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

 

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

 

sick?” Avery said as she held her

 

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

 

a large sum of money

 

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 be cured! He’s better

 

saying such cruel words, Wanda

 

not

 

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

 

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

 

a deaf

 

at her with eyes filled with tears. His lips trembled and his voice was low as he said, “Avery… My darling girl…

 

holding hers suddenly

 

cry tore through

 

heart throbbed in

 

world underwent an

 

pregnant,

 

herself, but

 

was a gloomy

 

the funeral, not

 

service, Wanda went to

 

scattered like a flock of

 

long, Avery and Laura were the only

 

were as dark

 

as she stared at her father’s gravestone through teary

 

lowered her gaze and said in a dull voice, “I do. Even if he’s dead,

 

Avery did not understand.

 

you crying?”

 

are complicated, Avery. It isn’t just

 

dragged her worn out body back

 

the end of the funeral, the process had taken

 

to the mansion at all

 

Foster family contacted her

 

anyone in the Foster

 

with Elliot was colder than ice

 

the mansion’s lights were lit, and the living room was filled

 

dressed to the nines and chatting away merrily with wine glasses

 

paused in her

 

Mrs. Cooper noticed her and

 

contrast to the liveliness of the living room, but the smile on Mrs. Cooper’s

 

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

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