NovelEnglishSuddenly, her phone rang.
She took it out and realized it was a video call from Layla.
She had promised Layla that she would video call her every day when she left for Aryadelle.
Avery hesitated before answering the call.
"Mommy! Where are you right now?" Layla could tell from the background that Avery was in the hospital and she sounded a little frantic.
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"I'm in the hospital. Would you like to see Daddy?" Avery was a little hesitant to show Layla Elliot, but in the end, she decided that Layla was strong enough to handle it.
"Of course!" Layla answered without skipping a beat.
Avery took a deep breath and pointed the camera at Elliot.
Layla's eyes grew wide. "Is that Daddy? How did Dad end up like that?!" she exclaimed when she realized that it was him on the bed.
Avery moved the camera back toward her." Your dad is sick. He hasn't woken up and cannot talk. All the things Ruby Gould said to you before were false." Layla was relieved, but then a frown appeared across her face.
If what Ruby said was not true, it meant that her father was not as cruel as she thought he was. Her father was now extremely sick, and he could not speak. She was very concerned for him.
"Mommy, can you fix Daddy?" asked Layla in a muffled voice, after a few moments of silence.
"Your dad looks worse than he is. He just needs a lot of time to recover," said Avery, consoling her gently. "Don't worry about him. It will take a month at most for him to be discharged from the hospital." "Oh... Mommy, | want to see him again.” Avery turned the camera toward Elliot once again at her daughter's request.
Layla studied Elliot's pale face and thought back to how much Elliot cared for her; she instantly broke down in tears.
Avery turned the camera back at the sound of Layla's sobbing.
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"Don't cry, Layla. He is going to get better." "Mommy, | said something bad about Daddy. | shouldn't have done that," muttered Layla guilty as she rubbed her eyes.
"I know that you care about him. That's the only reason why you said those things about him." "When Dad gets better, are you taking him home?" "Yeah. Once he gets discharged, | am taking him home right away, As Avery was speaking, Elliot's finger moved slightly.
After the video call, Avery composed herself and turned to look at Elliot. She sat down on the chair next to the bed and grabbed his hand with both of hers. She leaned closer to him and whispered, "Elliot, it's been almost ten years since we first came to know each other. How many decades are there in a person's life? Once you wake up, let's not fight anymore and live our lives together in peace, okay?" The only answer she got in return was a boundless agonizing silence.
At nine the next morning, Ruby entered the room with her nanny.
Avery glanced at her and noticed that she was carrying something.
"Avery, didn't you say that I'm going to lose my baby?" Ruby smugly showed Avery the ultrasound results she received earlier that morning. "| just did an ultrasound. The paper is still warm to the touch! My baby is fine!" "You aren't even at the three-month benchmark yet, what's the hurry?" Avery said sarcastically. "When you get there, you need to take an NT test, a Hepatitis B test, a syphilis screening, and a test for AIDS... If the results come back positive for even just one of these tests, your baby won't survive."
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