Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 99

Chapter 99: How opportune.

It was the very first time Phoebe was having breakfast with her family and so far, it was going well even though Collin was absent and he had been gone all night. Nobody had mentioned him, ghosts or Ruth so far which Phoebe appreciated because she knew they were doing it for her sake.

The silence was interrupted by a phone call to Jennie which made her step away from the table for a few minutes. When she returned, her face was as pale as a white sheet of paper and her eyes swollen.

Everyone could tell that something was wrong and there were only a handful of reasons why in the current circumstances.

“What is it?” Edward asked her.

She put down the phone with trembling hands and looked at her husband. “It’s about Ruth, someone from the hospital has just called me. Apparently she has some type of illness, possibly cancer related or an immune deficiency disorder which explains her weak immune system all these years. The doctor has asked us to go to the hospital immediately….”

Edward didn’t wait for his wife for finish and he got up. Since Luke was the only one in the family that spoke doctor, he got up as well. Andre looked at Phoebe first before doing anything else. He felt like he would be cheating on her if he expressed any worry for Ruth.

“Mother.” Jennie called out to grandma Mayfair softly.

Grandma Mayfair shook her head, indicating that she was not going with them to the hospital. “We are all worried but we cannot all go at the same time. Of what use is it to crowd the hospital when there is no sure diagnosis. You can go ahead of the rest of us and give us updates. I am going with Phoebe to her work place today, the detective is meeting us there. Andre cannot go because he has a shooting for his latest movie. If Ruth needs surgery, call me immediately.”

“But…” Jennie started.

Edward tugged on her hand and shook his head. They had two daughters now, and both needed attention.

“Phoebe, i am sorry that i cannot go with you to see the detective today. This….” he broke off and run his free hand through his hair.

[See, just as i thought, you are very kind father. You have dropped everything in a heartbeat because you have a sick child. Aaron Gabriel never spent a day at my sick bedside, not even when i was in a coma. Anyway, it’s not as if i expected you throw Ruth out just because i have been found.]

She smiled and shook her head. “It’s okay father, grandma is going with me.”

Edward was filled with guilt after reading Phoebe’s thoughts but his wife tugged on his hand.

“Mother, kids, we will see you all later with an update on your sister’s condition.”

Jennie pulled Edward away and they dashed out of the house leaving three people at the dining table.

“Are you okay my dear?” grandma Mayfair asked Phoebe.

Phoebe nodded.

[I think it’s a little too opportunistic for Ruth to suddenly have this very big illness at this exact time grandmother. I over heard one of the maids calling Ophelia to give her an update on everything that has happened so far. If Ophelia knows, Ruth knows and just like that, she is suddenly gravely ill and my parents have rushed to her. Is it really a coincidence?]

Phoebe looked down and chuckled lightly while grandma Mayfair’s face twitched. Having read Phoebe’s thoughts, she was wondering the same thing suddenly. Was it truly a coincidence? It was true that Ruth was born with a weak constitution and doctors used to say that she had a weak heart as a child.

After all the check ups and tests through the years which never pointed to a specific illness, why had the disease suddenly been found at this exact time?

After all the stunts Ruth had pulled lately from fake fainting to the doubtful suicide, could they trust this diagnosis?

Unaware of her grandmother’s thoughts, Phoebe put down the cutlery and wiped her mouth. It was almost time to meet Shark.

“Grandmother, we should get going. Andre, i think you need to give us a ride since i came with you yesterday.”

Andre decided to play on Phoebe’s special ghost abilities.

“And here i thought you could fly yourself to work.” he laughed.

With a serious expression, Phoebe put a hand on her chin and nodded. “I probably could but we don’t want to scare the non-magic folk.”

Andre couldn’t decide if she was being serious or jesting with him as he was with her. He studied her face for a moment, even coming closer and bending to observe her.

“I can’t tell if you are serious or not.”

Grandma Mayfair came up from behind Andre and slapped him on his back. “Of course she is joking, your sister can see ghosts but she is not a witch.”

Even though she was still not comfortable with the ghost thing, and had a bit of restless night because she was afraid that one of those ghosts would suddenly pop up and scare her, Phoebe was her granddaughter.

“We don’t need him to drive us, i have a driver and a car. Remind me later to buy you a car Phoebe, something nicer than what you are driving. As the only Mayfair heiress, you need a car that matches your status.”

Phoebe followed her grandmother out and didn’t turn down her offer of buying her a car. It was something that would drive Ruth and Collin up the wall. She did not even have to drive it and it could just stay here at the Mayfair house. It was its sight that would achieve her desired goal.

“Grandmother, i was planning to buy my little sister a car already.”

Without turning around grandma Mayfair walked forward with determined steps. “Then buy her one as well. It is not a crime for a single person to own two cars, Ruth has seven of them.”

Floating above Phoebe, Sylvester smacked his lips in judgement when he heard about the number of cars that Ruth owned.

“Seven girls for one person, is she planning to open an automobile shop? Boss, you should also get seven cars, no, double the number and make it fourteen. The goal of our mission for coming to this house is drive Ruth crazy and then we move back home eventually.”

Connie nodded her head, completely agreeing with Sylvester. “I agree sister, you need more cars, more clothes, more jewelry, more cash and more love. You know, this can both ways too, since Ruth is faking sickness, maybe we should make her really sick.”

Sylvester grinned, his face appeared villainous.

“Ooh, i like the way you think Connie, you should come up with a plan and i will execute it happily.”

The Saxon spirit turned to Phoebe who was unusually quiet like she could not here Connie and Sylvester plotting. What was she thinking? Was she in agreement with the plan of making Ruth as sick as she desired?

“What do you think, do you agree with the kids?”

Phoebe shrugged, it was an idea, good or bad would depend on how things progressed.