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

 

bed. His breathing was shallow and his eyes were barely

 

said as

 

get the money

 

get a large sum

 

said, “We used 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 illness can’t

 

such cruel words, Wanda heartlessly

 

did not leave with

 

the day, Jack was still her father. He had always loved

 

she didn’t want to get you treated, but the family really doesn’t have much money,” Avery sniffled as

 

turned a deaf ear

 

as he said, “Avery… My darling girl… I’ve failed you… I’ve failed your mother… I’ll make it up

 

holding

 

tore

 

throbbed in

 

her world underwent an earth-shattering

 

married and pregnant, and her

 

that she was just still just a child herself, but

 

day of the funeral was

 

the funeral, not

 

went to a hotel with the

 

crowd scattered like a flock

 

long, Avery and Laura were the

 

dark

 

as she stared at her father’s

 

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

 

Avery did not understand.

 

are you crying?”

 

just a matter of love or hate. It could

 

her worn out body back to

 

to the end of the funeral, the

 

not return to the mansion at all

 

Foster family contacted

 

anyone in the Foster

 

colder than ice and frostier

 

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

 

chatting away merrily with wine

 

paused in her

 

Mrs. Cooper noticed her and

 

expression stood in stark contrast to the liveliness of the living room, but the smile on Mrs.

 

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

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