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.

 

Laura took her straight to the master bedroom.

 

Jack Tate was lying on the bed. His breathing was shallow and his eyes were barely open. When he saw Avery, he raised his arm in her direction.

 

“Dad, 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 her eyes.

 

“That’s easy for you to say! Where would we get the money to take your father to the hospital?” Wanda snapped frostily.

 

Avery’s head shot up as she said, “Didn’t you get a large sum of money from the Fosters? Why didn’t you use that to help Dad?”

 

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,

 

such cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed out of

 

not leave with

 

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

 

to get you 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

 

turned a deaf ear

 

looked at her with eyes filled with tears. His lips trembled and his voice was low as he said, “Avery… My darling girl… I’ve failed you… I’ve failed

 

holding hers suddenly let

 

tore

 

heart throbbed in

 

underwent an

 

pregnant, and

 

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

 

day of the funeral was a gloomy and

 

attended the funeral, not since the fall

 

to a hotel

 

like a flock of

 

Laura were the only ones

 

dark as the gray

 

hate Dad, Mom?” Avery asked as she stared

 

and said in a dull voice, “I do. Even if he’s dead, I will

 

Avery did not understand.

 

you crying?”

 

are complicated, Avery. It isn’t just a matter

 

Avery dragged her worn out body back to Elliot’s

 

day of Jack’s death to the end

 

return to the mansion at all

 

from the Foster family contacted

 

in the Foster house

 

relationship with Elliot was colder than

 

into the courtyard, she noticed the mansion’s lights

 

dressed to the nines and chatting away merrily

 

paused in

 

Cooper noticed

 

it was because Avery’s cold and pitiful expression stood in stark contrast to the liveliness of

 

in!” Mrs. Cooper said as she held Avery’s arm and

 

coat with her slender, fair calves peeping out from underneath

 

aura was chilly, which was

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