By around midday, the clouds had began to change from snow white to darkish Grey which symbolized that it was about to rain at any given time.
A camouflaged man that had been spying on the black ghost cafe for a while was wondering why his grandmother and Ruth who was a close friend to the family had visited the cafe.
He recalled then that Ruth was friends with Phoebe and he clenched his fists. All this time, she had even known where Phoebe was and claimed she didn't know a Phoebe with red hair.
Even though Phoebe had changed her name from Gabriel, as her close friend, Ruth knew about this. So, she was keeping them apart deliberately as he had guessed.
She was so careful not to visit this cafe often because he had his people watching her most of the time. She also worked with the enemy, he just didn't know who the enemy was and so far, no matter how much he dug, he kept coming up empty.
As for his grandmother, David suspected that one of the security personnel may have told her about the location of the cafe because he was their too. That or she had come over accidentally. Of course there was also the possibility that she had come looking for a Phoebe with red hair whose family name was Gabriel.
The reason as to why he hadn't approached Phoebe just yet was because he was afraid of scaring her with his stories about them being married before and him being reborn. Also, the last time he had seen her, she run away from him like she was running away from a plague and he didn't know why.
"I should have approached her more naturally she must think that am some psycho, I hope grandma doesn't tell her that I have been searching for her." He sighed deeply and pulled his dark glasses closer to his face.
He had been sitting at the bakery opposite to the black ghost cafe since morning observing whatever was going on in the other store.
Earlier that same morning, he had almost intervened in the altercation she had with some man and his sister. It took him a lot of effort to hold back, in fact it was he that told the golden haired man that the box belonged to the owner of The black ghost Cafe.
A wave of jealousy had swept through him when the man's face lit up as he walked into the store to save the day yet it was he that had found the box.
Later on he saw Ruth Mayfair walk into the store with a big fake smile on her face, judging by her happy demeanor, she had been here a few times before.
David couldn't help but think of Ruth's behavior as suspicious. "That cunning snake is always up to no good." He muttered.
He would have to warn Phoebe about her but he didn't know if she would trust him.
His grandmother and Ruth came out of the cafe. Phoebe who was carrying a paper bag followed them and handed it to one of the guards. David watched the black Cadillac in which his grandmother arrived leave.
After a few minutes, Ruth who had remained outside for a while walked back to the store and it wasn't long before she stormed out, her face was angry like as if she had quarreled with someone inside the store. In fact he had noted that some customers run out of the cafe earlier like it was on fire. It was obvious that Ruth had started some trouble.
David decided that today wasn't a good day to approach Phoebe, if he was going to meet her again, then it had to be under circumstances that favored him.
He spared a last quick glance at the store and left the bakery with a heavy stomach after having eaten four cinnamon rolls and two glasses of passion fruit juice.
Making his way to the landlord's office because he wanted to purchase an apartment, David was surprised to find a familiar face. It was the golden haired man who had a confrontation with Phoebe in the morning.
"Ohhh it's you! The box guy right?" Collin's face lit up. Unknown to him was that David was irritated by his dimpled smile. What bothered him most was that it was the same smile he gave Phoebe, if he's instincts were right, this man had a crush on her.
Hmm box guy? I wish I could wipe that irking smile off his face. You were clearly trying to flirt with my wife, David thought.
"I want to see the owner of the building."
Unfazed by his attitude and unfriendly tone, Collin kept the smile on his face. "You are speaking to him, I am Collin Baltimore. The landlord you are looking for." He stretched his hand for a shake but was puzzled when the man in front of him gave him an angry look instead.
David couldn't believe his bad luck, why was this man the landlord of all people. Now that he knew who the landlord was, he developed the intense desire to purchase the entire building.
With his wild imagination, he assumed that Collin was going to use his position as the land lord to woo his woman.
"I want to buy it." David's statement was brief and left Collin confused, if only the man who hadn't introduced himself yet elaborated on what he meant by it.
"Pardon me? Do you mean an apartment?" Collin raised his brows in excitement. Since renovating the unoccupied parts of the buildings, tenants had been flowing in like water.
David removed the black bucket hat from his head revealing his white hair and took off the shades. He expected Collin to be startled by him because he was a Saxon.
However it was the opposite as the man remained composed and he stared at him like he had no idea about who he was.
And he was right because Collin and his family had been living overseas, it was only recently after his sister developed a strange illness that they had moved back because she asked them to.
David sneered and introduced himself like a famous television hero, beloved by all because he saved the day everyday.
"I am David, David Saxon."
Under normal circumstances, at the mention of the name Saxon people trembled but not this man.
"Okay David...." Collin began to speak but was interrupted him and told him to call him by his sur name.
Collin sighed, a little miffed by David. The last thing he wanted was to become familiar with this man who was a little too arrogant for his liking.
"Okay Mr. Saxon, these are the apartments available. You can choose one of you liking." Collin spread the layout of the apartments on the vast office table.
Curling his upper lip upwards, David looked the other way. "The whole thing, not just an apartment. State a figure, I will give you as much as you want, just name a figure."
His arrogance could be heard in the words that came out of his mouth. Collin who was dumbfounded let out a guffaw, when the laughing ceased, Collin who wasn't offended told David that he wasn't selling his investment now or in the near future.
Displeased by the answer because he was expecting Collin to jump up at the offer, David inhaled and exhaled deeply. It was astonishing because it wasn't every day that a man rejected a lot money.
"I'll buy apartment 303D, I already paid the previous tenant to move out, Send your account details to my email address and the money will be deposited immediately." David stated curtly.
Without wasting time, the white haired man carelessly dropped his business card on top of the table and walked away leaving the land lord in shock.