The Queen They Buried

Chapter 296

As she was heading to the party. Aubree left the golf course and went to a stylist in Kroit City for a complete makeover. It was midway through her styling that she received a message from Alvin.

In the last match, after Matilda made a critical mistake, Alvin returned to take charge and made an on–the–spot decision to bench her, sending in

the assistant coach instead.

Alvin said, “Matilda hasn’t said a word. She just keeps asking me to fire her.

“I had someone look into Matilda’s family recently. Apparently, her brother, Drake Diaz, hasn’t been seen around much.

“It has been a while since the last match, and by now, we’ve pretty much uncovered everything there is to know about Matilda’s family.”

Alvin probably found it too tedious to explain everything piece by piece, so he simply sent Aubree a document to read for herself.

As Aubree read on, her heart sank. Her worst fears had come true.

Aubree thought, ‘Matilda’s brother, Drake, is such a disaster! Gamblers can never control themselves. If he had any self–control, he wouldn’t be in this mess now.‘

off all their debts, but they also upgraded to a bigger house and bought a new car. Their

perfect act in front of Matilda. Truman and Shirley loved their daughter, but clearly favored their son. Just when Matilda thought Drake had changed, Shirley tricked Matilda into surrendering her payroll card under the pretense that she was “too young to handle so much

Money was just for her family. So she handed over her salary

poor, he’d at least kept his vices in check. But now he sneaked off abroad behind his family’s back to gamble,

uncovered who was targeting Matilda, but one thing

‘Carmen? Alice? Or

was nearly complete. She texted Alvin back, [Can you get

Matilda, and find out who made her throw the match, then

of this would have happened if

to exploit. After Drake went missing, Truman and Shirley finally snapped out of their blind love for their son. But Drake had gambled away all the family’s money by

Pay up, or Drake would lose

on their knees, begging her to save

sets everything

he’ll come out unscathed. I asked

Miller: [So you’re not going

I let

hoping I’ll keep Matilda around out of old feelings.] Aubree thought, ‘Losing a few matches isn’t a big deal. What team