Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 205

Chapter 205: Kicked out.

In the days that followed the Verdemonts dominated the news, with the affair and murder being splashed on the front page of every newspaper.

It was the leading news on social media, television and radios, milked thoroughly by prosecutors, police and politicians looking to make a statement. It even made international news just like the cuckoo case had done.

The Verdemonts were faced with baseless accusations of covering up for Brandon and partaking his murder. The scandal reached fever pitch and even the light of faith distanced itself from them.

The Minister of the faith and the head of the church personally called for a press conference and denied having any knowledge about some of their family member’s extra curricular activities. To prove this, Emilia was relieved of all her duties in the church and the Verdemont’s attendance to mass was suspended. The minister also denied having any personal connections to the family.

It was debunked quickly online when pictures of the minister and Emilia looking cozy surfaced. Additional pictures of him coming out of the Verdemont residence during the time when the exorcisms on Linda were carried out were leaked.

The leak was none other than Luther himself who was digging deeply into everything that happened before Linda died.

All the atrocities committed by any member of the family in the past were resurrected one by one by the press who were not afraid of exposing and writing about them anymore.

The previous night, the founding council had voted unanimously to kick them out, from that moment forward, they could be considered commoners. To say the least, their social life was going to change.

They had gone from Fog country royalty to just rich folks and the rich part was also shaking because the stocks of the Verdemont corporation had been falling day after day as the scandal grew.

As for Emilia and Ekhart, their relationship was now rocky because he was certain that she had cheated on him with the minister of the church of light. Rumor had it that he wanted a DNA test done on all of his children and he was claiming that Brandon was possibly not his son because no child of his could ever commit murder or engage in a same sex relationship.

Some sharp online news media had jumped on the rumor to claim that perhaps Brandon was a cuckoo personally brought in by Emilia.

The Verdemont legacy was coming undone, just as Luther intended, he was going after them all, making them pay for Linda’s death as he had promised.

Phoebe was in the living room with her mother and grandmother, her hair was being braided by Jennie who was arranging it for their mother-daughter date. It was less of a date and more of a trip to the supermarket which Phoebe had been coerced into.

“The police has arrested Paul Verdemont this morning following the revelation of information from an anonymous source that he was involved in a hit and run incident three years ago. This accident happened around July on a rainy night and a drunk Paul crushed his car into a sixteen year old girl. A man named Joy Malloy turned himself in to the police the following morning and confessed to the murder and he received a two year sentence and probation because the victim did not die. She survived but lost all mobility in her legs. Since the case…..”

Grandma Mayfair switched off the TV with a remote. She had a slightly agitated expression on her face.

“I have had enough about the Verdemonts to last me a life time. My goodness! Luther is really determined to take them all down.” She frowned at Phoebe. “Do you think that he is the anonymous source?”

“Probably.” Phoebe mumbled out.

The words were muffled as she was chewing after taking a large bite out of a strawberry cupcake with a lot of vanilla frosting.

She had five more of those cupcakes lined out on a tray, waiting to be eaten. They were another product of Maria who was quickly working her way into becoming one of Phoebe’s favorite people in the world.

Jennie stuck a gold hairpin with pearls in Phoebe’s hair. Not satisfied, she added two more which still didn’t satisfy her eyes so she added one with red tassels.

Grandma Mayfair looked at Phoebe, wondering if she even had an opinion on what was going on on her head. Phoebe seemed to be more interested in the cupcakes than anything else. The relish on her face as she started on the second one certainly said so.

Jennie took a hold of Phoebe’s left hand and clasped on a luxurious emerald green gold bracelet.

“Oh for heavens sake Jennie it’s a trip to the supermarket not a ball or a wedding. Why are you dolling her up so much?”

“Mother, we are going out on important business.” Jennie claimed.

Grandma Mayfair had no idea what they were up to and neither did Phoebe. She figured that she would find out when they got there.

“Stop eating, let’s go.” Jennie told her.

Phebe picked up her bag and stood up. “I am ready.”

Even if her mother had dressed her up to look like a decorated Christmas tree, Phoebe could not have cared, she was just happy to have a mother that actually cared about how she looked.

Jennie got a tissue and cleaned some of the frosting that had made it to the tip of Phoebe’s nose.

“You eat like a cat.” she told her.

Phoebe smiled widely and chuckled.

“Collin…” Jennie yelled.

Grandma Mayfair put down the newspaper she had just picked up and sent Jennie a look of reproach, she disapproved of such uncalled for yelling in the house. Even Collin was agitated as he made his way down the stairs in a new look which he had chosen to debut that morning.

Collin was a suit kind of man, day or night, at home, a party, a club, at work, at the church. The only time Collin Mayfair was not in a well pressed expensive suit was when he was working out or going to the gym.

He had ditched the suit today and stepped out in jeans, a white shirt and white sneakers. He even had sunglasses on the top of head which drew attention to his hair that had been trimmed on the sides and a messy fringe.

“Ooooohhhh!!” Grandma Mayfair croaked out in a broken voice.

“I must be dreaming.” Jennie whispered.

Collin rolled his eyes as he walked past them with a smirk on his face.

“What, haven’t you ladies seen a handsome man before?”