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

 

his eyes were

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

saying such cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed out of

 

did not

 

of the day, Jack was still her father. He had always loved her, and she did

 

family really doesn’t have much money,” Avery sniffled as she stood crying

 

deaf ear

 

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

 

large hand holding hers suddenly

 

shrill cry tore through the

 

heart throbbed

 

world underwent

 

married and pregnant, and her father

 

just a child herself, but life swept her up and

 

the funeral was a gloomy and rainy

 

many people attended the funeral, not since the

 

went to a hotel with

 

a

 

Laura were the only ones left at

 

as dark

 

Mom?” Avery asked as she stared at her father’s gravestone through teary

 

gaze and said in a dull voice, “I

 

Avery did not understand.

 

you crying?” she

 

just a matter of love or hate. It could also be a

 

dragged her worn out body back to

 

of Jack’s death to the end of the funeral, the process

 

to the mansion at

 

from the Foster family contacted

 

did not tell anyone in the Foster house

 

Elliot was colder

 

lights were lit, and the living room was

 

and chatting away

 

paused in her

 

noticed her

 

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

 

on in!” Mrs. Cooper said as she held

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