The suspicions which the Saxon spirit and Phoebe were ntioning were very worriso, the allegations quite serious especially when the two seed to be hinting at Cassie having a secret that was related to Connie's death.
Collin was unwilling to hear of it, he had lost a father and then a sister in a space of a few months. He had almost lost Cassie too as those nightmares almost drove her insane. Their lives were finally normal again, he did not want to go dredging up the past.
"Sweet, potential murder, I will take it." Connie blurted out giddily.
Everyone frowned or reacted in another way that expressed shock. Connie had to be ntally screwed up to see her potential murder as sothing to be excited about.
"Cassie could not have murdered you." Collin refuted the words imdiately.
"We will know if we speak to her." Phoebe said.
Collin clenched his jaw; he was ready to turn her down again. Lucky for him, the doorbell chid, and he saw an opportunity to make a quick exit.
"Connie, I have to go but I will be back with mom, she will be so happy to see you." he said as he rushed to stand up.
"Brother, wait, give so money for candy, a couple of millions, you have no idea how horrible it is to be a hungry ghost. I, a wealthy girl was reduced to begging, my boss pays pennies...." she started fake sobbing.
In the end, Collin transferred twenty million to Phoebe before Connie allowed him to leave, Phoebe still followed him out and said a few things to him before he left. For the next few hours, they opened the cafe doors and got to work, mingling with humans and ghosts.
****
Later, on the way back ho, the affairs of the Baltimore's were all Phoebe and grandma Mayfair could talk about. They were trading theories on how Connie died, talking freely as she was not around.
"There are too many ifs, we need to get to the bottom of this matter quickly." grandma Mayfair sighed.
She was feeling sorry for Connie which was funny as the girl was not bothered by anything that they had learned, she had no mories of it anyway.
"Collin has promised to make arrangents for to have a chat with Cassie however he requested that I tread carefully, and he wants to be there when I talk to her to control the direction of our conversation."
"That poor guy, he wanted to keep the ghost seeing glasses such that he could see his sister as much as he could but he did not dare to ask under those circumstances." Grandma let out a pronounced sigh.
Phoebe took her hand and patted the top of it. "Grandma why do you think Connie isn't here, she followed her brother. When I followed him to the door, I gave him a temporary talisman that gives him the ability to see ghosts."
"Oh! Pheebs that was so nice and thoughtful of you, at least they get to see each other so more." Grandma Mayfair chid, the folds on her forehead disappeared.
The spirit arched an eyebrow. "Hmmm, I think that he will co back soon and ask you to destroy that talisman, just wait and see." It spoke with indifference.
"Why do you say that?" Phoebe asked.
Clicking it's tongue, it looked out of the window as they entered the Mayfair drive way. "Apart from Connie, he will be seeing other ghosts. So are not so pleasing to look at and besides, if ghosts realize that he can see them, they will seek him out."
Phoebe's shoulders moved to shrug. "He wanted this, if he is scared then I will destroy the talisman, simple."
"Look Arica and Diana are here to play again." The spirit pointed at the swings that were moving on their own.
Phoebe followed the spirit's hand, the corners of Phoebe's eyes crinkled as a rush of joy coursed through her veins. "That little girl is so happy here."
"And so is Arica, she has dedicated most of her ti to watching out for children at the orphanage, she even gives updates regularly, there are thirty three children now. Most of the older ones have sad stories to tell, it's a good thing that I fed her so energy which allows the children to see her, she is continuing her work as a psychologist but solely for children now." The spirit waved at Arica and floated over to join them.
Phoebe and grandma Mayfair continued into the house, inside, Phoebe found her aunt and Luna had already beco acquainted with each other judging from the way they were laughing and chatting like longti old friends.
"Pheebs!" Aunt Maureen gestured that she should co over.
Her eyes ca in contact with those of Luna. "You might as well move in seeing as to how you are frequenting my ho." Phoebe's eyes narrowed as she made a sarcastic joke.
Luna sat up straight. "Really can I do that?" The glee in her voice alard Phoebe not just her but Jennie too as she walked into the living room slowly.
"Hell no you can not, Phoebe please tell that you are joking dear." Jennie placed a hand to her chest.
Aunt Maureen placed the glass of wine on the marble table. "I do not see why not! She is a sweet girl and Luke's girlfriend. He introduced her to herself, that boy is in love I am telling you. When has he ever introduced a girl to you?"
Phoebe scoffed. " I was kidding guys and aunt, watch out for her she is sweet but deadly."
Jennie could not agree more. "Yes, tell her Pheebs, Maureen I am sorry to say this, but you are a poor judge of character, maybe that's why you fall for the wrong guys. " Jennie rolled her eyes, she knew that she was rude, but she didn't care because she and her sister-in-law didn't have the best taste in n.
She had dated a few gold diggers, pretty boys and celebrities, most were not even from the founding families.
Aunt Maureen let out a guffaw dropping her elegant lady act. "You are one to talk Jennie, you dated more than a few of the riffraffs on founding lane and only got lucky that my brother fell for you. My dear you cannot judge at all, besides I still believe that my soul mate must be out there waiting or searching for ." She had a faraway dreamy look in her eyes.
Phoebe clapped once and drew all the attention to herself. "That's it, there is soone that I think will be a perfect match for you. He is a very nice man, runs a seed and herb store, he lives a simple but enjoyable life. I have already made the calculations and your stars align."
"Really?" Grandma Mayfair exclaid, overjoyed. She didn't have to worry anymore about her daughter growing old alone.
Nodding strongly, Phoebe smiled widely however her aunt Maureen was skeptical even at that age of forty-seven she was still very picky.
"Set them up and i don't want to hear a negative word from you Maureen. Phoebe creates the best matches, Shanna and Collin for instance." Grandma Mayfair spoke with a lot of enthusiasm.
Luna clapped her hands eagerly like an excited kid. " and Luke." Her words had people rolling their eyes.
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