His Eagle Eyes on Me

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

bed. His breathing was shallow and

raised his arm

sick?" Avery said as she held her father's cold hand. Tears welled up in her eyes. "That's easy for you to say! Where would we get the money to take

large sum of money from the Fosters?

Do you know how much money your father's company owes? Don't look at me like I ate your money up, Avery!

such cruel words, Wanda heartlessly

did not leave

He had

family really doesn't have much money," Avery

deaf ear to Avery's

at her with eyes filled with

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 hers suddenly let

cry tore through the

throbbed in

underwent an earth-shattering

and pregnant,

just a child herself, but life swept her up

day of the funeral was a gloomy

not

went to a hotel with the

crowd scattered like a flock

Avery and Laura were the only

as dark as the

Mom?" Avery asked as she stared

dull voice, "I do. Even if he's dead, I will

Avery did not understand.

why are you crying?" she

sighed. "Relationships are complicated, Avery. It isn't just a matter of love or hate.

worn out body back to Elliot's

Jack's death to the end of the funeral,

mansion at

from the Foster family contacted

in the

was colder than

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

nines and chatting away merrily with wine

in

Mrs. Cooper noticed

liveliness of the living room, but the smile on Mrs. Cooper's face tensed as she hesitated. "It's raining outside. Come on in!" Mrs. Cooper said as she held Avery's arm and pulled her into

trench coat with her slender, fair calves peeping out from underneath the hem. On her feet were a pair of black, low-heeled leather

was chilly, which was different from her usual

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