The Queen They Buried

Chapter 29

After dealing with the Wilson family, Alvin took his team out to celebrate the new addition. He even paid for the whole dinner himself.

Things were cheerful on Aubree’s side, but at the Wilsons, the mood was downright grim.

Everyone was there except Trevor, who was off filming and couldn’t make it back.

Then Bryan laid out everything that had happened with Aubree over the past few days.

Alice snapped immediately, “Is Aubree trying to turn the world upside down now? She actually talked back to you?”

As a mother, what Alice cared about wasn’t that her daughter was out there with no home-it was that her daughter had the nerve to argue with her eldest brother.

Ronald didn’t bother hiding his annoyance. He sneered. “She’s grown pretty bold, hasn’t she? Last time at the hospital, didn’t she say she wanted to cut ties with us?”

Ronald honestly thought Aubree had come crawling back in a few days. Who knew she had it in her to keep going?

Ronald gritted his teeth. “When did she get so out of control?”

listening to everyone blaming and criticizing Aubree,

to ask-did Aubree really do anything wrong? What exactly did she do

wouldn’t have

doted on Carmen the most out of all the brothers, had already been furious when he heard Aubree refused to ghostwrite for her. If

because you guys gave her money behind my back? Otherwise,

sending his assistant to check on things that Aubree had moved into a tiny apartment in a

cash on

her anything. Other than that gift we gave when she first got home, we were worried she’d waste money, so

her money?” The disgust

there, but he was always the busiest. Even though he was closest with Carmen,

Emery let out a bitter

hadn’t thought about it before. Aubree had food and a place to stay at home, plus that card. So he

get a seven-figure monthly allowance before they started working. Now that

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Alice’s eyes went wide. She asked, “If she didn’t have money, how’d she