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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