A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust novel Chapter 1071

“It’s all because of that scheming witch Lisette!” Zelda snapped through gritted teeth. “She bled us dry—swindled us out of a fortune, took out loans in our names, even put up our house and everything else for collateral!”

“Now she’s vanished, disappeared without a trace, and we’re left with nothing. The company’s gone. The house is gone. We’ve lost everything!”

“Callie, you have to help us.”

“These debts, honestly, they’re not much for someone like you. You could wipe them out with pocket change, can’t you?”

“Callie, come on. For you, this is nothing. You could take care of all this with a single phone call, right?”

All eyes fell on Calliope, heavy with a desperate, suffocating hope. Their debts might be overwhelming for the Jewell family, but for someone as wealthy as Calliope, it was a trivial nuisance. Surely, a few dollars from her would sweep away all their troubles.

They remembered how loyal she used to be, how much family had meant to her. Now that disaster had struck, they flocked to her door, certain that she wouldn’t just stand by and let them drown. To turn her back now would be cruel—she’d never been that kind of person.

Even though Ulysses barely kept in touch, everyone knew he was working on the same film set as Calliope. It meant the family’s massive debts didn’t touch him—none of this drama landed on his shoulders. Suddenly, regret began to settle in.

If only they’d tried to make things right with her sooner, reached out as Ulysses had, maybe she would’ve stepped in to save them herself. After all, she’d grown up an orphan, always longing for a real family. If they tossed her a crumb of affection, she’d have bent over backward for them.

Damien stared in disbelief at the gallery of shameless faces. He knew people could be audacious, but this? This was something else.

“Unbelievable. Did you all sell your shame for scrap? Or just feed it to the dog on your way here?”

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