The Queen They Buried

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Ronald questioned, “Why only three meals? Isn’t Aubree’s diet specifically customized to follow the principle of frequent, smaller meals?”

Carmen, sitting in the middle, started to panic, fidgeting with her fingers uneasily. “Maybe the kitchen was too busy and made a mistake?”

Even Trevor, who usually took things lightly, looked surprised. ‘Aubree couldn’t even eat enough here?’ he said inwardly.

Alice also felt a vague sense of unease, but since everything had already passed, perhaps, as Carmen said, it was just a mistake in the kitchen.

“The mistake has already happened, and there’s nothing we can do to change it. We’ll just have to make it up to Aubree when she comes back,” she said, trying to brush it off.

Emery suddenly thought of what Aubree said to him at the school gate today. “If it were Carmen, would this matter just pass by so easily?”

He suddenly felt unsure, asking inwardly, “Were our actions really right?’

It was suffocating. The pain in his heart seemed to spread to his limbs. His eyes were sore, and without looking, he knew they must be red.

“Today, I went to Rithol High School to see Aubree. Do you know what she told me about the school forum?” Emery repeated what Aubree had said.

“If this happened to Carmen now, Mom, would you just brush it off so lightly? Earlier, you said Aubree might have bribed the doctor to fake this report, but have you thought about where Aubree would get the money?

left the Wilson family; where would she live?

shouted the

felt annoyed, as these words had placed Carmen in an

playing the saint now, but don’t you remember how you treated Aubree before?”

looked like a lost soul, his eyes blank. “Right, I’m not a saint

used to follow him around, sweetly calling him,

back to reality, he

find that the room’s layout hadn’t changed at all, as

sight of the stuffed bear on the bed, his

was when she first came back and saw the

storage room with poor lighting and space. Since everyone in the family was busy, they didn’t have time to set up a proper room for her. The little bear she loved so much was

want.

his

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