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 master

 

His breathing was shallow and his eyes were barely

 

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

 

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

 

“Didn’t you get a large sum of money from the Fosters? Why didn’t you use that to help

 

you know how much money your father’s company owes?

 

saying such cruel words, Wanda

 

not leave

 

day, Jack was still her father. He had always loved her, and she did not

 

mad at her, Dad. It’s not 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

 

turned a deaf ear to

 

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

 

large hand holding hers suddenly

 

tore

 

heart throbbed in

 

underwent an earth-shattering

 

married and pregnant, and

 

was just still just a child herself, but life swept her up and pushed her into

 

the funeral was a gloomy

 

people attended the funeral, not

 

to a

 

like a

 

were the only ones left

 

dark

 

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

 

her gaze and said in a dull voice, “I

 

Avery did not understand.

 

you

 

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

 

night, Avery dragged her worn out body back to Elliot’s

 

the end of the funeral, the process had taken three

 

the mansion at all during the

 

Foster family

 

the Foster house

 

Elliot was colder than

 

mansion’s lights were lit, and the living room was filled

 

and chatting away merrily with wine glasses in their

 

paused in her

 

noticed her and rushed

 

expression stood in stark contrast to the liveliness of the living room, but the

 

as she held Avery’s arm and pulled her into

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