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, not

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

I wouldn’t have lasted a day. But she lived here for three

been furious when he heard Aubree refused to ghostwrite

you guys gave her money behind my back? Otherwise, she wouldn’t even have been able to rent a place and would’ve come crawling back

his assistant to check on things that Aubree had moved

card had already been cut off. If she had cash on her, it had to be from the

never gave her anything. Other than that gift we gave when she first got home, we were worried she’d waste money,

“Why would I give her money?” The disgust on his

the busiest. Even though he was closest with Carmen, he’d forget to

turned toward him, Emery let out a bitter

Aubree had food and a place to stay at home, plus that

all the other kids-Carmen included-used to get a seven-figure monthly allowance before they started working. Now that they had their own

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