Mavis was probably getting ready to come out. Things had gone quiet on her end.
Calliope chatted with Portia for a while, and they made plans for Portia to come over and hang out after dinner.
As they talked, Calliope noticed that Archie Yoder had gone completely silent in the group chat.
She decided to tag him directly.
Calliope: “Hey Archie, what’s up? You’ve been awfully quiet.”
Calliope couldn’t help but worry about Archie. He’d always had a tough time with the Yoder family. His stepmother was a nightmare, and his dad wasn’t exactly a warm presence either. In fact, he always said Archie wasn’t “good enough” and he much preferred Archie’s younger half-brother.
Archie’s pretty much been the family’s underdog for as long as Calliope could remember. Sure, he worked at the family business now, but he was always getting the short end of the stick. His dad never seemed to take him seriously.
But Archie also wasn’t the type to stand up and fight back, so he just ended up stuck, constantly under his family’s thumb.
Every holiday season, Archie would be in a funk. But because of his dad, he couldn’t just bail and do his own thing.
Calliope could basically picture exactly what was going on over there.
His stepmom was the queen of fake niceness—she’d say all the right things, make a show of being the perfect loving mother, but secretly she was always plotting against Archie. Every Christmas, she’d go out of her way to push his buttons.
It usually ended with Archie losing it at Christmas dinner, and Gavin Yoder—the ever-clueless dad—would just blame Archie for “making a scene,” never realizing his wife was the real problem. It was the same tired story every single year.
Sometimes Calliope thought Archie should just skip Christmas at home altogether. But she knew there wasn’t much she could do to help, or to convince him.
Now, with Archie staying silent, Calliope’s concern only grew.
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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......