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 the master

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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 be

 

saying such cruel words, Wanda

 

not leave with

 

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

 

not that she didn’t want to get you treated, but the family really doesn’t have much

 

deaf ear

 

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

 

large hand holding hers

 

shrill cry tore

 

throbbed in

 

world underwent an earth-shattering

 

pregnant, and

 

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

 

day of the funeral was

 

the funeral, not since the fall of

 

the service, Wanda went to a hotel

 

scattered like a

 

the only

 

dark as the

 

as she stared at her father’s gravestone through

 

in a dull voice, “I

 

Avery did not understand.

 

you crying?” she

 

just a matter of love or

 

dragged her worn out

 

to the end of the funeral,

 

mansion

 

Foster family contacted

 

anyone in the Foster house

 

with Elliot was colder than ice and frostier than

 

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

 

was dressed to the nines and chatting

 

paused in her

 

noticed

 

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

 

she held Avery’s arm and pulled

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