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

His breathing was shallow and his eyes were barely

raised his arm in her

Avery said as she held her father's cold hand. Tears welled up in her eyes. "That's easy for you

said, "Didn't you get a large sum of money from the Fosters? Why didn't you use that

said, "We used that money to pay off the debts! Do you know how much money your father's company owes? Don't look

Wanda heartlessly stormed

did not

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

mad at her, Dad. It's not that she didn't want to get you treated, but the family really doesn't

a deaf ear to Avery's

he looked at her with eyes filled with

I've failed

large hand holding

shrill cry tore through

heart throbbed in

her world underwent an

and pregnant, and

but life swept her up and pushed

was a gloomy

people attended the funeral, not since the

to a

scattered like a flock

were the only ones

dark as the gray

Dad, Mom?" Avery asked as she stared at

voice, "I do. Even if he's dead, I will never forgive

Avery did not understand.

why are you

It isn't just a matter

worn out body

day of Jack's death to the end of the funeral, the

mansion at all during the three

Foster family contacted

tell anyone in the Foster

Elliot was colder than ice and

the courtyard, she noticed the mansion's lights were lit, and the

was dressed to the nines and chatting away merrily with wine glasses in

paused in her

Mrs. Cooper noticed

smile on Mrs. Cooper's face tensed as she hesitated. "It's raining outside. Come on in!"

a black trench coat with her slender, fair calves peeping out from underneath the hem. On her feet

was different from her

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