Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 81

Chapter 81: Ruth’s urgency.

Meanwhile at the hospital, Ruth had tried all she could to get discharged but she had failed miserably. Doctor Murphy emphasized that there was no way he was going to let her leave because she was still on suicide watch.

What was worse for her was that her parents agreed with him, and they were acting as if she was about to throw herself out of every open window. She was being watched like an egg that was about to hatch and not a single second could be missed.

The sense of urgency she was experiencing was major because she sensed an impending crisis which needed to be handled immediately.

“Get in bed.” her father shooed her towards the bed for the tenth time.

“Do you think that i am insane? Why would I try to kill myself again? I was immature and silly and i have realized my mistake. Let’s go home, hmm.” Ruth shuffled her feet in frustration, but her pleas fell on deaf ears.

Her family stared at her in confusion because yesterday Ruth was acting like she was so depressed as if her life was over. Suddenly she was perky and bright as if spring had returned. These were the signs of emotional instability which Doctor Murphy had urged them to look out for.

“What is the pressing issue that you have to deal with? You can tell your parents, and they will help you deal it. You are not leaving this hospital right now.” Grandma Mayfair excused herself and left leaving Ruth under Luke and Ophelia’s care.

“Grandma! Grandma please!” Ruth shouted as her grandmother left. It was all in vain and she tossed a cushion at the door to express her exasperation.

There was no time to waste, Ruth wanted to try and convince Phoebe to leave the country. It didn’t matter if it cost her an arm and a leg. If pleading and cajoling didn’t work, she would have to do things the hard way.

She settled on the bed and her parents relaxed. Ruth however was still unsettled on the inside.

Phoebe has changed so much; she doesn’t listen to her parents anymore. I doubt those useless Gabriels will get her to leave, I need to handle this myself, but I can’t leave this damn place. She thought as her fingers ran through her hair.

Her eyes moved to Ophelia who was engrossed on her phone since earlier. Ruth had given her the photos of Phoebe and David that she got from Dickson with instructions to start a smear campaign. She didn’t know how much progress had been made so far and this was also because she was being monitored by someone from the family every minute.

Luke’s phone buzzed and he received a text. He read it and cleared his voice. “I guess I’ll be leaving now but I will make sure to check on you later.” He rubbed his nose and lowered his eyes.

Intelligent and quick witted as she was, Ruth was certain that he was hiding something. She remembered that Ophelia had mentioned that Luke had taken a sample of her blood after chasing her out of the room.

“Brother wait,” she stopped him with her voice. “My hand hurts where you stuck a needle to take some blood. Did you find anything? Has my illness relapsed perhaps?”

“No, no, no, everything is good.” He shook his head vigorously and rushed out.

He seemed to have forgotten that they grew up together and Ruth the master manipulator was relatively good at identifying when she was being lied to.

“I should go to work as well, and your mother needs to rest.” Edward and Jennie bid Ruth farewell temporarily. They left but reminded the guard at the door to stay on Ruth all the time.

Ruth could finally take a breather now that the watchful eyes had gone.

“Ophelia!” She shouted and the woman rushed to her.

“Where did Luke take my blood sample and don’t tell me that you have no idea.” Ruth exhaled noisily through pursed lips.

The frown on Ruth’s face quickly fell when Ophelia told her that she had followed Luke to the laboratory. “I saw him give the blood sample, some of your hair and an envelope to the lab technician. I tried to tell you earlier, but you wouldn’t let me.”

“Get someone that works in the lab here….no better still I need to see that person now. Let’s go.” Ruth straightened the hospital gown and followed Ophelia out.

When the guard stopped her, she claimed she was going to the bathroom and since Ophelia was with her, the guard figured it was okay.

At a safe distance, the nosy woman tried to ask Ruth once again what was going on, but Ruth remained silent. This was obviously something that she didn’t want to talk about.

When they got to the lab, they were told that the person they were searching for was not on duty, but he would be in the evening.

Ruth was disappointed but at least she didn’t leave empty handed, she now knew the name and phone number of the lab technician.

“How is the smear campaign going? I want the entire world to hate and reject her. David will never marry her; it has to be me even if it’s a loveless marriage.” Ruth sat on the couch that was beside the window.

There was no need to explain anything, Ophelia rather handed the phone to Ruth who shook her head and ordered that Ophelia makes up more rumors.

“Involve her family, post about how disrespectful she is, also mention that she tried to kill me just to have David. Make sure that you highlight that David, and I are to be wed. Post about her having ten ex boyfriends and conning them out of money and expensive gifts, ruin that bitch so much that she cannot show her face in public. Find some more internet trolls and pay them to make the issue bigger and when you are done, throw this phone away so it doesn’t lead back to us.” She tossed the phone back to Ophelia who nodded and made some calls.

After a few minutes Ophelia approached Ruth who was in deep thought.

“Miss Ruth, it’s time you let me in on the secret. I already have my suspicions, but they can only be confirmed by you. If you don’t tell me about the issue i cannot help you, remember a problem shared is a problem half solved.”

Ruth brought her hands to her face and sighed deeply. She knew that she couldn’t hide the secret for much longer anyway and Ophelia was the person that she trusted the most.

“I am not their daughter, Phoebe is.” Ruth leaned back and began to narrate the story because Ophelia was confused.

“It all began on the first day I visited the Gabriels many years ago. From the moment they saw me they were gob smacked. I thought it was because i was an heiress and they had never met a rich person before, but it was because of another reason, I somewhat look like Elizabeth Gabriel apparently.

Then those fools for some reason went ahead to do a DNA test without my knowledge. The next thing I knew, they were at my school and telling me that I was their biological daughter with these stupid fucking big smiles on their faces as if it was good news.”