Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 268

Chapter 268: The fire at Lockhart__1

While the three people rushed away from the lounge in their individual cars, the ones David had left behind were rather curious about their reasons for leaving in such a hurry.

Thomas and Nile could only turn to Arrow, hoping that he could enlighten them on the situation.

Arrow raised his eyebrows and smirked. He had that smug look on his face which he always had when he knew something other people did not. It was always worse when they wanted to know but couldn’t forcefully pry his mouth open.

Nile groaned, he could tell that it was going to take some cajoling to open Arrow’s mouth.

“What will it take?”

Thomas put down his wine glass. “I recently acquired a few gold leaves that were part of the original window from the original St. Sebastian palace.” He nodded.

Nile scoffed. “Golden leaves from the window which once belonged to Princess Grania of St. Sebastian nation in exchange for some information! wow, cousin, you are generous.”

Nile said so because the entire window was made from precious materials like gold, sapphires and amber. It had been stolen during the second St, Sebastian war.

The window was considered to be an art piece and a national treasure in their nation. The golden leaves were part of the window and each cost as much as twenty million.

“I have three leaves, i can give you one.” Thomas tempted Arrow.

Arrow smiled like a carnivore and he nodded. “Luna Elithera is settling in the city and something about a fire.”

“That’s all!” Niles exclaimed.

Arrow shrugged. “I am only slightly skilled at lip reading. Besides, i was getting a headache from over using my vision. I am expecting my leaf before the sun rises Thomas.”

“What fire?” Nile asked.

His question would be answered in two minutes as news on the fire started to spread.

When the group of three reached Lockhart, they were greeted by fire trucks, emergency responders and hospital residents including patients, doctors and workers that had survived and were being directed to sit in an open tent.

Many were receiving emergency care and attached to oxygen masks.

It was a mess and chaos reigned everywhere, some people were running towards the fire and others away from it.

“Holy crap!” Luke took his glasses off as he stepped out of the car.

Just like David, he had been expecting a small fire, not what resembled a sea of wild forest fire determined to turn everything in it’s path into ash.

He turned around in circles, slowly taking everything in. Screams pierced the air, mingling with the wailing sirens and guttural roar of fire. Strangers reached out to one another, pulling each other from harms way.

“Over here! More in coming!” A doctor shouted when fire fighters emerged from the smoke carrying people, what they didn’t know was if they were dead or alive.

David did not care about everything around, even if the sky fell he would not notice. His mind was focused on only one thing, finding Ruth.

First, he grabbed the closest doctor he recognized and asked him about Ruth. The doctor shook his head, indicating that he had no idea where she was.

Luke and Luna followed in his footsteps, questioning the nurses and doctors but it was all in vain.

“Help, help!” A firefighter screamed.

He was coming from the Eastern wing of the building which was the most affected one. David moved closer for the woman that the fire fighter was carrying looked so similar to Ruth.

On looking closer, it was not her.

“Is that her?” Luna asked.

Her right hand was in her front pocket and she was already playing with the tip of her knife. As soon as David confirmed that it was Ruth, she would slit her throat and throw her body back into the fire.

David shook his head regretfully. At this point, he hoped she was already dead. If it was so then the heavens would have done them all a great favor.

“No it’s not her, I’ll check the dead bodies, you guys check the survivors.”

“I will first check the with EMT’s and see those that have been rushed away to nearby hospitals, David send your people to confirm their identities. After that, i will monitor the survivor’s tent, if she is brought in or has been taken there, i will get to her first.” Luke dashed off.

As he hurried away, Luke called Collin and informed him of what had happened.

“I have not called Pheebs first because I don’t know how she will react. You are better at delivering bad news, call and tell her.” He hung up abruptly.

Collin was about to leave the house and meet up with Shana when he got this call. Immediately, he abandoned those plans and rushed back into the house, knocking on every door and sharing the information with everyone.

Just like David, their minds all jumped to Ruth, not in worry for her life but worry that she might escape and harm Phoebe.

Grandma Mayfair reached out to Santos and he assured her that Phoebe was safe, about to leave the cafe. This news brought momentary satisfaction to them.

“I am going to the hospital.” Collin informed them.

“Me too.” grandma Mayfair declared. “I have to make sure that mad woman stays locked up tight and she does not get a chance to escape and harm our family.”

“I am going too.” Jennie volunteered.

“Get Phoebe’s mini van ready, we are all going.” Edward told Collin.

Collin turned to do as ordered but Edward stopped him for a brief moment.

“Don’t tell your sister just yet, we should first find out the true circumstances of the situation and find Ruth. I don’t want my daughter to be troubled with such things anymore.”

Unknown to him was the fact that Phoebe had already seen the news on the television just as she was closing up the cafe.

It happened at the very moment when she was preparing to chase away the therapist ghost that had returned with the same request.

As soon as she saw the news, she had thought of Ruth immediately then got in her car and started driving to the hospital.

While she was driving, the Saxon spirit looked through the passenger window of the car, gazing in the direction of the hospital.

“I can see a thick black smoke rising to the heavens. It’s truly coming from the direction of the Lockhart hospital.”

Phoebe chanted some words and used her mind to find Ruth. She had been wise enough to put a tracking worm Ruth’s body but unlike the first time when locating her had been easy, this time she couldn’t clearly pin the location down.

“I can sense where she is but I cannot find her, it’s almost as if something is blocking the power of the bug i put in her body.” Phoebe told the spirit.

“Keep trying.” The spirit encouraged.

She did, not once but twice. By the time she was on the sixth try, she had arrived on the outskirts of Lockhart.