Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 89

Chapter 89: First visit home

It was dinner time at the Mayfair residence however they were more interested in discussing the photos that Andre sent them than the food that was being served. It was the agreement between Phoebe and the Gabriels. Everyone was feeling uneasy about it.

“This is truly Unbelievable! I don’t know what to think of this? Why is she cutting ties with them and why does she need to pay them so much money and give them a house too. It’s not right at all.” Jennie zoomed the picture to read the contents that she had read thousands times.

Collin who had just come to know about everything spoke. “May be it’s the other way round, this Phoebe although she is our lost and found sister but we all have heard the stories, the girl is ill mannered. I have met her so I know. It could be the Gabriels cutting her off.”

Grandma Mayfair couldn’t handle the sarcasm in Collin’s tone. “Shut up Collin!! Can you not read? I am old but I have a better functioning brain than you. Phoebe is giving then ten million and a house to break ties, it’s clear that they are extorting that poor girl. No sensible parent will accept that kind of deal if its proposed by a child they love. The problem here is not my granddaughter, it’s the Gabriels.” Her crinkled eyes stared at him with disapproval.

She knew that Ruth had always been Collins favorite sibling but now that they knew the truth, she was hoping that he would adjust and give the same love or even more to Phoebe.

“Something must have happened, we don’t know the full story about this. We need to ask Andre…no Phoebe but first we need to let her know that she is our daughter and we should do it as soon as possible. She is all alone now, we should bring our daughter back.” Edward spoke softly.

Jennie nodded. “I agree that we should bring Phoebe home but i think it is too soon to jump to conclusions on this matter. These are the people that raised her I doubt they would do this. You should have seen how sad they were when we saw them at the cafe when they couldn’t find her. Besides let us not forget that they are Ruth’s birth parents, this is a very sensitive issue.”

Luke was quiet, he didn’t know what to say in the situation. His only wish was for Andre to walk in and clarify on the issue. Either way, he planned to meet Phoebe tomorrow and introduce himself as her brother. All this talk about how sensitive the matter was did not change the fact that she was his sister.

Grandma Mayfair on the other hand already disliked the Gabriels. She saw no reason for them to complicate matters by waiting to hear from them. All she wanted was Phoebe returned as soon as possible and in her opinion, Edward and Ruth were moving like snails about it.

“Edward why haven’t you told Phoebe that we are her family? What’s talking you so long? Use your connections to find her. All I want is to see my only grand daughter before I die!” The old woman let out a loud sigh.

Unhappy with her choice of words, Jennie cried out. “Mother! please refrain from saying that Phoebe is your only grand daughter. What if Ruth were to hear you? How do you think she would feel?”

Edward agreed with his wife. “Mother this changes nothing, Ruth is still our child. We can raise two daughters here easily. We just want to approach Phoebe carefully because we don’t know how she will react to being one of us. What if she doesn’t want to be a Mayfair? She was raised for over twenty years by the Gabriels after all. What if she blames and hates us?”

Collin almost choked on his drink as he chuckled. “Ohhh you bet she will be glad to be a Mayfair. That girl is an opportunist, i am sure when you tell her that she is a Mayfair she will demand for this and that just wait you’ll see.”

His words were too harsh but Ruth had already painted Phoebe in bad light, especially to Collin. She had been doing it since she was a teenager.

“Let’s meet her first and I think Andre is home but he wants me to him outside.” Luke mentioned after receiving a message from Andre.

The entire family except Collin followed Luke. With everything that was going on, they didn’t want to be left out of anything.

Andre had stepped out of the car to wait for Luke. He needed advise on how to proceed on whether to tell his family that Phoebe was here or whether to just spring the surprise on them.

To his shock, Luke didn’t come out alone. Their parents and grandmother were with him. The moment they saw him they started to bombard him with questions and no matter how many times Andre shushed them, they spoke loudly.

Phoebe who was in dreamland was woken by loud voices, she rubbed her eyes and sat straight. Slowly she realized that she wasn’t at the Cerene Apartments but still in the car and Andre wasn’t in his seat. She opened the car door and stepped out as she called Andre’s name.

Her steps came to a halt when she saw him with a bunch of people that were staring at her in shock. Of course she recognized them, however she was puzzled because she didn’t know why she was standing before the Mayfairs.

Realization hit after looking around that she was at their residence.There were two ways she could handle this, one was return to the car and lock herself inside and two was take the bull by the horns. Ruth had not seen any harm in strolling into the Gabriel home and making herself comfortable. It was time she did the same here. With her mind made up, Phoebe swallowed hard and walked to where they stood.

“Grandma, father, mother and Luke, aren’t we going to go in?” She bypassed them and continued to move inside the house leaving their jaws on the floor except Andre who smiled broadly.

The Mayfairs were stunned for a moment. Phoebe was small and of average height but she was also daring and brave because she didn’t express any nervousness on meeting them. What shocked them the most was the way in which she addressed them.

“D…did….she just …call me mother?” Jennie pointed four fingers to her chest.

Edward suggested that they follow Phoebe inside the house. Grandma Mayfair was already halfway there however. The old lady couldn’t contain her excitement for she kept smiling as she wobbled inside.

Phoebe knew that if she wanted to punish Ruth for her wrongdoings, kicking her out of the Mayfair family was one way. So, she was going to act like the true Mayfair heiress that she was.

They all went to the living room where Phoebe was waiting. Collin was just about up to finally join the others outside when he saw Phoebe walk in casually like she owned the house.

He was shocked, like he had just seen a ghost. “How are you here?”

Out of all the Mayfairs he was having the hardest time adjusting to the fact that this con artist was his sister. Phoebe ignored him and she sat down.

[Why does he act like he always has a stick shoved up his ass.]

Collin shouted “WHAT!” After reading her thoughts, he moved as if to attack her but stopped suddenly when the rest of the family walked in.