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?”

there listening to everyone blaming and criticizing Aubree, not knowing what to

do anything wrong? What exactly did

feels suffocating. If I were Aubree, I wouldn’t have lasted a

the one who doted on Carmen the most out of all the brothers, had already been furious when he heard Aubree refused

behind my back? Otherwise, she

his assistant to check on things that Aubree had moved into a tiny apartment in a sketchy part of

been cut off. If she had cash on her, it had

paused for a second. “But your dad and I never gave her anything. Other than that gift we gave when she

added right away, “Why would I give her money?” The disgust

was

out a bitter

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

get a seven-figure monthly allowance before they started working. Now that they had their own careers, even Carmen’s personal account never dropped below eight

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