A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust novel Chapter 199

"What?" Horatio and the others turned their heads simultaneously toward Lisette.

Lisette's reaction was intense, looking like she knew something they didn't.

"I can't say!" Lisette blurted out, shaking her head vigorously at Horatio and the others, quickly sealing her lips shut.

"What do you know?" Zelda asked suspiciously. "Lisette, what did Calliope do? Spill it!"

"Yeah, Lisette, just tell us. If you don't, we're in the dark!" Valerian frowned with concern on his face.

Lisette shook her head. "I'd better not. It's just a hunch. Callie couldn't possibly be that kind of person. She wouldn't do such things!"

"What are you guessing at?" Ulysses asked, his brow furrowing even more. "You can tell us, Lisette. There's no outsiders here. Just say it."

After a moment of hesitation, Lisette finally spoke up cautiously, "It's really just a guess. I might be wrong. People might say that, but I think it's all rumors!"

"Let us be the judge of that. Just tell us," Valerian urged.

"Yeah. Since high school, I noticed Callie hanging out with many older men. She was often seen getting into fancy cars.

Back then, there were rumors at school too. They said Callie was being 'kept' by these older men for money. They said she was selling herself."

"But no way, right? No matter what, Callie wouldn't stoop that low, would she? Our family isn't struggling for cash. She doesn't need to do something like that! And those men are so gross!" Lisette glanced at Zelda and the others as she spoke.

Seeing the complicated expressions on their faces, she narrowed her eyes slightly. It seemed she might finally get Calliope out of the Jewell family picture. They all looked pretty angry.

Although Lisette hadn't confronted Calliope back then, she had snapped a few photos on occasion.