There was one bottle which had not been broken, Phoebe opened it and she took a sniff.
[I can't believe this.] She scoffed.
There was no need to check the ingredients of the tonic, the Saxon spirit was right. There was a sll a deadly foreign poisonous substance that had been added to the tonic.
"Grandma were you wearing the ring when you touched the bottles?"
The old woman nodded.
"That explains why they kept breaking, the ring provided protection. The tonic was poisoned, all of it, including the ones which are not broken. You would have died if you had drunk this."
All of them were stunned at the news, the old lady even gasped. Luke asked to take a look at the bottle Phoebe was holding and she handed it over.
Grinding her teeth, grandma Mayfair slamd her fist on the table.
"This must be Ruth, nobody else would dare to attempt sothing like this. Lately, I have been openly against her the most so she wants to get rid of ."
So livid, the old woman tipped over a cup of warm tea accidentally as she let out an interesting series of curses in reference to Ruth.
Phoebe had never seen her cursing this much. Then again, soone had attempted to end her life.
Collin shook his head. "Ruth! How is that possible though grandma? She has been in the hospital since the day of the state burial. We should first determine when the poison was added."
[Brother i thought your eyes had opened but I guess you still have a soft spot for her.]
Phoebe ca to her own conclusions which Collin saw and sighed. It's not that he was defending Ruth or had a soft spot for her. He just wanted to get to the root of the issue in case it was done by another person in the house.
"Let's ask Mark first and check the security footage from the day when grandma last used the tonics." He suggested.
"Grandma, when did you last drink the tonics?" he asked.
"On the morning of the state burial." she replied confidently.
With that answer, they figured out the tiline which made it easier. When Mark ca over, Collin asked him if anything abnormal had happened on the day of the state burial.
Mark frowned first, and his eyes moved upwards and he pondered on the question. He rembered sothing so he nodded.
"First the power went off and the back up generator didn't go on automatically. When I checked the main service panel for the house, a wire had been loosened. It was fixed quickly but to ensure that there no foul play, we looked around the house and found no suspicious people."
Edward was exasperated that Mark had not reported this information to him
"You know that we have an enemy in the house and you didn't find this suspicious enough to tell ? How are you doing your job as the head of security?"
"Sir I wanted to investigate the situation first before reporting it to you. I was going to do so as soon as you were done here." Mark explained quickly, this was sothing that could get him fired if his employer was angry.
"And? Did you find anything at all?" Edward asked sternly and Mark nodded in response.
He picked his phone and called a junior maid.
"According to so maids, Miss Ruth Mayfair ca ho on the day of the state burial before the power went out. She was seen coming out of the matriarch's room but they didn't think much of it." Mark beckoned the junior maid to co closer.
The maid was the sa one that Edward had given the task of watching Ruth so he asked her if it was true.
"Yes sir, but this happened before you asked to keep my eye on her. I just thought that maybe the old matriarch had asked her to pick sothing up for her." The junior maid kept her gaze on the floor.
Maria had been listening avidly so she stepped forward. "Madam actually that day, i saw the maintenance man go into the storage room right before the power was cut off. I assud that he had been doing his job as usual but now i think it was suspicious. In fact, there are many people here that are still allies of Miss Ruth and she could use them to hurt Miss Phoebe or any of you. I hope i am not being too presumptuous but i suggest a thorough cleansing. We would rather use new employees whose minds are as blank as sheets than so of the old ones."
Phoebe's lips curled upwards slightly. Maria was really a good helper that knew exactly what to say.
Grandma Mayfair nodded. "She has a point, Maria bring the list of nas of all the people that were loyal to Ruth, we need to get rid of them."
"Include the two security guards that were on duty that day. They are denying that they don't know anything but they must have seen her drive in." Mark told Maria who rushed out joyfully.
She was tired of Ruth's minions and it was about ti sanity returned to the house. If she did her job well, she could beco miss Phoebe's personal maid, every woman from the founding families had one.
"Step out, lock the doors and don't allow anyone inside." Phoebe ordered Mark.
Using her energy, she blocked off the caras in the living room and faced the puzzled family mbers.
"There is a way to ascertain that Ruth was behind it." Phoebe checked in her pocket and revealed the ti keeper's pocket watch. "This device will take back to that mont, give a few minutes."
"Whoa!!" Andre got closer, he needed a better look of it. Mistakenly he touched it and his soul traveled with Phoebe to that mont in ti.
"My God Andre!!" There was no ti berating him because if she didn't use the ti well then she would have to wait until the next day.
The Saxon spirit had gone with them as well and she slapped her forehead. Using this watch also took away from Phoebe's days. With Andre here, she would surely lose two months of her life. Thankfully they had David now, he could refill the gap.
"Just remain quiet and don't touch a thing, you could change the future."
They watched Ruth sneak into grandma Mayfair's room, she injected so liquid in the tonics and rushed out before the power ca back on.
In real ti, Andre and Phoebe's bodies were like statues, not moving, which marveled the whole family. After being introduced to ghosts, everything Phoebe did could shock them but not to the point of madness. Andre and Edward had also told them stories about the founding sect, supernatural world, exorcists, ghost catchers and more. Their eyes had been opened to the real world now.
Jennie made the sign of the cross and prayed for their safe return.
"That idiot Andre, he just does things without thinking." Collin spoke through pursed lips. He had led them straight to grave robbers in Iborg city and now this.
His words caused Luke to chuckle. Their youngest brother was really playful.
Just shy of two seconds to the five minutes ,the two immovable bodies regained mobility again when their souls returned.
"That was super cool! Again!" Andre was on cloud nine.
His words however caused Phoebe to smack his head, he might be older than her but he sure was reckless. She could not even tell him that he had inadvertently stolen so of her life span. She looked at her hand, fifty two days were gone.
"Sooo...err...what did you find?" Collin was quite curious.
"She did it, Andre saw it too." Phoebe confird.
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