Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 296

Chapter 296: Poor parenting=monsters.

“So did you go to the Whitlock ranch?” David asked.

He knew were the Whitlock’s lived because Roxanne had already sent him a file with information on the family. They were relatively wealthy and owned a large cattle ranch. In the last three years, at least thirteen cattle had gone missing.

America was quick to notice that David was already aware about of Whitlock family residence and she wondered how but she did not ask, she needed to finish her story.

“I did, Mr. Whitlock personally drove me to ranch on the edge of the city near Coracora falls. As soon as in entered the house, i looked at pictures of the family first. You learn a lot about a family or a person from the pictures they choose to display.”

She briefly glanced at Phoebe and continued. ” At first glance, the family appeared to be normal and they looked happy in the pictures. The Whitlock’s are a small family of five, Humphrey has two sisters, one older than him and the other younger. She is around five years old, the one he cut with that knife when he wanted to see blood.” America wiped a tear that came out of the corner of her right eye. She sniveled which only only increased the listener’s fear and worry.

“It started off well, I would go there twice a week,Tuesdays and Fridays. We would talk and i made Humphrey keep a journal of his feelings and thoughts which I would read and make assessments on our progress.

He continued to lie in all of our sessions and even in the journal but once in a while he would let something slip and when he did, he would lose it. In those moments I would catch a glimpse of the monster beneath the surface.

One day I went to the ranch earlier than usual and I found out what i was not supposed to.” America’s dry lips trembled.

The listeners faces were a group of kaleidoscope expressions. Wide eyes brimming with wonder, furrowed brows hungry for answers, lips slightly parted as though on the verge of asking questions they dared not to voice.

“What did you find out?” Shark perched on the edge of his sit, his body angled forward.

“I want to know that too, we all do.” Grandma Mayfair nervously tapped her feet, her curiosity palpable.

America cleared her hoarse throat. “From the time I saw the timid Whitlock daughters, I always wanted to interact with them. If anyone knew about Humphrey’s true face and would be willing to open up, it was his sisters.

I believed that they had to know something but their parents never let me get close to them, it was almost as if they were intentionally hiding the girls from me but that day I found them feeding some cows in one the bullpens by themselves.

I grabbed the opportunity and spoke to them. The older girl whose name is Diana went pale the moment I mentioned Humphrey’s name, the vibrant color drained from their faces. The younger child run away screaming like she had seen a predator.

Diana on the other hand began to cry, she told me that her brother was the scariest person she had ever met. He had taken her cat to his play house and killed it, she also confessed that it was her brother that pushed Kendall Smith at the play ground at the time i didn’t think much of that at the moment.

i just let her talk some more she went on to tell me that he liked to torture them and when they cried he laughed. Even when they reported to the parents, they only told them to reconcile and forgive their brother because he had a bad temper.” America paused and took a deep breath.

Claire banged the table loudly. “Kendall? Kendall Smith?

That’s the name of the kid whose bones had been found! All the medical examiners had received the notice because it was a child, so all hands were on deck to ensure that nothing was missed. Was it a coincidence that a child with the same name that had been pushed by this Humphrey had died?”

America nodded once, she had already seen the name of the victim.

Shark hurriedly checked through the documents and confirmed it. “It’s him, she’s the victim. So that means Diana is a witness!”

“Not necessarily, we must depend on science to examine evidence. Did Kendall die on the same day he was pushed?” Claire asked.

Grandma Mayfair smacked her lips. “Those poor Whitlock kids are they safe? Safe from that monstrous kid I mean, if he knows that she witnessed him murdering someone then….”

Claire wanted to repeat her words but she let it be, the evidence would do the talking later.

Shaking her head, America wiped another tear. ” I am afraid not, both Diana and i never realized that Humphrey had already returned from school. As we walked out of the bull pen, he saw us from the a library window when I went to see him he asked what Diana and I were talking about.

Of course i answered his question with a lie but the frost in his eyes let me know that he did not believe me and he was pissed off as hell. I was worried about the girls so I didn’t leave early, I decided to wait until the Whitlock’s were back.

I informed them about what had happened, they were furious and berated me for interrogating their daughter in their absence. They asked me to leave their home and never return, I apologized but warned them that their girls needed to be removed from that ranch. I told them their daughters needed counseling for they were traumatized, I also advised that they should never allow Humphrey to mingle with his sisters, ever.”

“I hope they listened.” Shark interrupted.

“Unfortunately not.” Answered America.

David stamped his foot. “God damn it! They never easily do.”

“To an extent you cannot blame them, no parent wants to admit that there is something wrong with their children, until it’s too late.” Grandma Mayfair spoke softly, putting herself in the Whitlock’s position.

She also recalled the many times they made excuses and offered apologies for Ruth. In the end, it was parents that often made monsters out of their children.

America nodded. “When I went back home, I called a friend in child protective services and reported the bruises I had seen on Diana’s arm. I spoke to a lawyer and I was warned that I would lose my license if I over stepped my boundaries or shared confidential client information.

Diana’s words kept ringing in the back of my mind however, she had mentioned a play house, I wanted to check and see what was inside. Most kids keep their most treasured belongs in play houses or tree houses.

So the next day when the Whitlock’s weren’t expecting me, I went back to the ranch under the guise of wanting to apologize to them. They were not home, the house keeper told me that Diana had been rushed to the hospital, she fell and rolled down the stairs in the night.”

“Same M.O, he did the same thing to the both of you.” Shark arched an eye brow.

“Luckily Diana had survived the fall, I took my chance then and searched Humphrey’s play house. There was nothing suspicious until I checked the medium sized box that was stowed under the extra large bean bag. I opened it without a second thought, guys i wish I could unsee what I saw in there.” She broke down and cried