Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 125

Chapter 125: The work of a fake daughter never ends.

Edward washed his face, made a few calls and rejoined his family. He had a mysterious smile on his face which made everyone curious about what he was up to.

He sat down and looked at Phoebe. “Sweetheart i know the perfect gift to give to you. I have instructed Alfie to purchase four acres of land near the Salt Lake in your names.”

The apple slice which was about to enter Phoebe’s mouth fell down thanks to the surprise from her father.

[Santa Claus, father could you be Santa? How do you know exactly what gift to give me? Did you read my mind?]

Edward chuckled at her thoughts and he patted his chest.

“Since you deal in herbs and what not, your grandmother mentioned that you could use your own plantation or gardens. What do you think, dad is like Santa Claus right?”

“Dad, how do you know?” Phoebe blurted out.

His words sent Phoebe into a tailspin, especially when he called himself Santa Claus.Her words widened as she wondered if this was a coincidence. First the land and then the Santa Claus reference, it was too suspicious. To test her theory, she decided to play a trick.

[Ahem, father, your zipper is open.]

Edward’s head popped up and Phoebe moved her own head forward to see what he was going to do. Before anything more could happen, Andre broke her concentration by shrieking and everyone’s attention turned to him.

“Spider, i saw a spider.” Andre shivered while holding on to Collin for dear life.

“What spider?” Collin pushed Andre away. “Seriously, you are not a boy anymore. Why do you keep hiding behind me?”

Every time Andre saw a bug, he called forth Collin to kill it. It had been that way when they were children and he had not outgrown the habit.

Nobody saw any spider and they settled down. While they were doing that, Edward checked the zip of his trouser secretly and sighed in relief when he saw that it was closed as expected.

He suspected that Phoebe had been testing him and he decided to be more careful. Reading his daughter’s thoughts was the only way for him to get close to her quickly. It was their special father-daughter connection, a gift from heaven. If she knew that he could read them, wouldn’t she be on guard?

They all settled down and the conversation restarted as if it had been paused.

“Sweetheart, do you need the land? We can give you more than four acres if it’s enough. Should dad add four more?”

Phoebe almost fell out of the chair as she couldn’t believe what was happening. An acre of land near Salt Lake cost close to 250 million dollars, four acres was at least one billion. One billion!!!!! and he was just dashing it to her as if it was 200 dollars.

Phoebe looked at her brothers, grandmother and parents. They all looked normal, nobody’s eyes were bulging as if this was extraordinary. Apparently she was the only pauper at the table that thought a gift of one billion was too much.

What was she supposed to say?

The ever impatient Connie popped her head out of the pendant.

“Say yes quickly, what are you waiting for? We have been taking on haunted house cases to afford one acre of land and you have been given four. Don’t blow this for us sister.”

She was pulled back into the pendant by the Saxon spirit. This decision was Phoebe’s to make.

Taking the young girl’s advise, Phoebe cheerfully smiled and put her hands together. “I love it, i love it so much. Thank you father and mother…..”

Someone slapped a hand on the table before Phoebe could say more, startling everyone. It was none other than a very angry Ruth whose throat was swollen like a python’s full belly.

“No way!!!” Ruth’s sharp voice interrupted Phoebe’s speech. She was the only displeased person at the table and since nobody was stepping in, not even Collin, she jumped in.

“Father i don’t agree, it’s not fair. You have never given me such an expensive gift even though you personally raised me yourself. Phoebe has not even lived here for a week and already you are handing her everything and pushing me away. Is it because i am not your real daughter?” Ruth stood up forgetting that she was supposed to be too weak to stand.

She managed to surprise everyone again with the lengths of her greed which was bottomless and some people had had enough.

“Oh shut up you ungrateful girl, has any of your brother’s been given such land? Phoebe deserves this and you of all people should understand this. She spent her entire life drowning in your parent’s poverty stricken home where they mistreated her. So what if she gets four measly acres of land?

I bought you a luxury yacht worth two hundred eight million. You father had given you two houses and your mother bought you a resort in Magic city. All this is in addition to all the gifts your brothers have given you through the years when you were growing up.

We spoiled you with love and gifts while Phoebe was starving. On your tenth birthday, we booked out the entire Queens hotel to celebrate you and gave you a farm of horses and ponies while Phoebe locked in a closet in the dark simply because she cried for a slice of cake. The money that we have spent on you to date is not even a quarter to that spent on that land.” Grandma Mayfair stood up and tapped Phoebe’s shoulders.

“Let’s go to work, we are already late as it is.”

She didn’t want to stick around anymore, not if Ruth was so ungrateful and every time she opened her mouth, it was to irritate her greatly.

Phoebe stood up and softly wished everyone a good day. She would not stick around to explain anything and she wanted them all to digest what they had just heard while looking at Ruth. She never planned on sharing that story with them and she knew that Evelyn was the one that had done so.

She was the only other person other than the Gabriels that knew about it. Phoebe had told her about it one day when they were drunk and she curiously asked why Phoebe didn’t celebrate her birthday. Perhaps it was because the birthday was two weeks away that it was on her grandmother’s mind.

She had to give her grandmother props for knowing what grenade to toss at the opportune moment. How would Ruth get herself out of this sticky mess?

They walked away, leaving everyone with shocked expression on their faces, Ruth inclusive.

“I didn’t know, i don’t know anything.” She shook her head and defended herself before anyone could accuse or question her.

And like the actress she was, she switched on the water works, heaved and fainted.