TimeNovelChapter 869
"Callie, honey, your dad really needs your help here."
"We know we messed up. I'm sorry, really sorry. I'll get down on my knees and beg you if that's what it takes,
okay?"
"Please, just give us a break!"
Monty looked at Calliope with hopeful eyes, desperate for her to step in.
Calliope's beautiful face remained unreadable. She replied, cool as ice, "Mr. Jewell, there's no blood between us.
And whatever bond we might've had, you and your family burned through it a long tago. Even if you all
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtdropped dead right now, | wouldn't feel a damn thing."
"So, don't bother begging me."
"Go find someone else to help you."
"And for the record, | haven't done anything to you. Everything that's happened to you, you brought on
yourselves. What do you even mean, 'give you a break'?"
Calliope let out a cold, dismissive laugh. "If | was actually out to get you, you wouldn't even be standing here to
beg. You'd be six feet under by now."
Her eyes were icy, almost frightening.
Monty met her gaze for a second, swallowed hard, and looked away, a chill running down his spine.
Calliope turned and walked into the hospital room.
Inside, she found Ulysses arguing with Zelda.
"Zelda, do you seriously not realize you're in the wrong here?"
"Get out. You're not my mom, and I'm not your son. | don't need you in my life!"
"Uly, have you lost your mind? That witch-she must've bribed you, right? What did she give you, huh? Why are
you turning your back on your own mother?"
"Uly, I'm your mom! How can you pretend like | don't exist?"
"Your mom loves you, right?"
"Calliope is poison, she's the reason our family's a mess, the reason we're falling apart! You have to stay away
from her!"
"Look at you, hurt because of her, and she hasn't even tried to help us!"
"She doesn't feel one ounce of guilt!"
Ulysses stared at Zelda, disbelief in his eyes. "Shouldn't you be the one feeling guilty?"
"Zelda, have you forgotten how we treated Callie? How you treated her? Or do you just not care?"
"I'm never coming back to the Jewell family. | have nothing to do with you anymore."
"Ulysses, don't you dare talk tolike that!" Zelda snapped, her voice shrill.
Ulysses' voice was cold. "I don't
want anything more to do with you people unless you can admit you were wrong and actually make right.". s
"That's never going to happen. We didn't do anything wrong!" Zelda snapped, her face red with anger.
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