When His Eyes Opened

Chapter 9

There was no sign of two gestational sacs the checkup.

Avery believe that there two babies of her a short week later.

She the ultrasound scan her as she sat in a quiet daze on one of the benches in the hospital corridor.

doctor told that the probability of being pregnant with twins was extremely low.

If she an now, she might never be able to have twins again.

chuckled bitterly.

All of this was the work of the Fosters’ private doctors.

When they had implanted fertilized eggs into her, they had mentioned she was going have twins.

Perhaps in their eyes, she was nothing but a birthing tool for Fosters from beginning.

When she began to the week before, she thought that her period had arrived.

When the Fosters’ doctors out, they thought that the procedure failed.

When said that he would divorce her after he woken up, the doctors had never seen her again.

The to give birth not was now solely on her shoulders.

Avery’s phone in her bag.

been in the hospital for over hour.

pulled out phone, stood up, walked toward the hospital’s exit.

“Avery, your father’s Come right away!”

Her mother’s hoarse voice came from other side of the line.

Avery was stunned.

Dad was could this be?

She her father had been after his company got in trouble.

He could not even attend her wedding.

She did not know his condition was serious.

mind was a mess.

did not have good relationship with father.

She could forgive him for an affair.

her heart painfully upon suddenly the news of his serious illness.

……

The living room of the house was chaotic mess arrived.

Laura took her to master bedroom.

Jack on the bed.

His shallow and his eyes were barely open.

When saw Avery, he raised arm in direction.

“Dad, why didn’t go to the hospital if this sick?” said as she held her father’s cold hand.

Tears welled up in her eyes.

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

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

Wanda and said, “We used that money to pay off the you how much money your father’s company owes? Don’t look at me I your money up, Besides, your father’s illness can’t cured! He’s better off dead!”

such cruel words, heartlessly stormed out the room.

Avery did not leave with her.

At the end of the day, Jack was still her father.

had always loved her, she did not want to lose father.

be mad at her, Dad.

not that she didn’t want to but the family really doesn’t have money,” Avery as stood crying the bed.

really hope you get through this…”

Jack turned deaf ear to words.

Instead, he looked at her with eyes filled with tears.

His trembled and was low “Avery… girl… failed you… failed your I’ll make it up both of the next life…”

The large hand holding hers suddenly let go.

A shrill cry tore through the house.

Avery’s heart throbbed in pain.

Overnight, her underwent an earth-shattering change.

was married and pregnant, and father was gone.

She had thought that was just still just a child herself, but life swept her up and pushed her a lonely, corner.

The day of the funeral was a and rainy one.

Not many people attended the funeral, not since the fall of the Tates.

After the service, Wanda to a hotel the guests.

The crowd scattered like a flock wild birds.

Before long, and Laura were the only ones at the cemetery.

Their moods were as the skies.

you hate Dad, Mom?” Avery asked at her father’s gravestone through teary eyes.

Laura lowered her and said in a “I do.

Even if he’s dead, I never forgive him.

”

Avery did understand.

“Then, why are you crying?” she asked.

“Because I him,” Laura sighed.

“Relationships are complicated, Avery.

isn’t just a matter of love or hate.

It love-hate relationship.

”

That night, Avery dragged her out body back mansion.

the day Jack’s death to the end the funeral, the process had taken three days.

She did not to the mansion all during the three days.

Nobody family either.

She tell anyone Foster house about her passing.

The relationship with was colder than ice and frostier than snow.

When Avery stepped into courtyard, she noticed mansion’s lights were lit, and the room was filled with guests.

Everyone was dressed to nines chatting away merrily with wine glasses their hands.

Avery paused in her tracks.

“Madam!” Mrs.

Cooper her and over.

Perhaps was because cold and pitiful stood in stark contrast to the liveliness the living room, but the smile on Mrs.

Cooper’s face tensed as hesitated.

“It’s raining outside.

Come in!” Mrs.

Cooper as she held Avery’s and her into the living room.

Avery was dressed in a black trench coat with slender, fair peeping out from underneath the hem.

On her a pair black, low-heeled shoes.

aura was chilly, which was different from her demeanor.

Mrs.

brought her a pair of house slippers.

changed into slippers and glanced the room.

Elliot’s guests evaluating her with meaningful eyes as if she was an animal enclosure.

Their eyes and disrespectful.

Avery used the same at Elliot, who was sitting at the center of the couch.

He was a lit between his fingers, and he was surrounded by smoke.

Behind the veil of smoke, his stone-cold face looked almost a dream.

The reason she looked at him was of the woman sitting next to him.

The a beautiful head of long, black hair.

She dressed in a body-hugging dress a face of exquisite makeup.

She looked gorgeous without being vulgar.

The upper half of body stuck closely to Elliot as held cigarette between her fingers.

It was obvious that this woman’s relationship with was anything ordinary.

seconds after Avery’s fell on the woman, her brows furrowed slightly.

“You’re Avery Tate, right?” the woman said as she got up from couch provocatively walked over to Avery.

“I heard that you were wife that Madam picked Elliot.

has pretty good taste.

You’re just a little small… I didn’t mean your age.

I about your body…”

Avery pursed lips and “You’re beautiful, and curves.

Everything about you better than me… So, when is Elliot you?”

Her nonchalant tone drove the woman into a furious rage

“How dare you talk to me that? Do you how long I’ve by Elliot’s side? if you’re his if I were to slap you in the face right now, he wouldn’t even bat an eye!”

Just as finished speaking, raised her arm.

The sound of glass smashing filled air.

Avery had picked an bottle wine smashed it against the coffee table!

Bright red liquid splashed trickled the of the table, dripping onto underneath.

eyes were bloodshot as she her fingers the bottle, pointing the jagged edge at arrogant woman.

“You want to hit me? Come on! you dare touch me, kill you!” yelled as she approached the woman the bottle.

Everyone the was dumbfounded.

It said eldest daughter of Tate family was a low-profile introvert, but turned out… She was insane!

Elliot’s hawk-like narrowed as smoke escaped lips.

His fiery gaze fixed on Avery’s but ruthless little face.