Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Who was to blame?

One by one, the Mayfairs that had been alerted to Ruth’s condition all rushed to the hospital, filled with intense worry. No matter what Ruth had done, she was a daughter, a sister and granddaughter. On hearing that she had attempted suicide, they couldn’t help feeling frightened.

They gathered at the hospital, and huddled together like a football team, comforting one another and sharing assurances that she would be fine. There was no lack of self blame to go around as everyone was somewhat filled with guilt.

“It’s my fault, i should have sent David Saxon away the moment he showed up at the house.” Jennie cried out. “I already know how he feels about her so why did i think that he would be nice to her?”

“No, it’s my fault for expressing my disappointment loudly last night. I think i broke her heart.” Edward Saxon lowered his eyes and sighed.

Grandma Mayfair shook her head and touched her son’s arm. “It’s me, i should not have allowed them to speak privately. No, i should have leveraged my friendship to push for an engagement between the two of them during their childhood.”

If they had done that, maybe David and Ruth would already be married by now and none of this would be happening.

Collin who was struggling to keep it together with his hands clenched tightly also shared in the blame. “The fault is mine, i should have told the servants not to allow the Saxons cross the threshold of our house. I made it clear to that bastard playboy to stay away from Ruth. I am going to kill him. Let’s not forget that phony friend Phoebe, she is also to blame in all this.”

“Nobody is killing anyone or blaming an innocent party. It’s not our fault that Ruth is so obsessed with David that she can’t think logically.” Andre shouted at them.

He was already feeling very protective of Phoebe who he thought was being blamed wrongfully by Collin. David was the one pursuing Phoebe so how was this her fault. Did she put the pills in Ruth’s hands or force her to swallow them?

Andre’s words fell on deaf ears for some of the Mayfairs like Jennie who saw logic in Collin’s words.

“Yes, it’s not our fault, it’s that friend of hers. She is the one that started all this by going after David even though she knows that Ruth loves him.”

Before Andre could rebuke that wrong thinking, Ophelia approached them with Ruth’s phone in hand.

“Matriarch, madam, master, these are the last texts that miss Ruth received before taking the pills. I think i should read them out loud for you.”

“Go ahead.” grandma Mayfair encouraged her.

Ruth: [Pheebs, we have been friends for a long time. I hate the fact that we are fighting over such a silly thing like the love of man. I want to meet and talk, can i pass by your cafe?]

Phoebe: [You are like a bug that doesn’t know when to go away when it’s not wanted. Stop texting, don’t visit, i am not your friend. In fact, if someone like you is my friend then i don’t need enemies.]

Ruth: [Why are you treating me this way? I have always been good to you Pheebs, i gave you expensive clothes, expensive food, brand name shoes, bags and i also paid all your expenses when we took vacations. I gave you so many expensive gifts all the time and did nice things for you. Isn’t that enough to prove my friendship? Can’t we stop this and go back to the way we used to be? I really miss you, my friend.]

Phoebe: [I don’t remember ever begging for any of those things. If you need replacements i will calculate how much you spent on me and compensate you.]

Ruth: [Pheebs, i don’t need compensation, all i want is David, please, just leave David alone. I will give you anything you want. I will do anything, you ask of me. You are my best friend, can’t you give in this once for me. I will die without him.]

Phoebe: [Then die.]

Jennie gasped and crumbled to the floor, sobbing softly.

“It’s her, she did this to my princess. She might as well have handed Ruth a rope to hang herself by telling her to go and die.”

“I am going to kill her. A bug!, how dare she call my sister a bug and tell her to die.” Collin suddenly rose and punched the wall.

There was nothing which united people more than a common enemy and at the moment they had all found one. All along they were all suspecting that Ruth had attempted to kill herself because David had rejected her once again but now it seemed that there was more to the story.

It was Phoebe, once again that had caused Ruth’s unhappiness and this time she had gone a step too far. Some of the Mayfairs wanted Phoebe to pay dearly for her actions.

Their anguish was momentarily put on hold as Jennie fainted and she had to be rushed to a private ward where doctors checked on her.

“Everyone please do not worry, Mrs. Mayfair is just exhausted, it’s nothing serious.” Dr. Murphy relieved the worried family. “All she needs is some vitamins which we have administered to her and rest, a lot of it.”

They stepped out of the room and headed back to the VVIP waiting area.

“And my princess?” Edward asked, the frown on his face remaining there.

Dr. Murphy sighed deeply and shook his head. “As you already know her body is weak and she is prone to illness. We will have to wait for her to wake up such that we can know if there was any damage caused by the pills but for now we pumped her stomach and everything looks good. While you can take a breath now,we are going to put her on a twenty four hour suicide watch. I am worried about a another episode like this occurring. I don’t know why she took the pills but i think it will do miss Ruth some good to see a psychiatrist.”

Edward returned to his wife’s side and relayed the doctor’s words to the rest of the family.

“It is that nobody that caused this! She is not going scot free, she will pay for sure.” Edward spoke through gritted teeth, holding back his anger. He was not one to make empty threats so this was a promise.

Andre was at crossroads, if really Phoebe had pushed Ruth to commit suicide by telling her to die deliberately, it was going to be really hard to defend her. The entire family was against her now they were literally ready to see her hanging from the gallows.

He came back to his senses when he heard his father say that he was calling his friend the commissioner of Citrus city police.

“What? No!” Andre shouted. His entire face went pale, his stretched hand trembled and he shook his head continuously.

They all stared at him quizzically especially Ophelia who was under strict orders by Ruth to keep her ear on the ground because she wanted to know everything that took place while she was unconscious.

Luke who was already in the know for the reason as to why Andre was reacting like that told Andre to calm down but his brother was vibrating with so much energy that he couldn’t be stopped.

“You cannot do anything to Phoebe! Not until we hear her side of the story anyway.” Andre’s words shocked everyone except Luke who quickly approached Andre and ordered that he follow him.