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

 

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

 

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

 

for you to say! Where would we get the money to take your

 

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

 

and said, “We used that 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,

 

cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed out

 

not

 

her father. He had always loved her, and she

 

that she didn’t want to get you treated, but the family really doesn’t have much money,” Avery sniffled as she stood crying by the bed. “Dad, I really hope you get through

 

a deaf

 

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

 

hand holding hers suddenly

 

cry tore

 

heart throbbed

 

underwent an

 

was married and pregnant, and her

 

but life swept her up and pushed

 

was a gloomy and rainy

 

the funeral, not since

 

the service, Wanda went to a

 

like a flock

 

long, Avery and Laura were the only ones

 

as dark as

 

hate Dad, Mom?” Avery asked as she stared

 

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

 

Avery did not understand.

 

you

 

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

 

night, Avery dragged her worn out body back

 

of Jack’s death to the end of

 

not return to the mansion at all during the three

 

the Foster

 

in the Foster house about

 

colder than

 

the mansion’s lights were lit, and

 

chatting away merrily with wine glasses in

 

paused in

 

Cooper noticed her and

 

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

 

as she

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