Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 90

Chapter 90: Tough cookie

Grandma Mayfair had never felt the desire to spank her grandson Collin Mayfair more that she did in that moment. She didn’t like the way he was looking at Phoebe or how he had just shouted at her.

“Is something wrong here?” Collin i am asking you, why are you glaring at my grand daughter? She has only been here for a few minutes and you are already displaying your rude behavior. Let’s all try to get along.”

Grandma Mayfair wasn’t going to tolerate anyone that was going to show Phoebe any kind of animosity and scare her away.

Collin placed one hand on his forehead and another on his waist as he walked aimlessly.

How was he supposed to tell them that he had read her thoughts without sounding mad.

A muffled chuckle slipped through Phoebe’s lips for it was nice to see the almighty Collin get checked by his grandmother. For all his brawn and sharp tongue, he couldn’t hold his own when faced with the old lady. She now knew that she needed the old matriarch in her corner.

The rest of the family joined them and Edward told everyone to sit. What followed was awkward silence as they didn’t know what to say. They needed first to know what she knew and then they could find a starting point.

Grandma Mayfair cleared her throat and looked at Phoebe who seemed very nonchalant about the situation.

“My dear grand daughter i am so happy that you have come home on your own. I was planning to come and search for you tomorrow in person. I have been very restless since i found out about you. To have you here, in front of my me, i don’t know how to express my happiness. I guess i can die in peace now that I have seen you.” She wiped tears from her cheeks.

Her heart swelled with love which threatened to burst fourth and explode over everyone. Looking at Phoebe was like looking in a mirror. She couldn’t understand how Phoebe, her near carbon copy had existed in the same city with her but they never met even once. Did nobody out there notice the resemblance?

Jennie on the other hand remained silent, she didn’t know what to say to Phoebe. The girl was practically a stranger, they were mother and daughter but she felt no bond yet. All she was doing was was crying and blaming herself as the guilt ate her up every time she looked at Phoebe.

The resemblance to her husband was strong and Phoebe had her eyes. If she was put side by side with Ruth, everyone could guess who was the Mayfair and who wasn’t. So, how did she not see that Ruth was not her child?

It troubled her so much that the question slipped out of her mouth.

“What kind of mother doesn’t realize that she is breastfeeding and raising a baby that is not hers? How?” She continued to wail.

Her husband felt equally bad that he didn’t suspect a thing for twenty one years. He placed his arm over his wife’s shoulders in a comforting move.

“Honey you aren’t to blame for this, none of us suspected a thing. Phoebe, we really had no idea. If we had known, we would have come for you just as we were planning to come for you tomorrow.”

Phoebe felt bad for them as they were in a hard position like her.

“You have nothing to feel bad for because I don’t resent any of you at all.” Her eyes moved to Collin.

[Except you of course.]

Rolling his eyes in disbelief, Collin wrinkled his nose at her. Phoebe saw his reaction to her statement and came to the conclusion that her eldest brother wasn’t thrilled with her presence nevertheless she didn’t care.

As if to taunt her Collin sniggered. “You must feel like you have a lottery now that you are a Mayfair.” His tone was very condescending it left his family offended but he didn’t care. He wanted to embarrass and humiliate her.

“Collin!!! My God!!” Jennie couldn’t understand his rudeness towards Phoebe and neither could the other elders.

Phoebe smirked because she could see that he was trying to rile her up.

“Not really no. It’s nice that I finally found my true origins but I wasn’t going to die if I didn’t find it. It’s not that great to be a Mayfair if you are impudent just like you are big brother.”

Her blunt words bemused them especially Grandma Mayfair who laughed. She was glad that the girl wasn’t a push over.

Andre who was about to come to her defense gave Phoebe a thumbs up, If she was going to survive here then she had to be a tough cookie.

Phoebe then smiled at Edward who was staring warmly at her. Ruth always bragged about all the great things he did for her. How jealous of Ruth she had been all these years for she had such a kind father!

[Father, my father. You have such a kind face and generous heart. I wonder if you will love me genuinely because i want to be your most beloved daughter. Father, it has been so hard for me all these years, will you let me lean on you?]

Only Edward saw these thoughts and he was stunned. He stood up abruptly like a recharged robot and pointed his index finger at her in disbelief. He didn’t know if what he had seen was real but it forced the tears that he was fighting to come forward.

Without pause, he moved and hugged her as he cried.

“My daughter, oh, my beloved daughter. Your father is sorry for coming late. I should have found you sooner and brought you home.”

The rest of the Mayfairs were shocked because his reaction was very unexpected. Since when did he express emotions so openly and why was he crying out of the blue?

“Edward!” Jennie called his name in utter shock.

“Let him be, he has missed out a lot on raising her.” Grandma Mayfair couldn’t contain her joy for she smiled widely.

Phoebe on the other hand had moisture grow in her eyes. Finally she was being embraced by her father the way Aaron never did. She wrapped her arms around his back and sniveled softly.

After a few minutes, Edward sat close to Phoebe, not letting go of her hand while they talked.

“Now that you know everything, I guess the remaining thing is for us to know how this happened, i have the best investigators working to find out the truth behind how this mix up happened.” Edward pulled his brows together.

“That won’t be necessary father, I have a detective friend that has been digging into it. He asked to meet me tomorrow apparently he got to the bottom of it.” Phoebe shared with him. She was squeezing his hand on and off, basking in its warmth.

Edward’s eyes widened that his whites were showing. He was proud that his little girl was very resourceful and proactive.

“Then he has to brief all of us on his findings, i am going to call off my investigators.”

Something else had been bothering Jennie so she spoke on it.

“Phoebe, this agreement between you and the Gabriels, what is that about?”