The Queen They Buried

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Ronald carefully recalled the details of Carmen’s adoption. In the first year, when Aubree went missing, Alice began showing signs of mental instability. At that time, Ronald was mainly focusing on finding his daughter. He had also arranged for Alice to see a psychologist.

After some time of therapy, the psychologist suggested diverting Alice’s attention. At first, Ronald never considered adoption, but whenever he took her out to help her relax, he noticed her gaze would always linger on little girls around six or seven years old.

Once, he talked to the psychologist about adopting a girl. The psychologist advised that it would be fine as long as Alice didn’t oppose it.

For quite some time, Ronald kept subtly hinting to Alice about adopting a girl. As to why it was Carmen, it all started with a newspaper.

A newspaper ended up in Alice’s hands. It featured an orphanage, and the girl in the very center of the photo, with a toothy grin, was none other than Carmen. Believing Alice had taken a liking to her, Ronald soon arranged for them to meet.

Surprisingly, Alice showed extraordinary patience and affection toward Carmen. He used to think it was all fate, but now, looking back…

What a coincidence! Everything fell into place so perfectly, almost too perfect as if it had all been orchestrated from the very beginning,’ Ronald thought.

“That psychologist… Was he one of your people?” Ronald asked slowly, enunciating every word.

If everything happened as I suspected, I can no longer tell if Aubree being taken by human traffickers was an accident….. or orchestrated,’ he thought.

relationship between Carmen and Alice? Why did she abandon her daughter, Aubree, to bring Carmen into our home and care for her?’ Ronald

suspiciously between the two women,

paler. She instantly

with piercing scrutiny.

couldn’t

Alice is my mother?’ she wondered. The thought was so terrifying that she didn’t dare think any Compared to

sitting there, ghostly pale, didn’t utter a word, yet her whole

“That psychologist… Could he be Gordon?’ she

Was his name Gordon?”

asked, “How

further.

just some shady doctor Alice hired to fake medical reports. He must know way

City to track down Gordon still hadn’t uncovered

even knew Alice was faking her breakdown, is it really that surprising

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‘Fair point,’ he thought. ‘Right now, I

as Ronald and Alice stood locked in a wordless standoff, Aubree let out a bitter chuckle and said,