Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Yes to the date

Andre and Luke exchanged glances and left the room too, it was better that they didn’t answer her because she would go berserk if she knew what they knew. They also couldn’t believe that she had refused to explain herself or apologize for fake fainting.

Bursting into tears, Ruth lamented that no one in the family loved her. Collin who loved his sister somewhat blindly felt guilty and sorry for her. He moved to sit near her and soothed her and his mother who was sobbing too because Ruth was crying heartbrokenly.

Ruth hang onto Collin. “Please big brother, I love David. You must help me get him at all costs. Mother you too help me out here and explain to dad and grandma.” She continued to bawl her eyes out.

Meanwhile, Andre and Luke went straight to the attic. Luke knew where the old photo albums were kept, so he opened the box storage and pulled out an old album.

They studied the pictures, one of their grandma and another of Phoebe which Luke had secretly taken.

“See I told you, that it was an uncanny resemblance.”

Andre whistled he could now see the similarities. “The hair, do you still have it?”

Luke checked his front pocket and pulled out four long red strands of hair and nodded continuously.

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In the morning the following day, Sylvester who was trying so hard to prove his worth was done with all the house chores by the time Phoebe came out of the bedroom.

“It smells heavenly in here.” She raised her nose in the air and inhaled the smell of fried bacon.

Connie licked her dry lips and praised Sylvester’s cooking skills. “I told you he will be useful. He even baked a fruit cake and brewed fresh coffee.”

The dining table was already set and filled with an assortment of different breakfast foods which excited Phoebe’s stomach. So far she was impressed by him, yesterday Sylvester was even helpful at the cafe for he took care of the ghost guests really well unlike Connie who acted all high and mighty.

“Sister Phoebe, since I am done here, I will go help sister Rosette at the cafe.” Sylvester humbly informed her, he was so respectful but having been a thief, Phoebe still had her reservations about him.

She was also disturbed by the fact that a man who was older than her by many years was calling her sister, it was very weird.

“Call me boss.” she instructed.

Compliantly, Sylvester immediately did as told. “Yes boss.”

“I will see you when i get to work, don’t cause any trouble.” Phoebe told him.

He nodded and vanished, leaving her to start on the breakfast which she was already eager to dig into.

Just as she was raising a fork to her lips, there was a gentle knock on the door which made her groan unhappily.

[Better not be you David.] she thought.

On opening Phoebe wasn’t even surprised that it was David indeed. He stood there with a bright smile and in his hands which he held up were two paper bags. Judging by the sweet aroma they emitted, Phoebe knew it was food.

“Good morning Pheebs, since I left so unexpectedly last evening. I had to redeem myself by bringing you breakfast…..” his eyes trailed off to the dining table. “But it looks like someone beat me to it. Don’t tell me it’s that Baltimore guy?” David’s tone had a string of jealousy in it.

Phoebe’s shoulders fell. She didn’t understand how someone could be so enthusiastic very early in the morning and she didn’t care. All she wanted to do was eat.

“Come in, Sylvester made this. You can have some if you want to.” She walked away and he followed.

His face expressed shock and confusion. “Sylvester? The ghost guy? When you said servant I thought he would be taking care of the ghosts, I never imagined that he would be making food for humans to eat.” He placed the paper bags on the table and stared at the dishes of food on the table.

“So I take it that you won’t be having any, you can leave, i only invited you in to eat.” Phoebe arched an eyebrow and looked at him.

David chuckled nervously and used his hand to dismiss her words. “Who said that I wasn’t eating, it even looks more delicious than food made by humans.”

[Tch!, look at your hands trembling. I bet you won’t touch any of it.]

“Ha-ha-ha he’s obviously scared to try it.” Connie extended the plate of sausages to him. As soon as she did, David jumped up from the chair because he was spooked.

“Th….that plate just moved on its own.” David stammered and pointed at the plate. Then, in a more confident voice he repeated the same sentence.

“I mean, that plate just moved on its own and it’s so cool.”

Phoebe rolled her eyes. He was trying so hard and she had to give him points for that. She still needed to warn the teenager to act appropriately.

“Connie please behave, this is our guest.” she sliced a pancake with a knife and ate a piece with a fork.

On the table, a spoon in Phoebe’s coffee started moving on it’s own. The Saxon spirit slapped Connie once on the butt, it wasn’t finding her tricks funny besides the teenage ghost was ruining the moment which she hoped would turn into a romantic one.

David got into brave mode and tasted the sausages. He was willing to do anything for Phoebe even if it meant eating food made by ghosts. If he was going to stay around her, the first thing he had to eliminate was his fear of ghosts.

He took one bite, then a second and third. For a man that wasn’t thrilled to eat the food prepared by a ghost, he seemed to be gobbling it up. “This is amazing, ghost thief is really talented.” He kept praising the taste of the food.

The spectators watched in amusement. “This man will climb any mountain for you because it’s obvious that he will do anything just to be in your good graces.” The spirit stared at David adoringly.

Phoebe ignored it’s words. The spirit liked to act as if all Phoebe had experienced in the past was nothing more than a past and a dream.

[It’s just breakfast, nothing more.]

Her thoughts on where they stood were clear for David to read. Even though it had only been two days, he had been hoping that she was warming up to him and this made him unhappy. There was a tight knot in his stomach which made him to suddenly lose his appetite.

“I guess I better get going.” He cleaned his mouth with a paper towel. However he was not going to leave without doing the one thing he came here purposely to do.

Phoebe who was already done and only waiting for him to finish nodded.

“Looks like you loved the meal. I can ask Sylvester to pass by your place to make you a meal or two.” She teased

Shaking his head strongly, David rejected the offer. “Not my place, I’ll pass, but on a more serious note. I want to take you out on a date.” He crossed his fingers and prayed for a positive answer.

The Saxon spirit clapped once. “That’s my boy! Finally he’s getting down to business. Phoebe say yes quickly remember you….”

“Okay, text me when and where.” She spoke with indifference. As the wise woman she was, Phoebe had weighed the pros and cons and had come to a conclusion that David was of great value to her, she planned to use him to the maximum.

“Yes!” David threw a clenched fist in the air, he excitedly left promising to call her later.