A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging From Dust Novel

Chapter 3 A month ago , Calliope had begun planning for this day , her wedding day .

It was exactly a month ago that she had been given a second chance at life .

She knew how this was supposed to go .

Gideon would leave her for his true love , and she would become the towns laughingstock.- So , she plotted each step carefully , orchestrating this wedding with precision .

Thinking about her past life stirred a storm of anger and sorrow within her .

She never imagined her life would end so tragically .

Marrying Gideon was just the beginning of a nightmare .

After they got married , he was never home .

Birthdays , anniversaries , holidays- big or small- he spent them all with Yvette .

Meanwhile , Calliope remained alone , trapped in a hollow marriage , enduring his cold indifference and cruel words .

Then came the incident .

It happened just days before her birthday.

Since Lisette had joined the Jewell family , Calliope had never truly celebrated her birthday .

Lisettes was just one day before hers , and every year , their parents threw an extravagant party for both of them , they claimed .

But Calliope knew better .

Lisette was always the star of the show , while she faded into the background .

Since she was seven , she hadnt truly had a birthday of her own .

And then , just days before yet another forgotten birthday , Calliope had been kidnapped .

She had called Gideon , desperate for help .

But he had been with Yvette , ignored her pleas and berated her instead .

Panicked , she reached out to her parents .

Then to her three brothers .

However , none of them cared enough to save her .

They said , Calliope , what nonsense are you up to now ? They said , Calliope , cant you be more like Lisette and grow up ? They said , Calliope , this is why we dont like you ; youre always so selfish ! They said , You say something bad is going to happen to you , prove it ! Always accusing Lisette , yet shes a hundred times kinder than you ! Eventually , Calliope died .

She was tortured to death , her body left unrecognizable.

Even though shed been back for a month , the memories of those dark days before her death haunted her .

Thinking about it made her skin crawl , and she couldnt bear to relive it .

After her death , she spent some time as a wandering spirit .

She discovered that Lisette was behind her kidnapping .

Lisette had sold her to that horrible place , wanting to be the sole jewel of the Jewell family .

From the day Lisette entered the Jewell family , she had been scheming winning over their parents and brothers while secretly making Calliopes life miserable .

She played the role of the sweet , innocent flower , all the while driving a wedge between Calliope and her family .

Her parents always took Lisettes side .

No matter what Calliope said , they refused to believe her .

Instead , they accused her of slandering Lisette , of being arrogant and vile .

Even her three brothers , who had once adored her , began to favor Lisette .

Yet , it was Calliope who had healed her eldest brothers legs , saved the second brothers life , and helped the third brother become a superstar .

1/2 15:54 Chapter 3 Now , none of it mattered .

To them , Lisette was the true savior .

And in the end , when the news of her death reached them , they didnt grieve , but thought she was better off dead , tainted as she was .

Her body was discarded , forgotten , until Mavis found her .

And it was Silas who brought her back from that dreadful place .

Silas arranged her funeral , and was the only one who mourned her , keeping vigil by her side for days and nights .