Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 159

Chapter 159: It’s a cemetry, of course there are ghosts.

His words made the Mayfair’s uncomfortable but they didn’t intervene to correct him because he had only spoken the truth. Also, he was army general Drusus, not many people corrected or talked back to him.

The one person most shocked at the revelation was Miranda. She thought maybe she had misheard but those furtive glances between the Mayfair’s and Ruth’s uncomfortable energy told a different story. In fact, as Ruth herself was not daring to contradict the general, it had to be true.

The closest Saxons heard it too so they stared in their direction with Rose-bell moving closer to listen in on the conversation.

“Cuckoo? Who is the cuckoo?” Rose-bell asked.

Miranda’s trembling hand pointed at Ruth.

“How? She is one of those cuckoos in the news, oh my God!!!!, she stepped away from Ruth as if the young woman had suddenly grown boils on her skin.”

Further more, she shot Jennie an accusing look. “You are really unbelievable, you have known this all the while and kept quiet. I have been here trying to get her and David together and you said nothing. Did you hide this such that my son can marry a cuckoo? Let me tell you right now, it will not happen.”

All of the Mayfairs had no words for Miranda who had managed to make this matter all about her. What possible benefit would they receive from plotting to have Ruth marry David? Miranda was the one pushing for it, not them.

“Oh look here comes the real heiress” General Drusus loudly announced, pointing at Phoebe who was walking their way between Collin and David.

The two men were holding onto one of her arms each, engaged in a minor game of push and pull. Collin wanted to get Phoebe away from David and David was determined not to release her. The one being pulled from sided to side had an exhausted look on her face.

“Tsk, she knows how to command attention for sure, a true Mayfair.” General Drusus approved.

In her plain black dress, wide brim hat, black gloves on her hands and high heels, Phoebe looked like she was attending a royal funeral.

Miranda gulped as she watched the real Mayfair heiress come in with her son. In her mind, the stars had aligned for sure, her son had already linked up with the real one. Thank God he had the sense to reject the cuckoo early on. David must have known the truth all along. Miranda wanted the hat and sunglasses to be removed so that she could have a good look at the woman.

Rose-bell leaned towards Andre and whispered, “Why is David with her?”

“Don’t get me started on that clingy bastard, he will not leave my sister alone.” Andre responded.

Almost every eye at the venue had turned to Phoebe and the two men. A woman walking between a Saxon and a Mayfair was bound to capture attention. Whispers were already floating around.

“Who is that?”

“Where did she buy that dress?”

“Is she David’s girlfriend, the witch?”

“Isn’t Collin dating Kelly? Why is he with a new woman?”

“Did you hear that, apparently she is the real Mayfair heiress.”

The thirteen young women had gathered again and they were more than excited for the drama. Most of them had come for the state funeral unwillingly, expecting it to be a drab event. To fill up the time, they had been gossiping about this and that, mostly about Ruth and the Mayfair affairs.

“I can’t believe she is here, look at Ruth, she is melting.” one of them whispered.

“This must be her worst nightmare, oh thank God i am not a cuckoo. General Drusus really just shouted it loudly for everyone to hear, my God!!!”

“Miranda Saxon was trying to get David and Ruth engaged, what is she going to do now?”

“There is no way the Saxons will be accepting Ruth now. Have you met David’s mother? She has just one consideration for daughter-in-law, you must be from the top founding families.”

“Camilla stands a chance.”

Camilla flipped her hair back and her nose pointed in the air and she raised her head proudly.

Phoebe could hear the whispers but she didn’t give them any attention. She was standing in the presence of general Drusus, who was looking over her curiously.

“You, little girl, i told Amon to invite you over for dinner but you turned me down. Is it so bad being on friendly terms with me?”

“Why would i be friends with a stranger?” Phoebe retorted.

“Ha!” General Drusus laughed. “Anyway, i thought for a minute that you were not coming when you contributed largely to the return of these soldiers home. If you had not shown up, i was going to hold on to your medal of merit for civilians that make great contributions. I recommended you. You are really grateful, aren’t you? You probably want to hug me right?” He gave her his most proud look, waiting for her to praise him for his great deed.

Amon likened his uncle to a silly husky in his mind as he approached them. Why the heck did he like Phoebe so much despite meeting her only once?

“Uncle, please, we are in public.” he whispered.

General Drusus snubbed his nephew and kept his eyes on Phoebe.

“In return for my good deed, i want breakfast from your cafe daily. It should be free for the rest of my life.”

“Uncle!!” Amon raised his voice slightly.

He cleared his throat and his eyes roamed around. There were reporters around for heavens sake!! If they caught wind of this, the headlines tomorrow would be medal of merit sold for free life time supply of breakfast. They would milk the story the way they were milking the cuckoos.

General Drusus was not finished, he lowered his head and whispered to her. “Girl, what is your life like in the Mayfair home living with the person that stole your life? Is there any kind of plotting like the one in dramas? Recently, my wife and i are watching tale of two sisters and it is almost like your life. Two girls were swapped at birth and…”

Grandma Mayfair came forward with a smile on her face.

“Mmm, general, can we talk about this later. Phoebe needs to sit down and you are needed by one of the congress men.”

She directed him to the congressman that was waving in their direction wildly. Successfully, she retrieved Phoebe away sat her down in the empty chair which had been left for her between herself and Andre.

Andre sat down quickly before David could snatch his chair.

“Sister, why were you late?”

Phoebe smiled and answered, “Traffic.”

Andre turned his head and passed this answer on to his mother and she told Edward, who told Luke that whispered it to Collin.

Phoebe didn’t want to mention the kidnapping, not right now. There had been a lot of drama in the family lately and they needed a small break from it. Moreover, Ruth had covered her face when she met Mitch, so it could not be proven that she was behind the kidnapping.

“Are there any ghosts here?” Andre asked.

Phoebe looked around and nodded calmly. It was a cemetery, of course there were ghosts around, many of them.

Hopefully, they would not try to start a conversation with her when she was surrounded by all these people and television cameras. Enough people thought of her as crazy, as it was.