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Avery shook her head and said, “It’s going to take us another three hours to get back! We should just leave now.”
“Let’s get something to eat first. You haven’t eaten anything all day. Aren’t you hungry?” Laura said, then held Avery’s hand and led her out of the building.
“I guess I’m pretty hungry,” Avery said as she caressed her lower belly. “It feels a little different from before. I’m not showing yet, but it feels hard here.”
She took her mother’s hand and rested it on her belly.
“This is nothing compared to how it will feel when you start to show and reach the late stages of your pregnancy…” Laura said, then sighed. “Time sure flies by. They’re already four months old.”
“Right? It won’t be long before they’ll be born,” Avery said. Excitement and worry flashed through her eyes as she said those words.
“Your divorce with Elliot… How is that going?” Laura asked.
Avery shook her head and said, “He’s stubborn as hell. The more I bring up the divorce, the more he won’t do it. So, I’ve decided never to bring it up again.”
“Now that I think about it, I don’t think I’ve ever officially met him!” Laura sighed.
“What’s there to meet? He’s cold to everyone. Meeting him would just annoy you,” Avery said softly.
Laura disagreed and said, “He’s young and rich, so it’s only natural for him to be spirited. He’s not the same as us average folk, so you can’t look at him from that point of view.”
“Why do you think we’re here right now, Mom? Why are you on his side?” Avery pouted.
Laura grinned awkwardly, then said, “Let’s go eat. We’ll leave after that.”
On the way back to the city, Avery fell asleep with her head on Laura’s thighs.
While Laura was gently stroking her daughter’s hair, her fingers accidentally touched her left cheek.
Avery took in a sharp breath and mumbled in her sleep, “Ouch… That hurts…”
Laura shifted her gaze to her cheek.
She would not have noticed anything if she did not look closely, but Avery had put on a thick layer of foundation
“What happened to your face, Avery?” Laura cried out, waking Avery up.
Avery opened her eyes and said, “What is it, Mom?”
Lauren touched her cheek, and Avery flinched in pain.
“What happened to your face? Who hit you? Was it Elliot?”
Laura’s heart tightened.
“No… I fought with his mom last night… Why didn’t I think of getting his mom to make him divorce me? | guess that did not work as well,” Avery said nonchalantly.
“You stupid girl! Don’t come up with something this ridiculous just to get a divorce!” Laura sighed, then added, “Why didn’t you go get some medicine when we got to the hospital this morning?”
“I’m pregnant, so I can’t just simply take medication,” Avery said. “It’ll be fine after a few days. I just need t o cover it up with makeup for now.”
“You… Get some more sleep!”
Laura patted her legs, urging Avery to lie down.
Avery shook her head and said, “I’m not tired anymore. I’ll just look through my phone.”
When she turned on her phone, she noticed the missed call from Mrs. Cooper.
She thought of calling back, but the crowded bus was noisy. After some consideration, she decided to talk to her when she got home.
Suddenly, the day’s headline popped up on one of the news apps on her phone.
It read, ‘Cole Foster Carried Out of Casino in the Dead of the Night! Suspected of Owing a Loan Shark Money!’
Avery took a deep breath and clicked on the headline.
She saw the photos of the night before.
There was one of Cole being carried out of the casino, and one of him being taken to the hospital.
The familiar face next to him belonged to none other than Cassandra.
Avery had not seen her sister in a long time, but she noticed that she was dressed even more promiscuously than before.
If Cole had not gotten in trouble with the loan sharks, she probably would have spent the night with him at some fancy hotel!
Avery closed the news app and checked her messages.
She noticed a text from Tammy that read: (Avery! I almost slept with Jun Hertz last night! Sh*t! We were halfway there when my period came out of nowhere!
Avery was extremely shocked.
Avery: (Aren’t you moving too fast?!)
Tammy: (We had a little bit too much to drink last night… Ugh! You should’ve seen his expression when I started bleeding… He was disappointed, but he still went out and got me a tampon.]
Avery: (Don’t they have those in the hotel room?!)
Tammy: […We spent the night at his apartment. I might have agreed to date him to find out what he’s hiding, but I still have to make sure he knows what he’s doing in bed!
Avery: [I see.)
Tammy: [Hehe. How’s your husband in bed?]
Avery’s cheeks flushed, and she changed the subject.
Avery: (My phone’s dying. I’m going to charge it now! Tammy: [I bet you already slept with him! Otherwise, you would just say you don’t know! Hahahaha!
Avery was so embarrassed that she shoved her phone back into her bag.
When the bus arrived at Avonsville three hours later, Avery first sent her mother home.
Laura was holding a big bag of groceries in one hand and a bag of fresh fruits in the other, so she passed the keys to Avery to open the front door.
When she opened the door, she saw someone was sitting on the couch!
Avery was so startled that she took a few steps back.
Laura was also in shock.
If she had not already seen photos of Elliot and knew what he looked like, she would have already called the cops.
Seeing their terrified faces, the bodyguard walked over to the front door and pushed Avery into the house.
He then took the bags of groceries from Laura and helped her take them into the kitchen. Laura’s lips moved slightly as she hesitated about whether or not she should thank him.
“What are you doing here?” Avery said when she had composed herself. She walked over to Elliot and demanded, “This is where my mother lives. What do you think you’re doing here?”
A shiver ran down her spine.
It was horrifying how easily Elliot had managed to look into her and her mother, and he even found Laura’s exact home address.
Her privacy meant nothing to him. Elliot noticed the fear in her eyes, then said, “I’m here for you.”
A few words from Elliot were enough to make the defensive walls around Avery’s heart crumble.
She had left the house at six in the morning and turned off her phone. He could not reach her and came all the way here.
Was he worried about her?
“You must be Elliot,” Laura said as she noticed the awkward air in the room. “Avery was having a bad day, so I took her out to relieve some stress. She’s fine now. Let me get you something to drink!”
“Mom!”
“No, thank you.”
Avery and Elliot spoke at the same time, making the atmosphere even stranger.
“He’s leaving now, so don’t mind him. You should sit down and get some rest,” Avery said as she led her mom to the couch.
She was subtly kicking out her unwelcome guest.
Elliot took the hint and stood up.
“I’ll be going now. I’ll come by one day to visit,” he said.
Laura wanted to send him off, but Avery pulled her back and said, “I’m leaving now, too. Stay at home and rest, Mom.”
She then got up and trailed behind Elliot.
Once they were out of the building, she turned to him and said, “Don’t ever come here again.”
Elliot’s expression turned cold. He clenched his jaw as if he had reached the limit of his patience.
“I don’t need you to pretend to care about me,” Avery continued. “If you really care about me at all, then divorce me.”
She then turned and walked away.
Elliot’s eyes shot icy daggers at her slender back.
They were physically close, but their hearts could not be further apart.
At the hospital, Cole was rushed into surgery after being sent to the hospital in the middle of the night. If the dismembered finger was preserved well, there was a high possibility of recovery if surgery was done within the next eight hours.
He might never regain full function of it, but at least he would not be crippled.
After the night’s surgery, Cole did not regain consciousness until two in the afternoon the next day.