The Queen They Buried

Chapter 246

All this time, I’ve been trying to secure Carmen’s position in the Wilson family. But because of my schemes, not only has my plan backfired spectacularly-now Aubree is going to expose everything!’ Alice thought anxiously.

“What happened?” Ronald asked, his piercing gaze locking onto Alice with undisguised fury.

Carmen was brought into the Wilson family three years after Aubree went missing, when Aubree was eight years old. At that time, Carmen wasn’t even in Rithol City yet.

Aubree continued, “When I was five, I was abducted. I don’t remember how I escaped the traffickers, but I just ended up in an orphanage, though not in Rithol City at first.

“When I was seven, the orphanage relocated here. Then, when I was ten, Alice came to the orphanage under the pretense of taking photos for a charity project. But in reality, she came to see me. So at the very least, when I was ten, Alice already knew my whereabouts.”

Alice was silent, her body trembling and her face ashen.

“I was brought back to the Wilson family at fifteen; it’s been three years since then. When I returned, Alice, you kept saying that I’d grown up outside for fifteen years and I must be full of bad habits and vices. You used that as an excuse to ‘educate’ me, abusing me in all sorts of ways. You even turned a blind eye when Carmen framed me in front of Bryan and the others. No, you didn’t just turn a blind eye. You fueled the fire.”

to ‘educate’ me and abuse me in many ways. You even turned a blind eye when Carmen framed me in front of Bryan and the others. No, you didn’t just turn a blind eye.

your logic, my character was already set at fifteen. So why didn’t you bring me back

to himself, then suddenly looked at Aubree and said, “We only

Wilson a look of utter contempt. “You know

that she’d found me when I was ten, but her

led ‘mental breakdown’ was

adopting Carmen just because you were afraid Alice would lose her mind? Or

Carmen, not only turned a blind eye to the daughter she had lost for

stared at Alice and asked word by word, “You really did this? Eight years

didn’t!” Alice protested desperately. ‘Seeing Aubree was well-supported and doing fine in the orphanage, I just wanted to wait until Carmen’s position in the Wilson family became more secure. Otherwise, if Aubree returned too soon, what should Carmen do if

just happened to visit the orphanage and conveniently forgot

four sons. At least before she turned five, he truly doted

to look for her. ‘But

closed his eyes. After Carmen came into the family, he had stayed out of family affairs. He adopted Carmen,