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.

straight to the

Tate was lying on the bed. His breathing was shallow and his eyes were barely open. When

hospital if you’re this sick?” Avery said as she held her father’s

get the money to take your

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

that money to pay off the debts! Do you know how much money your father’s company owes? Don’t look at me like I ate your money up, Avery! Besides, your father’s

saying such cruel words, Wanda

did not

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

want to get you treated, but the family really doesn’t

deaf ear to Avery’s

tears. His lips trembled and his voice was low as he said, “Avery… My darling girl…

hand holding

tore through

heart throbbed

underwent an earth-shattering

pregnant,

just still just a child herself, but life swept her up and pushed

of the funeral was a

many people attended the funeral, not since

service, Wanda went to a hotel

like a flock

long, Avery and Laura were the only

were as dark as the gray

as she stared at

“I

Avery did not understand.

are you crying?” she

isn’t just

her worn out body back

end of the

not return to the mansion at all

from the Foster family contacted her

the Foster house

was colder than ice and

the mansion’s lights were lit, and the living room was

and chatting away merrily with wine glasses

paused in

Cooper noticed her

because Avery’s cold and pitiful expression stood in stark contrast to the liveliness of the living

in!” Mrs. Cooper said as she held Avery’s arm and pulled

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