Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband

Collin's shoulders tensed up and so did Phoebe's. For her, it was because she noticed the unease in Collin all of a sudden. That dreadful feeling which she had from earlier returned once again. Before he could say a word, Phoebe had a feeling that something had gone wrong in the Baltimore house.

Collin moved backwards, found his wine glass and gulped down all of the contents first. Then, he pulled his brows together and faced the women. "Why are you searching for her? Did she do or say something? Did something happen?" His voice veiled mild desperation.

The women exchanged curious glances first, wondering what exactly it was that Connie could have said to them that made Collin worry.

Phoebe gestured at her aunt to remain calm, and she turned her eyes back to Collin. "Collin, I have known Connie for more than a year now and I know her habits. Even when she runs off to sulk because of something we have said or done, she always returns for candies or to gossip. It is not like her to just wander off to anywhere without informing anyone, me especially." Phoebe effortlessly explained to him, yet her tone carried a lot of worry.

If it was not for the fact that she had protected Connie's ghost tightly, she would be worried that some ghost catcher had dealt with her.

Letting out a heavy sigh, Collin sat in a single sofa chair and run a hand through his locks of golden hair. "I...I..." He stammered first. "It has been a while since I last saw her. I have searched for her in all the places we have been to together, but I cannot find her. I thought that she had returned to you--to the cafe." He huffed impatiently, avoiding Phoebe's scanning gaze.

"That is strange! She was very excited to be around you like a duckling clinging to its mother; in fact, she would not go a day without coming over to boast about her generous brother and all the things you had bought her." Maureen massaged her chin, shackling him with a suspicious gaze.

Maureen was sure that there was more to the story than Collin was sharing. Teenagers did not run away from home without a reason__, heck nobody run from their home without a good reason.

The spirit floated towards Collin. "There is more, he is hesitating." Just like Maureen, it had also noticed something was off.

"Alright Collin out with it, what happened the last time you saw her? What was her mood like and what was done or said before she left home?" Phoebe asked, the desperation within her surging.

Closing his eyes tightly shut, a curse grumbled out from his chest, but he kept his mouth shut. When he opened it, no sound came out, it seemed like he was struggling to find the right words, or he just didn't know where to start from.

"Alright I have had enough; we can do this the supernatural way and save time." Maureen pulled out a truth telling talisman from her pocket, she had come prepared.

Phoebe stretched her hand to stop her. "Aunt please." She requested with grace and returned her eyes to Collin. "She is a young ghost that could be in trouble, what happened Collin, don't make us force the answers out of you." She asked again.

Collin cracked his knuckles, but he finally found his voice. "We had a conversation about Cassie. I felt horrible that I was the only person in the family that could see and talk to her. So, I asked her if she wanted to speak to mother and Cassie. In response, Connie reluctantly agreed to speak to mother only.

Truth be told, just like you I wanted to know why the relationship between the two is tense. They are twins, they used to be so close before our father passed. I couldn't stand not knowing the truth, so I asked her why she did not like Cassie. I shared with her my suspicions of Cassie having something to do with her death and asked her if there was any truth to them." He confessed, the words came out only barely a whisper.

Rekha was only an observer until she heard that statement. "I am sorry you did what? Why would you ask her that? Why would you force a ghost recall their last moments if they are not ready to face what happened?" She quizzed. "You are not a shaman, seer, warlock or supernatural related in anyway. Doing something like that can be catastrophic sometimes."

"I know that I should not have said anything, but I was tired of walking on eggshells when it came to this one subject. At home, I had to act as if Connie was not around even if she was in the living room.

Connie asked me why we don't talk about her at all, and I had no answer to give, none that would make her happy anyway. Cassie wanted to know why I was spending less time with her and hanging out by myself. She was curious why I was buying all this stuff for teenage girls which was not for her.

I snapped finally and I just wanted the truth so that our family could reunite. Something happened on that school trip because Cassie was never the same again. She spent months having nightmares, headaches and sleepwalking. It was only until we moved here and met Phoebe that her situation was remedied." He inhaled deeply and exhaled.

Maureen shook her head." Her sister had just died, she was traumatized. That is not enough reasons for you to become suspicious of her." She raised her doubts.

"No, that was not enough but after Connie's ghost started coming over more and more often, Cassie's nightmares returned. One night, I was keeping her company, and I heard her talking in her sleep. She said that it was her fault Connie had died." Collin gulped and covered his eyes. "I told that to Connie when I asked her if Cassie had a hand in her death and she just went crazy, she held her head and said that it hurt like hell. I can never forget the ear-piercing scream that came from her." He narrated between regretful moans.

"Shit!" Phoebe whispered.

The spirit cursed silently. "The girl got her memories back, that is the only explanation here. Whatever she remembered it cannot be good otherwise she would come straight to us and said she was ready to move on. She has not moved on Phoebe; I can still feel her presence on earth." Its voice trembled slightly, a mixture of fear and anger trembling through it. How could Collin be so careless to bring these things up when they were not around to run interference?

"And what happened after?" Rekha asked, her hand massaging her weapon, having a reckless angry ghost on the loose was not a good thing.

Collin tugged on his front hair. "She vanished into thin air; I have not seen her since. I know I messed up and now Cassie has returned to an unstable mental state. I don't know what Connie will do to Cassie, I am afraid." His voice dripped with fear.