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 master

 

shallow and his eyes were barely open. When he saw

 

didn’t you go to the hospital if you’re this sick?” Avery said as she held her father’s cold hand.

 

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

 

get a large sum of

 

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, Avery! Besides,

 

cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed out of the

 

did not leave

 

end of the day, Jack was still her father. He had always loved

 

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

 

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 in the

 

hand holding

 

shrill cry tore through the

 

heart throbbed in

 

her world underwent

 

was married and pregnant, and her father

 

but life

 

the funeral was a gloomy and rainy

 

not since the fall

 

Wanda went to a

 

crowd scattered like a

 

Avery and Laura were the only ones

 

as dark as

 

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

 

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

 

Avery did not understand.

 

are you crying?”

 

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

 

night, Avery dragged her worn out body back to

 

the end of the funeral, the process

 

return to the mansion at

 

the Foster family

 

in the Foster house about her

 

with Elliot was colder than ice and frostier than

 

lights were lit, and the living room was

 

chatting

 

in her

 

noticed

 

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

 

said as she held Avery’s arm and pulled her

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