Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Whose money is this?

“Bloody hell! Pheebs? Where did you get all this money? And why did we have to dig for it?” David’s eyes widened as he stared back and forth between Phoebe and the bag which was full of money.

Digging for large amounts of money was normally something crime related.

“Why did you open it? Oh wait I forgot you are a Saxon which makes it okay to touch other people’s belongings without permission.” She pulled the bag’s straps away from him.

David had no idea how being a Saxon was tied to touching other people’s belongings without permission. He tried to speak but words failed him as he was at a loss.

“I…it wasn’t intentional….I am just trying to protect you Pheebs. We had to dig for a bag in the ground. There could have been anything in there. You can be angry with me but i am partner and i intend to protect you.” he said strongly.

[Partner! Partner! when did we become partners?]

“Ha-ha-ha wait what? Ha-ha-ha did you say partners? Mr. Saxon you’ve got it all twisted here. You offered to give me a ride and I said yes, I don’t know how that makes you my partner.” Phoebe went ahead to pour the money on the chair she had been sitting on.

As the cash bundles came rolling down, David folded his lips and watched her eyes widen at the sight of money. He chuckled when she took a bundle of the old notes and sniffed it.

The money had been in the ground for so long that it smelled funky. There was a lining in the bag which had protected it from being destroyed by the rain.

[Darn it, it has lost it’s new money smell.]

It was unfortunate because she loved the smell of new money. It was better than any perfume man had ever created. Phoebe lowered the bundle and told David to help her count it.

“Let’s do this quickly I want to close this case by the end of business today.” She signaled Polly and Martin to join.

The two men were reluctant because unlike their boss, they weren’t planning on being ordered around by Phoebe.

David noticed that they hadn’t budged so he gave them a curt look which compelled them to join him.

“Okay partner, let’s do this.” He spoke enthusiastically and clapped once.

Phoebe rolled her eyes, she then squatted and joined David quickly counting the money. He was much faster than her as he was so good with numbers, it was one of the reasons as to why she fell for him.

He was a brilliant man, just lazy because he was a Saxon and like many of them, wealth was a right from birth. Even before a new baby Saxon was born, an account would be opened for the child and no less than fifty million dollars would be deposited into it.

There was a saying among people in the country that to be born a baby Saxon was to win a lottery.

“There is no reason for you to count it, it’s fifteen million dollars.” Sylvester told Phoebe.

Phoebe ignored the words of the ghost however because she was hellbent on counting it. There was no way she was going to trust the word of a thief.

After about thirty minutes, David announced that the money amounted to fifteen million.

“Am impressive aren’t I?” He stood and placed his hands on his waist.

Phoebe for the third time in an hour rolled her eyes. The man’s extreme confidence never failed to shine in any situation.

“Let’s pack it up, we need to leave right now. I need to find the Ruptin family.” She raised her hand and tugged on her front hair.

This was the kind of favor that she normally asked detective Shark for.

“I got this.” David said confidently.

He excused himself and made a call to the Saxon security team. “I need you to find out where Ruptin’s widow and children are staying, this is an emergency.” He hung up and walked to the car with a little smile on his face.

“I can ask Shark you know.” she told him.

“Well that’s not necessary Pheebs.” David flashed his phone screen at her. It was a message from the security team showing the current location of Ruptins.

“Oh thank God.” Sylvester spoke as he raised his hand to his chest. For a second there he was nervous, he didn’t want to drag this, the ghost wanted to seek forgiveness and move on.

David’s phone began to ring but by the time he saw who the caller was, Phoebe had already noticed that it was Ruth.

“Why does she keep calling me, one might think i owe her money. I might as well just block her right now.” He went ahead to take action as said.

“So your not interested in her in any way?” Phoebe asked because she was aware that David had gotten Ruth pregnant in the past life. She also recalled that Ruth said David was drunk and that’s how she got him into bed. However, he was also planning to marry Ruth. Wasn’t that indicative of some affection?

“Hell no!” His tone was stern and loud. Judging by his facial expression, it seemed as though Phoebe had just offended him greatly.

David felt his heart ache just by the question Phoebe had asked. He hadn’t given her any reason for her to doubt his intentions towards her. He wished that he could tell Phoebe everything he knew about Ruth but he held back. The woman had lied and tricked him in his past life, used him to get pregnant, got married to him, lied to him and caused his death. In this life he was determined to protect Phoebe and their love.

Phoebe shifted her eyes from him to the road. She wasn’t certain but it seemed like David was pained by something however she didn’t intend to ask.

“My poor boy.” The Saxon spirit mumbled. Phoebe who heard turned her head and stared at it but still she didn’t ask anything.

They drove to the Saxon private airport because David insisted that they fly to the Moblin city where the Ruptin family had moved to.

“Show off.” Phoebe spoke under her breath although she agreed with him, flying there was much faster than driving there.

When they reached in the Moblin city, cars were already waiting. Without wasting time, they drove to the Ruptin house. The once rich family now lived in the ghettos, they were now staying in a rickety building that was not fit for humans to stay in.

David’s security personnel initially tried to refuse him from going with Phoebe but the man insisted. “We are partners, if she’s going then am going. You on the other hand can stay if you like, I’ll see you when we get back.” He smiled excitedly and followed Phoebe.

Polly let out a frustrated moan and followed after his boss. This was a dangerous place for a Saxon to freely loiter around. Still he took a couple of pictures and sent them to grandma Saxon who was demanding for updates.