sovbooks Chapter 376 - 376: Why had she returned?
Chapter 376 - 376: Why had she returned?
The two women that were already familiar with who Moria was were already engaged in a quiet conversation, keeping their bewildered eyes on her as if she would vanish at any moment, or maybe throw out a punch and they would need to intervene quickly to save her not Phoebe.
Phoebe had ghosts, talismans and supernatural strength on her side, unless Moria had similar means, she would be eviscerated in the fight. Shanna listened more while Evelyn did most of the talking.
"Why do you think she is back after all this time? It can't be good, I mean look at her, she is looking at Phoebe the way a hawk looks at fish. Wait, do hawks eat fish?" Evelyn asked, her brain spiraling with multiple questions. "You know what, I think they do because I saw it in a documentary once that was shot by an ex. I used to date a guy that takes wildlife pictures and videos for a living. I can't remember his name, anyway, I swear to God that I already have a blood curdling feeling about this." She chewed on her thumb nail nervously.
Shanna's hands clutched nervously on the handles of her bag as she soaked in all of Evelyn's relevant and irrelevant words. "Ooh, you are not alone on that blood curdling, I hope that it's not what I am thinking, perhaps she just returned to check on her family. Old man Mortimer is very ill apparently, rumor had it that he won't see the year's end."
A scoff loudly came from Evelyn. "Shanna, she has been gone for over ten years and when she returns the first thing she does is bump into Phoebe and they both happen to have red hair, hell no, she is not back to visit her grandfather. She is probably looking for an opportunity to become Mrs. Saxon, the Saxon in particular being David." She continued to grumble.
Unbeknownst to them was that Moria with her sharp hearing was listening in on the conversation. She turned to face them after sending away the manager.
The three women were taken back when Moria waved at them and smiled. The smile so warm and welcoming that it confused Shanna and Evelyn, Moria was a bully in the past and treated everyone like they were below her. She was the founding lane's original bad queen bee, especially when she was still David's publicly acknowledged fiancée, a lot of people had been happy when she left the country.
"It was nice to see you ladies, I hope that we can meet and catch up, I am going to be around for a while." She scanned all of them, her eyes sizing them up and down and then she looked at Phoebe and said slowly, "A very long while."
Luna laughed; the sound was as loud as it was sarcastic. "Cut the bullshit, I know who you are and if you are here to mess with Phoebe then you have me to contend with. I will advise you to think twice before you do anything, guns and knives don't have eyes."
Luna was very direct when she gave the strong warning, from the background re
"Oh, you poor naive thing, your innocence at times irks me." Luna's moved her hand to pat the top of Phoebe's head.
"Same here." Evelyn snapped. "That woman was not just David's woman; she was betrothed to him since they were babies." Her tone was effortlessly harsh. "When they were in diapers they used to have play dates, Moria practically grew up in the Saxon tower. She was the high school queen bee and he the heartthrob, they were like couple royalty on founding lane. Well...they didn't really date because David was not into her, but she was into him and they were engaged."
With furrowed brows, the dress which Phoebe had just picked up slipped through her fingers. "What? Moria, you mean that Moria!" She now recalled the name; David had mentioned it once in the past life.
He had told her in passing about a childhood engagement that he called off which earned him a lot of criticisms from the elders. They were still dating back then, and she did not know any of the founding families, so Moria Mortimer never stuck in her mind. That's why neither her face nor her mind struck a chord in her until now.
"Do you get it now Pheebs?" Luna twirled her around to face her. "From everything that skunk Moria has said she is back only for one thing: David. So, what are we going do about her because Luna is ready to do what Luna does best."