Maria pushed in the portable wood clothing rack, it had black garnt bags stacked back to back. There were at least ten dresses. Ruth was counting on the volu to make Phoebe look unreasonable if she rejected all of the dresses.
"Here!! If you do not like this one in particular, you can choose another. I selected all these for you." She bounced on her feet excitedly.
How would anyone now insinuate that she didn't like Phoebe after this display of affection.
The scene was all too familiar, Phoebe could rember all the tis that Ruth brought over clothes to the Gabriel ho, claiming that they were new yet they were her old clothes. She would act all generous and act as she threw away her hand downs.
Phoebe did not want to disappoint Ruth so she played along, taking a look at the dresses as Maria unveiled them. She looked and examined them from top to bottom.
It was exactly as she was thought, most of the dresses had little issues. So had loose threads and they would probably co apart at the ceremony. Even the ones with zippers were problematic, one even had little black spots, slling of mold.
Phoebe crinkled her nose and tossed it away, flicking her hands like she had just touched garbage.
She gestured for Maria to take them away. "This is really kind of you but Ruth I can now afford to buy clothes, you do not need to pass down your old clothes to like you did in the past. Father has given a fat allowance to cater for such small needs."
"What? Is that what you think of ? All these things were in my closet but they are all new. They are perfect for the state funeral, just because you have money does not an you should buy any random dress." Ruth pulled her shoulders close to her body and sighed. "I guess i should not have ddled, we have different tastes anyway."
In her mind, she was laughing, sure that her plot had worked. She didn't understand why Phoebe was acting fussy anyway, these clothes were too good for a bumpkin like her.
David picked up the black dress which Maria had yet to take back. He turned it to the side and then looked at the hem.
"If they are all new then why is this one torn? You have obviously worn it before!!" He threw it at Ruth's feet.
Edward and Jennie frowned at Ruth, they just couldn't understand her anymore. Was this a mistake truly or was she deliberately making small moves to sabotage Phoebe?
Edward recalled the Lee family incident and his heart skipped a beat. This was no attempted murder but Ruth was really spiraling out of control. What if she hard their daughter? Ruth was a cuckoo after all.
"Maria, gather all those clothes and set them on fire and as for you Ruth, do not ever give Phoebe clothes, old or new. If you feel like you have too many, donate so to the holess. Do not bother worrying about what the public will perceive depending on how she dresses, Phoebe does not have to impress anyone with her appearance, she is a Mayfair. Her family na alone is enough." Edward marched away disappointed.
He felt like if he stayed back, he would end up sothing sothing really hurtful to Ruth.
"I guess that's it then, Pheebs let's go on a shopping spree. David stood up and pulled Phoebe to her feet.
Jennie wasn't comfortable with the relationship between David and Phoebe so she stood up and let them know that she was going along. It was best to chaperone her daughter around the rogue with the reputation of a play boy.
"I need a scarf to match my dress." She lied blatantly
Grandma Mayfair wasn't planning on missing out on the fun so she announced that she was going to.
"Well I guess it's a girls day out!!" Ruth said shalessly asked she clapped continuously. 'Whatever it takes to ruin you two being together.' A sly smile grew on her lips, her narrowed eyes moved from David to Phoebe and back.
Grandma Mayfair frowned imdiately, she was hoping to hangout with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter without any unwanted extras but she couldn't tell Ruth to stay behind in as much as she wanted to. She didn't want to be accused of being biased again.
"I will be your chauffeur for the day, that's if you will have ." David bowed teasingly.
"Let's go then." Grandma Mayfair tapped his shoulder.
...
When they reached Mada Boujee's store, sothing unexpected happened. People began to flee, heading out like they were escaping a plague.
Phoebe knew exactly why but her companions didn't. In fact this very reason was why she was secretly excited when Ruth said on coming along with them.
A woman almost stepped on grandma Mayfair's foot and David pulled her back, saving her old toes from injury.
The poor woman was so stunned that she looked at the exit as well, wondering if they should turn back too. If people were fleeing from a fire, it made no sense to head inside and risk their own lives.
"Why are they running?"
Jennie was equally puzzled as she observed the now quiet and deserted store.
"Mother, i am scared. I also don't know why they are running."
[Because we have co along with the monster nad Ruth Mayfair.]
Jennie got hiccups imdiately on reading Phoebe's thought.
Phoebe put a hand over her mouth and she chuckled. Because she had co to this place with Ruth enough tis in the past, she was familiar with this scene.
It was an open secret and rule at mada Boujee's store that any ti the social queen-Ruth Mayfair ca to do her shopping, all the custors in the store were to vacate the premises. Failure to vacate resulted in bad painful consequences for the unlucky victim.
Only people at the sa level as the founding families could be allowed to stay.
On this particular day, the security guard alerted the store manager as soon as he saw Ruth in the parking ground where she still was because she was making a phone call.
"It's a 911!!" He had yelled desperately through the phone and Phoebe had caught his warning clearly, that's why she was not surprised to see the fleeing clients.
"Ooh, i see a nice dress." Phoebe clapped her hands and feigned excitent.
She wanted them to follow her inside because it was another opportunity to expose Ruth and they did. On entering further, the three won were approached by the employees and security personnel.
"Deal with them now." One employee pushed another forward as the rest hurried to straighten out clothes and stand in line like they were waiting to welco royalty.
"I am very sorry for the inconvenience however you need to leave because we have an ergency." With shaky hands, the female employee left to deal with the not so important guests shoved Jennie gently towards the back exit.
"God!! Take it easy on her, Is the place on fire?" Grandma Mayfair followed Jennie.
"That's not it but we have a very important custor, move it she will be here soon and I don't want trouble from her."
The employee warily looked at the entrance, terrified so much to the point that her legs were shaking.
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