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

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

the money to take your

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

father’s company owes? Don’t look at me

cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed

not leave with

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

get you treated, but the family really doesn’t have much money,” Avery sniffled as she stood crying by the bed. “Dad, I really hope you get through

a deaf

said, “Avery… My darling girl… I’ve failed you… I’ve failed your mother… I’ll make it up to both of you in the next

large hand holding hers suddenly let

shrill cry tore through the

heart throbbed

world underwent

and pregnant, and

thought that she was just still just a child herself, but life

the funeral was

not since the fall of

the service, Wanda went to a

like a flock

Laura were the only ones left at

were as dark

Dad, Mom?” Avery asked as she stared at her father’s gravestone through teary

in a dull voice, “I do. Even if

Avery did not understand.

are you crying?” she

sighed. “Relationships are complicated, Avery. It isn’t just

worn out body back to Elliot’s

the day of Jack’s death to the end of the funeral,

the mansion at all during

from the Foster family

did not tell anyone in the Foster

with Elliot was colder than ice and

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

dressed to the nines and chatting away merrily with

in

Mrs. Cooper noticed her

cold and pitiful expression stood in stark contrast to the liveliness

as she held

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