When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 9

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

 

on the bed. His breathing was shallow and his eyes were barely open. When he saw

 

sick?” Avery said as she held her

 

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

 

large sum of money from the Fosters? Why didn’t you use that

 

“We used that money to pay off the debts! Do you know how much money your father’s company owes? Don’t

 

such cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed out

 

not

 

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

 

want to get you treated, but the family really doesn’t have much money,” Avery sniffled as she stood crying by the bed.

 

deaf ear to Avery’s

 

looked at 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 you in the

 

holding hers

 

tore through

 

heart throbbed

 

world underwent

 

pregnant, and her father

 

was just still just a child herself, but life swept her

 

of the funeral was a gloomy and rainy

 

attended the funeral, not

 

to

 

a flock of wild

 

and Laura were the only ones left at the

 

dark as the gray

 

Mom?” Avery asked as she stared at

 

said in a dull voice, “I

 

Avery did not understand.

 

are you

 

are complicated, Avery. It isn’t just a matter of love

 

her worn out body back to Elliot’s

 

the end of the funeral, the

 

to the mansion

 

from the Foster

 

the Foster house about

 

was colder than ice and frostier than

 

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

 

dressed to the nines and chatting

 

paused in

 

noticed her and rushed

 

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

 

Mrs. Cooper said as she held Avery’s

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