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

breathing was shallow and his eyes were barely open. When he saw Avery,

to the hospital if you’re this sick?” Avery said as she

we get the money to take your father to the hospital?” Wanda

she said, “Didn’t you get a large sum of money from the Fosters? Why didn’t

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,

Wanda heartlessly stormed

not leave with

He had

the family really doesn’t have much money,” Avery sniffled as she stood crying by the

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

hand holding

tore

throbbed in

world underwent an earth-shattering

was married and pregnant, and her

thought that she was just still just a child herself, but life swept her up and pushed her into a lonely, hopeless

was

the funeral, not since the

to a hotel with the

scattered like a flock of wild

were the only ones left at

moods were as dark as the gray

asked as she stared at her

“I do. Even if he’s dead, I will never forgive

Avery did not understand.

why are you crying?”

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

her worn out body back to

Jack’s death to the end of the

did not return to the mansion

from the Foster family contacted her

tell anyone in the Foster

with Elliot was colder than ice

lights were lit, and the living room

to the nines and chatting away merrily with wine glasses in

paused in

noticed her and rushed

in stark contrast to the liveliness of the living room, but

raining outside. Come on in!” Mrs. Cooper said as she held

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