Ruth was a little smug about some of the things Ophelia had reported to her. Of course Collin wouldn't welcome that wretch Phoebe, she had poisoned his mind against her. It now made sense why her brother looked troubled that morning, he wanted to tell her but lost the guts to do so because he was concerned about her health.

Ophelia wiped her face with her hand. "There is a bigger problem and it's about the Gabriels. They apparently signed an agreement with Phoebe agreeing to cut off all ties with her away and in return they asked for ten million and the house that they are currently living in."

Ruth clenched her fists and let out a loud sharp cry like a bird whose eggs in the nest had been stolen. She couldn't believe how greedy and stupid her birth parents were. She had given them simple instructions to take Phoebe away but the fools had chosen to let her go for a paltry sum and to add salt to make it worse, they left evidence by signing an agreement.

With this, Edward and Jennie would never allow Phoebe and the Gabriels to so much as meet.

It was already cemented in their minds now that those two were bad people. She couldn't use them to smear Phoebe's reputation to the Mayfairs.

"Give me that phone!" Ruth shouted, she wanted to give the Gabriels an earful and for this stupid mistake they had made. They were fools that couldn't think beyond their stomachs.

"Ruthie, my daughter, are you feeling any better? I was...." Aaron Gabriel happily spoke when he answered Ruth's call but he stopped speaking when she told him to shut his big mouth immediately, stunning him.

"How many times have I told you not to call me your daughter! I am not and I will never be, get that into your thick skull. I am a Mayfair, okay, i am Ruth Mayfair." Ruth's words only dripped with venom as she spoke, she had no kind words for a father she considered useless.

"Do you want to see me die right now? I am already in the hospital and in pain. Why do you have to add to my problems?"

Aaron quickly apologized, he loved his daughter so much and didn't want to annoy her by his sentiments. "I am sorry daugh...I mean Ruth. I was just so happy to receive a call from you. May i ask why you have called? Is there something I can help you with?"

Harsh laughter vibrated through the phone. "You, help me? I gave you one simple instruction but instead you have made things worse on my end. Why in God's name did you ask Phoebe for money and why did you cut her off. You were supposed to stick to her like glue but instead you drove her into the arms of the Mayfairs with a sob story about bad parents that extorted her." Ruth spoke through pursed lips.

"What? She's at the Mayfairs? Listen...we didn't cut her off deliberately, she already had the proof that we are not her parents. She was talking about sending us to prison for a crime of kidnapping and claiming we swapped the two of you as babies. We have your brother to think about too, we cannot be classified as criminals.

The Mayfairs will ruin all of us if such a rumor surfaces even if it's not true. And as for the money and the house, we deserved it...." Aaron tried to explain but his daughter was too angry to listen to him speak

"Shut up!!! You are idiots because now the Mayfairs think badly of you. All the lies I told about her being a bad daughter have been covered by your foolish act because you are horrible parents for extorting her. Why did you ask for money yet I give you allowances each month? As for the house I told you that I bought you one in Magic city so you don't need one here.

If you want to help me, you need to disappear before the Mayfairs come looking for you. I want all of you to pack your bags and leave immediately." Ruth ordered, her voice was stern and her instructions were non negotiable.

"Now? Just like that? What about your brother's school, maybe we can leave at the end of the year not now." Aaron tried to make Ruth see reason

"Brother? I don't care what you do about his school, let's not pretend that he is scholar or a perfect student. Leave immediately, today. What if the Mayfairs seek for revenge for how you treated their daughter? They have already consulted lawyers about the house and money Phoebe gave you.

I am sure it's what that wretch was planning right from the onset and you fell into her trap. You will all end up in prison if you don't run away immediately." Ruth threatened Aaron who seemed hesitant.

On hearing that he could end up in prison Aaron agreed to leave. "Just send us more money because Magic city is an expensive city to live in."

Ruth sneered at the nerve of Aaron to ask her for more money. What about all the money that Phoebe had just given him. It didn't matter because Ruth wanted them gone, her life was going to get easier without them in it. If they were not around, the Mayfair's couldn't say things like 'we are sending you back to your family.'

"Fine, i will send you money for plane tickets and i am going to find a buyer for the house right now. The money will be sent to your account as soon as the sale is made. Change your phone numbers and don't contact anyone in Citrus city for a while. Forget your life here and start afresh there and be very careful, the Mayfairs should never find you.

You can contact me through this number." Ruth hung up before Aaron could say something more infuriating.

She tossed the phone onto the bed and screamed some more.

Ophelia sighed deeply because it seemed like Ruth's woes were just beginning. There was more news from home and she wasn't going to like it. "Well .....uhmm there is one more thing that you need to know."

"What's that?" Ruth placed her hands on her waist and waited for Ophelia to speak.

"The first thing Phoebe did was to take over your bedroom." Ophelia pressed her lips together.

Ruth chuckled and pointed an index finger at herself. "My bedroom? Are you serious? My parents allowed that to happen? Are you fucking kidding?"

Her boiling anger had reached its peak and she couldn't contain it any longer. Ruth went haywire as she broke and threw everything that she touched. She threw curses and insults at Phoebe as she promised that she would have to pay for crossing her.

"She must be over the moon that she's a Mayfair! That insolent bitch deserves nothing good in this life. That's my family not hers and I will die first before she takes it away from me." Ruth fell to the floor, hot tears rolled down her cheeks, she remained there for some minutes sobbing and talking to herself.

Then she stood up calmly and wiped her tears away with the back of her hand. "Ophelia search this entire hospital for the most corrupt doctor you can find and bring him to me as soon as possible."

"What are you thinking?" Ophelia asked curiously.

Ruth picked up a mirror and looked at herself, she grinned devilishly. "I am thinking that i need to be ill, so ill that they cannot throw me away ever. Jennie, my mother cares so much about public opinion and she cannot throw out her sick daughter for fear of what people will say especially if they find out she is not my real mother."