For a housewarming, there were no other guests present. Cassie stood up imdiately when she saw Phoebe, she was clearly unhappy that she was there.
"Collin! I told you to get rid of her not to invite her into our house. What if one of her ghost pets ca along with her." She shuffled her feet the sa way Connie did when she was mad.
Phoebe stole a look at Connie who happened to be in a trance like state. Indeed she had brought ghosts along with her, but nobody knew.
The Saxon Spirit nudged Connie out of her reverie. "Hey girl, what's wrong? You look so out of it."
Connie shook her head but she continued staring at the three Baltimore's with a frown on her face.
"See, she is looking at the wall like an idiot to make us think sothing is there." Cassie accused Phoebe.
"Co and eat." Their mother called out.
They all moved to the dium sized dining room, each lost in their own thoughts. Sohow, Phoebe found herself between David and Collin but not even the tension between the two n could stop her from enjoying the delicious ho cooked al.
She was eating in peace until Collin decided to trample on that peace by talking to her.
"How do you know David Saxon?" He asked
"I don't, I an I have t him before but i don't know him personally." She continued to eat the creamy lemon pie slice which she had just been given.
[I just want to eat in peace Goldie, please, let eat before i die of hunger.]
Collin swallowed and turned his head to look at Ruth, the unwanted stranger here. Ruth initially had been clinging onto David who kept chasing her away and avoiding her.
He didn't want to annoy Phoebe but he was curious about her relationship with the woman that had tried to slap her.
"Who is that?"
"An annoying fly," she responded and stuffed a pie filled fork into her mouth before smiling deliberately at Ruth.
At the mont Ruth was sitting across her at the dining table, clenching her hands around a glass of wine with her vicious stare focused on Phoebe.
She thought that Phoebe would eventually cave in, go to her and beg for forgiveness for slapping her but it looked like she regretted nothing.
David lowered his head to talk to Phoebe as well.
"Are you full?"
Phoebe nodded and sighed.
"Do you want more pie?" Collin asked her.
Phoebe wanted to groan loudly because the two n were determined not to let her rest. From what she had noticed the n had already t and it seed like they didn't get along. If she stayed any longer, they would keep trying to outdo each other and she would be like a bone being dragged between two dogs in their fight.
Phoebe stood up, thanked Lydia for dinner, bid her a goodnight and left the Baltimore apartnt.
She had just taken two steps out of the apartnt when the sound of soone running after her in high heels reached her ears. Phoebe slowly turned because she was certain that it was Ruth.
Right she was, and the woman also grabbed her arm, just as she had done before.
"You never learn do you? This ti I will make sure that you lose a tooth or two." Phoebe got into combat mode.
Ruth laughed mockingly. "No problem and this ti I'll make sure that your father disowns you, your family already doesn't like you after that little lie that I told." She spoke thrusting her jaw forward.
She was expecting Phoebe to fall on her knees in regret after making the threat because usually Phoebe pleaded with Ruth to soothe her father's anger and it usually worked like magic.
But instead, Phoebe laughed like she was a ntal patient, non stop that Ruth began to get freaked out by her behavior.
"That's the funniest thing that I have heard in a while. You have this all twisted, I am the one disowning them because I don't need them but they need . I do everything for them and what do I get in in return? Disloyalty and disrespect, next ti you see my father especially, tell him that am cutting ties with him."
Ruth stared at her in shock because she didn't understand this version of Phoebe. It was like she was possessed, the old Phoebe never had the guts to challenge her, let alone talk of disowning her family.
Ruth realized that the hard way would not work so she had to take the soft path. She softened her tone and switched to pitiful mode as if she was switching a light on.
"Pheebs, i just love David so much. Have you ever seen this crazy about a man before? I know he seems like he is interested in you right now but that's just his playboy nature. We shouldn't be fighting over a man, one you don't even like. You shouldn't stay here honey or he will use and dump you. Get another place, I will pay you a fortune.
In fact move back ho, you have a room there, please Pheebs." Ruth tried play her adorable act but Phoebe wasn't buying into it.
"Please Pheebs." Phoebe mimicked her in a squeaky high pitched voice. "I don't believe you Ruth. If he is such a big bad playboy then why are you telling that you love him? If you can see good in him, then why can't it be the sa for ? Oh and by the way, your brother ca to my shop."
Her words caused Ruth to freeze, she couldn't believe that even after warning her brothers, one of them had gone to see Phoebe.
'God damn it!' Ruth thought before asking which of her brothers she was talking about.
"Collin, the older one. There is sothing about him...." Phoebe broke off mysteriously.
Her face turned venomous as she watched the expression on Ruth's face change. It was just a test to see how she would react and Phoebe was now certain that she had the answer. All those tis that Ruth had refused her to visit the Mayfair house, how she had shoved Phoebe into the bushes one ti when they bumped into her brothers.
Why Ruth claid that Phoebe was her best friend but never invited her to any of her birthdays or parties at the Mayfair house but their other classmates got to go. This was a duck situation, if it walked like a duck and quacked like a duck, then it was a duck.
"You need to go." Phoebe told her.
"I want to sleep over at your place." Ruth said softy.
Phoebe was not having it and she shoved Ruth away. The only reason for her to sleep over was to ensure that David didn't spend the night at her place.
Because Phoebe used a lot of strength, Ruth stumbled and fell right at David's feet. He had just left the Baltimore's and he was planning to see Phoebe.
Ruth began to cry hoping that David would feel pity on her and reprimand Phoebe but it was the opposite. he stepped around her, almost stepping on Ruth's feet as he rushed to Phoebe's side.
"Pheebs are you alright? Did Ruth do sothing to hurt you?" His voice was coated with great concern.
"David! Am the one she pushed to the ground, why are you asking her?" Ruth lanted but all her cries were ignored.
To add salt to the injury, with a coy look on her face, Phoebe opened her mouth and asked David a question that caused all the blood to drain from Ruth's face.
"Do you want to co in?"
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