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?”

sat there listening to everyone blaming and

do

thought, ‘This house feels suffocating. If I were Aubree, I wouldn’t have lasted a day. But she lived here for three whole

he heard Aubree refused to ghostwrite for her. If he could teleport, he would’ve gone straight to Aubree and given her a

because you guys gave her money behind my back? Otherwise, she wouldn’t even have been able to rent a

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

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

and I never gave her anything. Other than that gift we gave when she first

right away, “Why would I give her money?” The disgust on his face

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

turned toward him, Emery let out a bitter laugh. “I didn’t give her

Aubree had food and a place to stay at home, plus that card. So he

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

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