Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Phoebe and Collin Mayfair meet.

Even though he had a name, he was going to have to find the evidence on his own and fill in the missing gaps and that made him frustrated.

For Phoebe however, this was a happy ending. The energy Susie released went directly to her body and the number of days she had left to live doubled. There was nothing left for her in that place anymore.

“My glasses.” she held a hand out to Shark expectantly.

The detective handed them over reluctantly. He would have preferred to keep them because they would make it easier for him to see ghosts without calling on Phoebe every time. When he imagined the case load he could clear if he could speak to the victims, his greed grew by leaps and bounds.

He grabbed on to her arm desperately. “Can’t i hung on to them for a while?”

Phoebe put them in her pocket. “No, they are more useful to me than you. Our business is done for now Shark, I have fulfilled my end of the deal, it’s your turn.”

“What are you hoping to find anyway?” he asked her curiously.

Phoebe raised her eyes up briefly before finding the right answer which she thought most suitable.

“Myself.”

She walked all the way to the road and hailed a taxi because Shark couldn’t drive her back. He had to go to Susie’s apartment and start searching for clues leading him to the murderer.

After parting ways with Detective Shark, Phoebe went straight to the cafe to resume her work, it was around 2:30 in the afternoon. When she walked in, she was surprised to see that Collin Mayfair was still waiting for her apparently.

It was obvious that he was agitated judging by how he had furrowed his face. He stood up the moment she walked in because she fit the description of his assistant perfectly.

He raised his hand and gestured at her to come over and talk to him.

But to his greater shock, Phoebe walked past him like she hadn’t seen him. It was intentional because she wasn’t planning on giving him an audience.

Phoebe watched the man get gobsmacked by her behavior as he sat back down. She totally ignored him and moved to the table where her ghost client was waiting.

There was no need for introduction because she and the ghost had met once before. He was a man in his thirties who had died in a fatal car accident leaving his only sister behind. They were orphans and he had single handedly raised her, doing all it took it to send her to school. Unfortunately misfortune struck and he died before witnessing her graduation from the university.

His ghost had stayed behind, reluctant to move on because he wanted to watch over her and because he had made a promise to her which he had to fulfil.

Fortunately, she was graduating and already had a job offer. He didn’t have to worry about her anymore but he wanted to fulfill his promise of celebrating the milestone with her.

“I have failed to move on because she cries herself to sleep every night calling for me. She is now alone in the world, the least i can do is make sure she gets to celebrate her graduation with me and know that i am proud of her. Please buy her cake, invite her and let me talk to her through you, maybe then I’ll find peace.” He had begged Phoebe who agreed to help.

She had called his sister and the girl had agreed to come to the cafe reluctantly.

“She’ll soon be here.” Phoebe assured the ghost although she wasn’t certain because his sister was late by thirty minutes.

When the rattle bell chimed, Phoebe and the ghost looked at the door and there she was. She looked alot like her brother only that her face was slimmer.

“Sandra Tete, am Phoebe Gabriel,we talked over the phone, am shocked that you came here, most people do not believe in ghost stories…”

Phoebe was cut shot by Sandra who made it clear that she wasn’t there because she believed her. “Am here because if this will let big brother rest in peace, then I’ll try it. I don’t believe in this ghost nonsense and am not paying a dime like I told you earlier. ” She sat in the chair opposite to Phoebe’s.

A loud chuckle slipped through Collin Mayfair’s lips, he had been watching what he had concluded to describe was a freak show. He was glad that the young woman that had walked in didn’t fall for Phoebe’s tricks either.

His reaction miffed Phoebe so she pulled out the ghost seeing black glasses and handed them to Sandra who wore them hesitantly.

A loud gasp escaped her lips, she raised her hand and covered her trembling mouth. She couldn’t believe that she was actually seeing her brother.

She did the same thing most humans did, stood up, stumbled backwards, took the glasses off and put them on again. She expressed her disbelief and finally sat down after becoming a believer.

Phoebe excused herself and left the two siblings to catch up. She watched them cry and laugh for about twenty minutes. She then asked Rosset to bring the rainbow cake which she carried to the table on which the siblings were sited.

“Your brother asked that we deliver this to you, apparently you like rainbows so we bought you a rainbow cake.” Phoebe handed her the knife to cut into the cake.

After congratulating the her, the three women and the ghost enjoyed a piece of cake each while Connie complained that she hadn’t been given any.

“Make sure that you save a slice for me sister.” She fluttered her eyelashes like those of a doll.

Rosset handed Phoebe a small black box which Phoebe placed on the table. The two siblings stared quizzically at her because they didn’t know what was in it.

“Open it.” Phoebe softly asked Sandra and winked at the ghost because he hadn’t planned anything else other than the cake for his sister.

Inside the small box was a car key. “It’s not a celebration without a gift. Your brother asked me to get you a car, it’s your dream car. I hope that you think of him happily each time you drive it. He is going to a better place now so you should stop crying for him and let him find peace.” Phoebe told the girl who was crying but only this time it was tears of gratitude and happiness.

One of the reasons as to why Phoebe needed a lot of money was because helping some ghosts came at a monetary price.

The ghost was more than grateful for her kind gesture that it couldn’t stop thanking her. After the two siblings said their last goodbyes, the ghost slowly vanished and Sandra left.

Collin who hadn’t shifted his eyes from Phoebe let out a guffaw.

He clapped his hands repeatedly and thanked Phoebe for the show.

“Phoebe is it.” He said with a look of unhidden disgust on his face. “You really enjoy playing mind games with people’s emotions and manipulating them. How are you benefiting from all of it? Wait…wait I do not actually care anyway. Whatever you do just stay away from my sister Ruth Mayfair because obviously you are a bad character judging by how you are tricking people for a living and chasing after men that don’t want you. As for the matter of you beating her up, i expect an apology from you to her as soon as possible or you will not be able to con anyone in this city ever again.”

Phoebe who was about to answer him closed her mouth when he raised his hand and signaled her to shut up because he was about to answer a call.

“Yes Father?” Collin answered only for the person on the other end of the line to shout at him.

“I’ll be there in a few….” he walked out of the cafe after giving Phoebe one last sharp glance.