Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 146

Chapter 146: Who is the thief?

Those that saw her thoughts were perplexed by what they meant. Ruth’s sobs became louder and Luke joined in the argument between Collin and Andre.

Edward shushed everyone especially the employees who were whispering amongst themselves.

“I trust Phoebe but to end this madness, let’s go search her room. That’s the only way to know for sure if she stole the brooch.” Edward stared at Phoebe apologetically.

Phoebe smiled at him in return. “It’s okay father but it isn’t fair to search only my room. We should search the rooms of the people that are accusing me as well.” Her eyes traveled to Ruth, Ophelia and Collin.

“Wait, you can’t be serious.” Collin exclaimed.

He could not believe her guts, accusing him of being a thief too.

Phoebe shrugged. “Why not? If you can accuse me of being a thief then i can do the same to you. It’s not just poor people that steal you know, rich people do it all the time. Don’t you watch the news brother dearest, haven’t you heard about a little something called espionage? There would be no laws dealing with intellectual property and patents if rich people were not stealing from those with less in order to become even richer than they already are.”

Andre clapped vigorously. “Cool, sound logic. I dare you to argue against that.”

He came and stood beside Phoebe, and both of them shot challenging looks to a flabbergasted Collin. Grandma Mayfair chuckled, Luke’s jaw dropped and Edward’s heart was tickled with pride.

“Nicely played.” The ghosts slapped their hands together in a high five fashion.

With a few words, Phoebe had put that arrogant jerk Collin Mayfair in his place. He was so stunned that he could not even argue back.

Edward ordered the head of security to check the security footage and see if any strangers other than David Saxon had visited. He also instructed the head maid Maria and Oman to search the servant’s quarters. It was long shot because they were always scanned by security before they left the house to run any errand so there was no way any of them sneaked the pink butterfly out of the house.

“Start with my room.” Ruth voluntarily raised her hand, she was very sure that it was a waste of time and it was as the only jewelry in her room was hers.

She gave grandma Mayfair a distraught look. “See!! you misunderstood me because i am not your blood related granddaughter grandma, but i understand the position you are in so i will not hold it against you.

You may not want to believe it but Phoebe here is a thief, she stole so many of my things and claimed that I gave them to her. Of course I always let it slide because they were old and my parents always replaced them. Let’s search Phoebe’s room now, if we don’t find the butterfly brooch then you can brand me a liar.” Ruth bypassed her parents and pulled Phoebe by the hand towards her bedroom.

The rest of the people followed them inside the bedroom. The moment they stepped foot inside, Ruth ordered Ophelia to search every corner of the room.

“Yes of course Miss Ruth.” Ophelia started from the least expected places like the bathroom, under the bed, in the pillows which were changed daily and searched the lingerie drawer last. With eager hands, she rummaged through it but she couldn’t find the brooch where she left it.

Her terrified eyes met those of Ruth and she shook her head. In disbelief, Ophelia removed everything, throwing it to the ground but the brooch wasn’t there.

“It’s gone!!” Ophelia’s dreadful voice was loud for them to hear. Ruth’s smile quickly fell, confused by what was happening.

Even if she tried, Ruth couldn’t hide the disappointed she felt when Ophelia mentioned that the pink butterfly was gone.

“What do you mean it’s gone? How? Check again properly!!” Ruth blatantly shouted, her words attracted everyone’s attention.

“Why does it seem like you were so certain that the brooch was in there.” Andre folded his arms.

Phoebe who was standing close to Andre smiled mysteriously and nodded continuously.

“Well I guess you just branded yourself a liar Ruth. Andre has whispered to me some of the things you claimed i stole and all those things were brought to my house by you Ruth, you gave them to me. The Gabriels, your birth parents always sang your praises for your generosity. Have you suddenly lost your memory?”

The only thing Ruth heard out of everything that Phoebe said was her calling the Gabriels her birth parents. She scanned her mind for a way to play victim and as usual, her hand moved up to her heart.

A fed up grandma Mayfair suddenly spoke up sternly. “Don’t you dare faint now Ruthie, you accused Phoebe of being a thief so don’t act like you are more offended than she is.”

Ruth stood in a slumped posture and swallowed exaggerated, defeated by the situation. The only person that she could blame was Ophelia, the woman just couldn’t do anything right. It was her fault putting her trust in her. Her moist eyes looked at Collin, hoping that he would rescue her.

“I just believed in Ophelia’s words because she has been with our family for far longer than Phoebe. It’s my fault, i am in wrong?” she cried out pitifully.

Collin shot an accusing gaze Phoebe’s way as if she was to blame for Ophelia’s words too.

“That’s enough Phoebe, we have now confirmed that you are not the thief. Grandma, this is really unfair to Ruthie, she was obviously acting this way because of what Ophelia had said. The woman said that she saw Phoebe sneaking into mother’s room.” Collin held Ruth’s hands to comfort her.

“Exactly and about Phoebe taking my things I wasn’t lying about that!! I gave them to her unwillingly because she would cry and accuse me of not being a true friend if i didn’t help her. Gabriels can vouch for me.” Ruth wiped a tear from the edge of her eye.

A loud snicker escaped Phoebe’s lips. “Of course they will vouch for you, again they are your parents. Do you know how many times your father flogged and locked me in the dark closet because you lied against me?”

Now was the right time to drop a few more bombs on the Ruth-Gabriel front, Phoebe figured. Ruth had taken the first shot by accusing her of being a thief openly, it would not be fair if she didn’t clean up her name while taking her down a peg.

Phoebe’s words elicited a ‘WHAT’ from everyone including Collin. This was the second time they were hearing about that closet and the inhumane behavior of those monsters.

From the way things appeared, the Gabriels and Ruth really had a close relationship, so much so that they had been punishing Phoebe unjustly for slighting Ruth. Did it mean the Gabriels and Ruth had known the truth all along?

Collin tore his hard away from Ruth who was holding his tightly and he took a step away from her.

Ruth was stunned as she didn’t expect her words to turn around and cause more trouble for her. All she wanted to assert her claim that Phoebe was a thief but now she had just turned her into the victim that had to be pitied. Worse though, Phoebe had made it sound as if she and the Gabriels were in cahoots.

The palpitations of her heart picked up speed and her mind raced. She quickly covered her eyes and bawled heat brokenly.

“I don’t know about this, i already said that i don’t know anything. When i visited Phoebe, the Gabriels never exposed any violence or distasteful behavior. They may not have been the best parents to her because they are poor and greedy but i don’t know if they were so inhumane to a child they believed to be their own.

Father believe me, maybe Phoebe is lying against them. She wants you to hate my birth parents and hate me too, please find the Gabriels and clear the air about this. If they are monsters, i want nothing to do with them, i don’t want to be locked in a dark closet.” Tears rolled down her cheeks as she shook her head in disbelief.

Phoebe was aware that all Ruth was doing was for show because Ruth knew that the Gabriels physically violent towards her. Since Ruth wanted the Gabriel’s to be honest, she would be sure to aid that along when the time came.