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.

 

took her straight to

 

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

 

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

 

get the

 

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

 

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 be cured! He’s

 

words, Wanda heartlessly stormed out of the

 

did not

 

was still her father. He had always loved her, and she did not want

 

be mad at her, Dad. It’s not that she didn’t want to get you treated, but the family really doesn’t have

 

a deaf ear to

 

low as he said, “Avery… My darling girl…

 

holding hers suddenly let

 

cry tore through

 

heart throbbed

 

underwent

 

married and pregnant,

 

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

 

the funeral was a gloomy

 

the funeral, not since the fall of

 

Wanda went to

 

like a

 

long, Avery and Laura were the only

 

moods were as dark as the

 

hate Dad, Mom?” Avery asked as she stared at

 

said in a dull voice, “I do. Even if he’s dead, I will never

 

Avery did not understand.

 

are you crying?”

 

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

 

dragged her worn out

 

death to the end of

 

mansion

 

Foster family

 

not tell anyone in the Foster house about her

 

with Elliot was colder

 

mansion’s lights were lit, and the living

 

dressed to the nines and chatting away merrily with wine glasses in

 

in

 

Cooper noticed her and rushed

 

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

 

as she held Avery’s arm and pulled her into

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