The Queen They Buried

Chapter 90

Chapter 90

Everyone at the table was caught off guard when Bryan stormed off. After a stunned silence, Alice snapped, “That damn troublemaker Aubree! She’s even led Bryan astray!”

Daxton’s face darkened. ‘I never thought Bryan would treat Carmen like this, and now even Emery has changed. Has Aubree put some kind of spell on them both?’ he thought, frustration and suspicion clouding his mind.

Carmen couldn’t believe Bryan would storm out right in front of their parents. She lowered her eyes, her hand clenched tightly under the table. She thought, ‘I’ve worked so hard for over a decade, and Aubree’s only been back for what, three years? In just three years, she’s managed to steal my place. If I give her any more time, is she going to completely replace me?”

Carmen shuddered as she pictured the Wilson family scorning and loathing her. Her face, lowered to hide her expression, twisted with fear and anger. She thought fiercely, ‘I’ll never let this happen to me!’

“Mom, Dad,” Carmen asked softly, her voice trembling with uncertainty, “does Bryan… does he hate me now? And Emery… is he still mad at me because I made his esports team lose?” Since Bryan and Emery had stopped supporting her, she thought to herself, “Time to try a different approach.’

The instant her words left her lips, everyone at the table exchanged glances, their expressions shifting all at once.

They thought, ‘We were so caught up blaming Bryan that we nearly let Emery off the hook!’

fire with a smirk. “If it weren’t for Emery,

soon as these words were spoken, the already heavy atmosphere grew even heavier. Ronald, whose word

all the kindness Carmen showed him,” Daxton sneered. He’d personally witnessed how hard Carmen

those guys from Emery’s esports

Aubree over some

gently squeezed Carmen’s hand in reassurance and said softly, “Come on, Emery wouldn’t get mad at you over something so

tell right from wrong anymore,” Ronald

ever since Carmen was set up by that wretch, you haven’t even bothered to show up or say a single word to help her! Is this really how

cyberbullied online. This time, even though Emery was her own son, she felt he

was the only one in the family who ever took Aubree’s side, but she felt

could a brother act like this?’ Alice thought, her heart aching

to give him a piece of my mind!” With just that one sentence,

Emery didn’t even wonder why Bryan had left. All he could

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