Jennie was not surprised that a few young n were interested in her daughter, Phoebe was beautiful, from a founding family, enterprising and an heiress.
After hearing from Andre she wanted to know if there were any n from the founding families that had approached him husband to inquire about Phoebe.
She pinched his arm, twisting a little as she questioned him with her curious digging gaze.
Edward scanned his mind for an answer to give to his overly curious wife who was not about to let up. "All i can say is that there are so young n whose families have expressed interest in knowing more about our beautiful daughter here. I did not make any promises, we will let her lead her life as she wishes and do the choosing whenever she is ready to settle down." Edward jutted his jaw upwards.
Phoebe had co to them as a grown woman with her own ideas, they could not force the traditions of founding families on her. Edward's chest tightened a little, wishing that they had found her sooner.
Jennie bead with a smile. "Pheebs keep your options open, do not put your eggs in one basket." She winked at her. "Do not rush, sotis leopards don't change their spots, i do not want you to be bitten and hurt."
Phoebe could easily tell that her mother was still having a hard ti warming up to David. That was his fault for being a notorious playboy in the past, the consequences were now being felt. Everyone at the table genuinely doubted David's intentions.
Maybe i should say sothing good about him, he sent flowers today and he helped with the Verdemont case. He really isn't all bad, she thought.
She opened her phone to say sothing and her phone buzzed so she reached for it and her eyes saw David's na on the screen.
Speaking of the devil, she thought.
Phoebe excused herself from the table and answered the phone privately in the living room.
"Hey.." she answered softly.
"Hi, Pheebs." David replied in a heavy tone.
Imdiately, Phoebe detected bad news in his voice.
"What happened?"
She heard him draw in a deep breath and she frowned, it was that serious, it seed.
"It's about Luther."
Phoebe's left hand folded into a fist, David did not need to say more, she could tell. Her mind recalled the image of the lonely but stubborn old man that had sought justice for his granddaughter against all odds.
Had he reunited with Linda already? Were they on their way to reincarnation or sowhere in purgatory? Was he happy, finally?
Slowly, she walked back into the dining room and cleared her throat. "Everyone, i have so news." She adjusted her phone settings and put David on speaker phone. "David my family is listening in repeat what you have just told ."
David sighed heavily and spoke. "Luther Verdemont is dead." he shared with them the sa news he had just broken to Phoebe.
His words elicited a 'WHAT!' and gasps from the group.
Edward's hands went up to hold his head, he suddenly felt light headed. News about the death of soone was never good, especially when you were unprepared for it.
"My God! Just when I was thinking of visiting him to console him about Linda's matter. What happened, do you know how he died?"
Grandma Mayfair clicked her tongue."What a naive question Edward, you should just jump to the obvious conclusion. It is quite obvious that one of his cruel relatives killed him off. After Luther shaming them publicly, I knew that he wasn't safe in that damn house. I hope an autopsy is done and soone is arrested."
"Grandma for that to happen, the family must give its consent in this case i highly doubt that they will. Everyone that hears of his death is going to jump to the sa conclusion as you." Luke clasped his fingers together.
"It could be the wrong conclusion, there is a rumor that he was born with a heart defect." Andre suggested and reminded them all about Luther's health casually.
"Ba!! if his heart was so frail, he would have died a long ti ago, not lived to his eighties." Grandma Mayfair disagreed.
They all went on like that for two minutes, disagreeing on the possible cause of death. David waited until they had exhausted their opinions to speak again.
"Well, Andre is right Luther died of natural causes. One of the security personnel that I sent to his house called an hour ago and gave the news. According to him the butler went inside Luther's study to give him his night ti dication and found the old man sitting in the chair unresponsive. The family doctor was called right away and it was he that confird that Luther was dead. Apparently his heart gave out, perhaps he couldn't take the sadness any longer or he just thought the job of avenging Linda was done so he died."
Edward excused himself for he was receiving a call. When he returned he inford everyone that Ekhart Verdemont had just invited the family to Luther's burial which was slated to happen the next day.
Phoebe sneered. "Those shaless people! The man just died and they are already calling on people to bury him. Why are they in a hurry?"
"Indeed, whats with the rush? It's like they have been eagerly waiting for him to pass on." Luke pulled his brows together.
David cleared his throat. "I think that i know why, earlier today I t Mr Cornwell of T&C law firm and I asked him whether old man Luther went to see him. Mr. Cornwell told that i was right, Luther had gone by indeed. He was worried about Luther because he had made drastic changes to his last will and testant. Of course he could not reveal the changes to but he ntioned that Luther had ordered him to read the will imdiately after his burial."
Phoebe clapped once as she gained clarity.
"So they are speeding up the burial such that they can know what he left each of them?"
Grandma Mayfair wrinkled her nose to express her disgust. "They just cannot wait to get their hands on all that wealth that he left behind."
"I figured that too." David laughed sarcastically. " Those idiots that call themselves his family had the sa idea as and recently Ekhart and so of the family visited Cornwell to inquire whether Luther had visited him lately. He confird it and imdiately so of them started claiming that Luther wasn't lucid and he was suffering from dentia and the new will was not valid.
They demanded to know the contents of the will and threatened to sue but of course Cornwell didn't tell them anything because he knew what was happening in the Verdemont household. I hope the old man left them nothing but disappointnt."
Grandma Mayfair nodded continuously. "Those vultures need to be left penniless especially that Ekhart and his shaless wife."
"Mother you should have listened to how enthusiastic his voice sounded. One cannot tell that his father had just died." Edward shook his head slightly.
"Thank you for informing us David, say hello to you father for ." Edward gave Phoebe a signal to hung up.
She did as he desired after thanking David and the family discussed more about the news.
Phoebe was feeling down spirited so she said goodnight and left for the bedroom. They all knew that she was saddened by the news and nobody stopped her.
"I know i am selfish but i hope his ghost doesn't co looking for Phoebe." Grandma Mayfair muttered.
She had seen the toll dealing with so of the ghosts left on Phoebe. They all left a scar on her heart, especially the sad cases.
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