Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 211

Chapter 211: Little molehills before big mountains.
David’s hand slowly moved over her right arm, drawing circles, crosses, ticks and all sorts of random things. He knew that broaching this subject would be difficult for her, especially since she seemed to prefer that the past remain in the past.

He just hadn’t anticipated that talking about it would be like pulling a nail out of a wall with a plastic knife, it was a difficult task, almost impossible.

“I had a dream.” he finally spoke after much thinking, “In that dream, we were married by this time and you lived with me in the Saxon tower. Our marriage was pervaded with many misunderstandings.

My mother could not get along with you and every time i defended you, she just lost her mind and took her anger out on you. In order to protect you, i stopped defending you in front of her, keeping my silence whenever she berated you.” He laughed harshly, a tinge of self mockery in the sound. “I was wrong, the more i remained silent and indifferent, the more i harmed you. I was a coward i think, i should have just taken your hand and run away with you. If only__, if only..” he broke off.

David didn’t say more and neither did Phoebe, silence filled the room, a spirit of regret lingered agonizingly in the air.

“We had children.” he said, softly, almost as if he was afraid to say it out loud.

The insides of Phoebe’s stomach clenched but she retained silence.

“You gave me two beautiful boys, Rufus and Ramy.” he continued weakly.

A soft whimper escaped Phoebe’s lips, and she ripped herself out of his arms. Her breathing was uneasy and she had this lump that was stuck in her throat. Her eyelashes were already damp and tears were threatening to escape her eyes.

“I need to use your bathroom.”

She run from the living room and found the bathroom in his bedroom. Phoebe could hear the sounds of his footsteps as David followed after her, calling out her name but she didn’t stop.

Inside the bathroom, she shut the door firmly, locking it behind to stop him from coming inside. She slid down against the door and finally exploded into tears.

The Saxon spirit, Connie and Sylvester all came out of the space and surrounded her. None of them said a word to comfort her, they could not as it would not ease her pain.

Outside, sitting in a similar position, David was also sobbing silently, releasing tears that he had been holding back for over a year.

Both of them were filled with self blame and regret, if only they had communicated better, they would have saved their family.

Two hours passed slowly and the door was finally opened, Phoebe stepped out and she met David’s hulking frame, waiting just outside the door.

He handed her a glass of water, painkillers and put her to bed. He figured they had opened up enough of the past and the rest could wait for another time.

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The next morning, she opened her eyes before David did and quickly slid out of the bed and left his apartment, going to hers in order to take a bath.

From there, it was business as usual, her plans for the day were many and she needed to get a head start. First, she went to her usual seed vendor, she needed new seeds of different varieties.

She also needed some herbs that were main ingredients in some of the tonics but to her disappointment the rare herbs had all been purchased.

“Mr. Alton, didn’t we agree that you save all your Black Cohosh and ginseng for me? I even paid a deposit, this is immoral of you.” She huffed and pouted, expressing her unhappiness.

Even though she was displeased, she could never truly keep her anger when it came to the vendor Mr. Alton. He was a middle aged man, pushing mid fifties. His face was clean shaven and round, marked with laugh lines as he was mostly ever jolly.

He had a full head of brown hair and was in good shape. He was always neat and his character was excellent. Mr. Alton was one of the people that knew of her occupation and did not discriminate against her. He was even a regular at the cafe.

“I tried miss Phoebe but an old friend had an emergency, i didn’t sell it, i gave it out for free.” He handed her an envelope of cash which was the deposit she had made. “Pure organic herbs are really rear these days, the sun is harsh and unfavorable for us to grow them. As you can see, the quality of most seeds and herbs has greatly declined.” Sadness could be detected in his voice.

His words made Phoebe more determined to grow her own herbs, it was better than depending on others. The land she had been given by her father had been cleared and it was ready for planting.

All she needed were workers and a farm manager to handle things in her absence. It was her intention to ask Collin for help dealing with this problem.

She bid Mr. Alton farewell, leaving behind the deposit in case he came across other rare seeds and herbs.

“Why don’t you try David? He mentioned that he was looking for a herbalist that grows the variant Ivy leaf, maybe he could have some of the herbs you need.” The Saxon spirit suggested as they walked casually.

Phoebe sighed deeply. “I cannot rely on him for everything, i need to be independent otherwise i will be back to my old self.”

Feeling down spirited, Phoebe sighed as she walked out of the mall with her shoulders slumped. She was not paying attention to her surroundings and as a result, three reckless boys on scooters bumped into her.

She lost her balance and stumbled backwards, her bag slid from her shoulder and fell to the ground along with her.

Without pause and shame, the boys snatched her bag and run towards a small alley. Phoebe quickly raised to her feet and prepared to run after them when a white haired man suddenly dashed past her and followed the thieves into the alley, shouting at them to stop.

Although he had white hair, Phoebe could tell from his back structure that he was not David.

As she was still processing that, Pike run past her, following them and Santos caught her by the shoulders. His eyes moved all over her as if checking for injuries.

“Miss Phoebe are you alright? You shouldn’t go in there, don’t you remember what happened the last time you entered an alley? We’ll take care of it.” He assured her.

Phoebe’s widely open eyes kept looking at him in wonder, she had no idea that the men were still following her around. Not once had she grown suspicious, they were becoming more skilled at the their jobs.

She had become more wary of people after the Timmy incident, David had been right from the start, it was a good thing to have protection.

After what seemed like a long wait but was actually a minute and ten seconds, Pike came back. Phoebe stared at him quizzically because he didn’t have the bag. Before she could ask why, the white haired man appeared behind him with her bag in hand.

He stopped in front of her and held it to her eyes with a charming smile.

Phoebe on the other hand had a disgusted look etched on her face as she lowered at him.

[Dickson!]