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?”

 

your father’s company owes? Don’t look at me like I ate your money up, Avery! Besides, your father’s illness can’t be cured! He’s better

 

such cruel words, Wanda heartlessly stormed out of the

 

did not

 

was still her father. He had always loved her, and she

 

treated, but the family really doesn’t have much money,”

 

deaf ear to Avery’s

 

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 up to both of you in

 

hand holding hers suddenly let

 

tore through the

 

throbbed

 

world underwent

 

pregnant, and

 

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

 

was a gloomy

 

funeral, not since the fall of the

 

to a hotel with the

 

scattered like a flock of wild

 

the

 

moods were as dark

 

Dad, Mom?” Avery asked as she stared at her

 

gaze and said in a dull voice, “I

 

Avery did not understand.

 

why are you

 

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

 

her worn out body back

 

death to the end of the funeral, the process

 

return to the mansion at all during

 

from the Foster

 

did not tell anyone in the Foster house about

 

was colder than ice and frostier than

 

the courtyard, she noticed the mansion’s lights were lit,

 

the nines and chatting away

 

paused in her

 

Cooper noticed her and rushed

 

cold and pitiful expression stood in stark contrast to the liveliness of the living room, but the smile on Mrs. Cooper’s face

 

raining outside. Come on in!” Mrs. Cooper said as she held Avery’s arm and pulled her into

 

in a black 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 different

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