Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 481

Chapter 481: Verbal exchange.
Old man Lee walked in with his family; he offered none of the unwelcome guests a greeting which surprised them since he was the one that had invited them over. But since he was older, they accorded him respect by greeting first.

To add salt to injury, the old man ignored their greetings, settling instead into a solitary armchair that was facing them. When he looked at them, it was with disdain, the way one would like at unworthy worms. It made the guests uncomfortable. Some even squirmed under old man Lee’s gaze and none dared to move.

Those that could look away turned their eyes to other people in the room, especially the unfamiliar ones like Phoebe. They knew her as the Mayfair heiress that had been replaced by a cuckoo, a shaman and David Saxon’s girlfriend.

She had not grown up in their circle so there was nothing else they knew about her. Maureen was a familiar face, the Mayfair spinster that was still unmarried to date. Rekha was also familiar to them, the unwanted child from the Montgomery family.

Agatha could not help wondering why old man Lee was collecting strays to join them in this meeting.

“This is not a social visit.” Old man Lee announced. “There is something that was done by both of your families and the consequences of what you did had turned my house upside down.” He continued to speak, his voice carried authority, and it was cold.

Murmurs erupted in the room among the guests, what exactly did the old man mean? None of them could think of a single thing that they had done to warrant the accusation.

“With all due respect old man Lee, you have to give us more than that! What could our family possibly have done to yours?” Jack Osbourne asked. He looked at his wife and shrugged, while his eyes asked if she knew what was going on.

His wife Hazel raised her voice and added to her husband’s words. “I am wondering the same thing! All our family has ever done was to be nice to yours even though you tricked us by marrying your infertile daughter into our family. We have never held it against you. If anybody’s house has been turned upside down, its ours.” She carelessly submitted, her scathing gaze drifted to Minka who loudly sneered.

Her reaction did not please Hazel very much as the woman expected to see shame and remorse on Minka’s face.

Grandpa Lee clenched his fist so hard that his knuckles turned white. “You…you have the audacity to talk about tricks in my house! How dare you open that foul hole on your face to insult me! We tricked you?” He let out a derisive laugh, one meant to taunt the Osbourne especially Hazel.

It took a lot of restraint for Ken not to attack the Osbourne’s. Minka had told him all that they had put her through a while ago, how they ridiculed and heckled at her especially Hazel and her daughters, yet it was their fault that the couple was childless. Their sins had landed on his innocent daughter.

“What a bold loudmouthed bitch you are Hazel; you have always had no shame. I am going to declare right now that the annulment that you threatened us with can happen…in fact no, Minka Lee is filing for divorce first thing tomorrow morning.” He announced.

Ken might as well have fired a bullet in the room, shaking a lot of people up, Phoebe included. Was this Minka’s decision or her father’s?

“What!” Hazel was sincerely shocked, a few days ago Ken Lee was imploring her to rethink the decision of forcing George to divorce and annul the marriage, he even sent her ten golden toads to bribe her but here he was threatening them with a divorce. Had something changed overnight?

The Diggens were very happy to see the Osbourne’s in misery. They made it no secret that they were laughing at them.

Jack’s face twisted in disgust. “On what grounds are you demanding an annulment? My son should be dumping that childless secondhand daughter who lived a wayward teenage life and ruined her womb.” He yelled; his cheeks flushed red from embarrassment.

How could the Lees humiliate them in front of the Diggens their enemies. The sounds of their mocking laugh rebounded in his ears.

“Father do not mind him, we all heard that she aborted a couple of times that is why she cannot have children her ovaries are empty.” Lona Osbourne who was the first daughter of the couple commented.

She was the ringleader of Minka’s tormentors, always seeking her out to remind her of her childlessness, accusing her of wasting her brother George’s youth. One time, she had blatantly accused Minka of eating her children!!

Grandpa Lee’s shaky middle finger pointed at Lona. “Shut that wide disgusting mouth of yours which smells like shit.”

“Woohoo, go grandpa.” Phoebe cheered in her mind. She had no idea that old man Lee was very feisty, he normally came off as reserved and polite.

Old man Lee was still going on, “Your brother George is the one that lived a wayward life. Do you think that we do not know that he married during his university days and that woman did not children for him as well? You knew this and kept it from us! So, who are the liars here? Who sold the other secondhand goods?” He fixed Jack with a penetrating stare. “Our Minka was pure when she married him, look at how you have ruined her life with your deception!”

Louder murmurs and gasps of disbelief erupted from the side where the Diggens sat. Some like Agatha were already posting the gossip about George’s first marriage in the founding lane chats. Next to her Sally Diggens was doing the same thing.

“Unbelievable!” Sally Diggens’ fingers attacked the screen of her phone with urgency as if she didn’t want Agatha to beat her to it.

Jack Osbourne swallowed hard; his embarrassed facial expression mirrored that of his whole family. “How…” he closed his mouth. His accusatory eyes turned to George who he assumed had revealed the secret.

George remained silent, he could neither deny nor confirm the suspicions. He did not even know who to stand with yet, his family or his wife’s family.

“So what if he was married before?” Hazel asked, her voice fearless, her shame turned into anger, igniting hot and white fury. “That does not mean that he is responsible for your granddaughter’s failure to have children!”