Chapter 9

There was no sign of two gestational sacs during the last checkup.

Avery could not believe that there were two babies inside of her a short week later.

She held the ultrasound scan in her hands as she sat in a quiet daze on one of the benches in the hospital corridor.

The doctor told her that the probability of being pregnant with twins was extremely low.

If she had an abortion now, she might never be able to have twins again.

Avery chuckled bitterly. All of this was the work of the Fosters’ private doctors.

When they had implanted the fertilized eggs into her, they had not mentioned that she was going to have twins.

Perhaps in their eyes, she was nothing but a birthing tool for the Fosters from the beginning.

When she began to bleed the week before, she thought that her period had arrived. When the Fosters’ doctors found out, they thought that the procedure had failed. When Elliot said that he would divorce her after he had woken up, the doctors had never seen her again.

The decision to give birth or not was now solely on her shoulders.

Avery’s phone rang in her bag. She had been in the hospital for over an hour.

She pulled out her phone, stood up, and walked toward the hospital’s exit.

“Avery, your father’s dying! Come home right away!”

Her mother’s hoarse voice came from the other side of the line.

Avery was stunned.

Dad was dying? How could this be?

She knew that her father had been hospitalized after his company got in trouble. He could not even attend her wedding.

She did not know that his condition was this serious. Avery’s mind was a mess.

She did not have a good relationship with her father. She could never forgive him for having an affair.

However, her heart stung painfully upon suddenly hearing the news of his serious illness.

……

The living room of the Tate house was a chaotic mess when Avery arrived.

her straight to

lying on the bed. His breathing was shallow and his eyes were barely open. When he saw Avery,

sick?” Avery said as she held her father’s cold hand. Tears welled up in

easy for you to say! Where would we get the money to take your

you get a large sum of money from the Fosters? Why didn’t you use that to

debts! Do you know how much money your father’s company owes? Don’t look at me like I ate your money up,

saying such cruel words, Wanda

not leave with

of the day, Jack was still her father. He had always loved her, and she did not want to

her, Dad. It’s not that she didn’t want to get you treated, but the family really doesn’t have much money,” Avery sniffled

a deaf

her with eyes filled with tears. His lips trembled and his voice was low as he said, “Avery… My darling girl… I’ve failed you… I’ve failed your mother… I’ll make it up to both of

hand holding hers

tore through the

throbbed

underwent

was married and pregnant, and her father

that she was just still just a child herself, but

day of the funeral was

many people attended the funeral, not since

went to a hotel with

like a flock of wild

Laura were the

as dark

you hate Dad, Mom?” Avery asked as she stared at her father’s

and said in a dull voice, “I do. Even if he’s dead, I will never

Avery did not understand.

you

him,” Laura sighed. “Relationships are complicated, Avery. It isn’t just a matter of love or hate. It could

worn out body back to Elliot’s

the end of the funeral, the process had taken

did not return to the mansion at all during the

from the Foster

in the Foster house

Elliot was colder than ice and frostier than

Avery stepped into the courtyard, she noticed the mansion’s lights were lit, and

dressed to the nines and chatting away merrily

in her

noticed her

and pitiful expression stood in stark contrast to the liveliness of the living room, but the

as she held Avery’s arm and

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