When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 9

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

 

eyes were barely open. When he saw Avery, he

 

Avery said as she held her father’s cold

 

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

 

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

 

“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, your father’s illness can’t be cured! He’s

 

cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed

 

not

 

He had always

 

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

 

turned a deaf ear to Avery’s

 

his voice was low as he said, “Avery… My darling girl… I’ve failed you… I’ve failed

 

hand holding hers

 

cry tore

 

throbbed in

 

her world underwent an

 

was married and pregnant,

 

but life swept her up and pushed

 

the funeral was a

 

people attended the funeral, not since the fall of the

 

went to a hotel with

 

scattered like a flock

 

and Laura were the only ones left at the

 

dark

 

hate Dad, Mom?” Avery asked as she stared at her father’s gravestone through

 

her gaze and said in a dull voice, “I do. Even

 

Avery did not understand.

 

are you

 

complicated, Avery. It isn’t just a matter

 

dragged her worn out body back

 

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

 

the mansion at all during the

 

from the Foster family

 

the

 

was colder than ice and frostier

 

lights were lit, and the living room

 

chatting

 

in

 

Mrs. Cooper noticed her and

 

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

 

raining outside. Come on in!” Mrs. Cooper said as she held Avery’s arm and pulled her into the

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