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 to the

 

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

 

said as she held her father’s cold hand. Tears welled up

 

get the money to take your father to the hospital?”

 

as she said, “Didn’t you get a large sum of money

 

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

 

cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed

 

did not leave

 

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

 

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

 

deaf ear to

 

with tears. His lips trembled and his voice was low as he said, “Avery… My darling girl… I’ve failed you…

 

holding hers

 

tore through

 

heart throbbed in

 

underwent

 

was married and pregnant,

 

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

 

was a gloomy

 

funeral, not since the

 

Wanda went to a

 

a flock of wild

 

and Laura were the only ones left at the

 

dark as the

 

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

 

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

 

Avery did not understand.

 

are you crying?” she

 

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

 

her worn out body back

 

Jack’s death to the end of the funeral,

 

return to the mansion at all during the three

 

the Foster family

 

not tell anyone in the Foster

 

was colder than ice

 

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

 

nines and chatting

 

in her

 

noticed her and

 

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

 

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

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