When His Eyes Opened (full chapter)

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.

 

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?”

 

pay off the debts! Do you know how much money your father’s company owes? Don’t look at me like I ate

 

saying such cruel words, Wanda heartlessly

 

did not

 

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

 

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

 

deaf ear to Avery’s

 

he 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 your mother… I’ll make it

 

hand holding hers

 

shrill cry tore through

 

throbbed

 

world underwent

 

married and pregnant, and her

 

but life swept her up and pushed her into a lonely, hopeless

 

the funeral was

 

not since the fall of

 

the service, Wanda went to a hotel with the

 

crowd scattered like a

 

Avery and Laura were the only

 

moods were as dark as the

 

Mom?” Avery asked as she

 

lowered her gaze and said in a dull voice, “I

 

Avery did not understand.

 

you

 

complicated, Avery. It isn’t just a matter of love or

 

Avery dragged her worn out body back to Elliot’s

 

Jack’s death to the end of the funeral, the process had taken

 

not return to the mansion at all

 

from the Foster

 

in the Foster

 

was colder than

 

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

 

to the nines and chatting away merrily

 

in her

 

Cooper noticed

 

contrast to the liveliness of the living room, but the smile on Mrs. Cooper’s face tensed as

 

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

 

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

 

aura was chilly, which was different

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