing him this shaken, Calliope knew something was very wrong.
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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......