Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 57

Chapter 57: Drama queen.

When the door suddenly opened, everyone looked at her, Ruth seemed disoriented and smelled of alcohol and cigarettes. Her hair was a mess and she was dressed in pajamas. It’s like she had hit rock bottom.

“David, where is he?” she looked at her parents and brother as if she was looking through them.

She rushed further down the staircase at a fast pace, practically running as if this was the most important race of her life.

As she hurried down she almost missed a step which caused her to stumble but not even that stopped her.

If not for Luke who held her just in time, she would have fallen on the ground.

“Watch your step Ruth, where are you running off to like a headless chicken?” He frowned, his eyebrows at the sight of her.

Andre who was right next to Luke pinched his nose in disgust. “When last did you take a bath and why do you smell like a bar at 3 a.m?”

He looked at his sister who shoved Luke to the side and proceeded to run to the living room.

“David? Are you here to see me?” Ruth’s eyes darted around the room but there was no sign of David.

Her family which had followed her stared at her, with grandma Mayfair who heard the noise joining them. They all watched her astonishment in their eyes. It’s like she had gone insane because why else would she be searching for David under the chairs, in the cushions and every small corner where a human being couldn’t fit. A baby couldn’t fit under those chairs so how was she expecting a fully grown man like David to fit?

More importantly, why would David hide under there for no reason? This was not a game of hide and seek.

Collin who couldn’t stand to watch the disturbing scene anymore, walked to his sister and jolted her to her senses by shaking her really hard.

“He’s not here Ruth get it together, i lied because i wanted you to open that door. What is the meaning of this? Don’t tell me that you are behaving this way because of that playboy?”

His words compelled her to break away from his grasp. “Let me go!” She shouted. ” David is not a playboy but the man that I love with all my heart, insulting him is like insulting me.” She wiped the tears on her face but they kept rolling down like a leaking faucet.

“Jeez Ruth this has gone beyond love and moved into lunacy and obsession. That man doesn’t like you one bit, please, let it go. I advise that you find yourself someone else, one who will love you like you deserve.” Andre pointed out, he believed that his sister had to snap out of her obsession with David. From what he had seen, David was very much in love with Phoebe.

“I agree with Andre.” Luke folded his hands and watched his sister who fell to the floor.

Jennie who was sobbing run to comfort her.

“He blocked me mom, i cannot even talk to him or hear his voice. What’s worse is that I did nothing to offend him. Phoebe is filling his head with all these lies about me. Please Collin talk to him tell him to unblock me, please.” She cried out before she lost consciousness and fell in her mother’s arms.

Panic set in among the Mayfairs and Collin quickly carried her to her room. It was messy with crumpled white tissues all over the floor, her beddings were thrown across the room. Empty alcohol bottles and cigarette butt’s littered the floor.

The maids quickly rearranged the bed and she was gently placed on it.. Luke immediately started treating her and within ten minutes, Dr. Murphy who was the family doctor to most of the rich families in Citrus had already arrived.

Ophelia walked in with him and he got to work immediately. The doctor checked her pulse and vitals. He sighed and looked at the empty alcohol bottles that were being carried away by the maid after cleaning.

“What is it? Is it something serious?” Jennie placed a hand to her chest worried that something was wrong with her child.

Shaking his head, the doctor emphasized that nothing was wrong with Ruth. “She is just wasted.”

It was the same opinion Luke had but hearing a second opinion from Dr. Murphy relieved them all.

Ruth who was faking everything wanted to throw her hands around the doctor’s neck.

“Stupid fool! How can a professional not suggest that maybe I get other tests done just to make sure that something is wrong. How are they supposed to pity me just because I am wasted.” She closed her eyes tightly and exhaled slowly.

“My poor child, she must be so stressed to drink herself silly like this.” Jennie used a damp cloth to wipe Ruth’s face.

Grandma Mayfair was very disappointed by her grandchild. ” This is totally unacceptable behavior! Jennie you cannot coddle her after she has behaved this way. Which suitor would want a drunkard for a wife, she should forget about the Saxon boy because if he marries her she’ll embarrass us. I am off to bed and i suggest you all do the same.”

She knew that their maids gossiped with other maids around the city when they run into each other while running errands. How long would it take for this incident to slip out and make waves?

There was silence in the room after grandma left. They knew she had a point, Ruth had taken her obsession to a whole other level. It wasn’t as if they could hold a gun to David’s head and force him to love her.

“You have to talk to her mom, David is seeing someone else, he told me so himself. We can persuade him to be friends with her like he used to be but he only sees her as that and nothing more.” Andre who had already taken a liking to Phoebe spoke with indifference.

Ruth couldn’t take it anymore, she felt like her family was immune to her pain, the only person that seemed to understand her was her mother. Now they were all suggesting that she lets go of David. She moved before she could stop herself.

“What do you mean he told you?”

She sat up shocking her family that had really bought into her drunk pitiful act.

“I thought you were unconscious?” Andre stated.

Ruth opened her mouth and closed it. She was sharp eyed and clear, and had no excuse.

“Don’t tell me it was all an act?” Her father stared at her, horrified by her behavior. Sometimes his little girl scared him with the extremes she would go to in order to get what she wanted. How could she make the entire family worry over nothing. How coupd she listen to her mother crying and remain so cold?

“You…you, i am so disappointed.” He left the room immediately.

Ruth wasn’t bothered by her father’s disappointment in her but rather glared at Andre. “Answer the damn question, what exactly did David tell you? And where did you even find him?”