“… Aunt Mary, I’m sorry.
I dragged Tammy into this,” Averie said as her eyes began to burn and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Elyette pulled her into his arms and used his long fingers to gently wipe her tears away.
“How could you say that, Averie?
This had nothing to do with you.
You’re Tammy’s best friend, and I hope you will be best friends for life.
Don’t tell these messy things affect you.”
“Don’t worry, Aunt Mary.
As long as Tammy doesn’t give up, I will definitely be her best friend for life.”
The phone call affected Averie’s mood.
She returned to the room and lay in bed.
Her eyes were blank while her thoughts were a chaotic mess.
When Elyette’s phone buzzed, he picked it up and saw a photo of the baby that the doctor had sent.
“Take a look at our son, Averie.” He roughly glanced at the photo, then handed his phone to Averie.
She took the phone and inspected the photo closely.
He finally had some color in him.
Elyette sat by the bed and watched along with her.
“Why does he have a rash on his face?” Elyette frowned as he zoomed in on the photo.
“It wasn’t there when I went to see him last night.
Averie also noticed the rash on the baby’s face, but she was not particularly shocked.
“Babies have delicate skin, so they get rashes easily.” She imparted her experience to Elyette.
“Hayden and Layla used to get rashes all the time before they turned one.
Some ointment usually does the trick.”
Elyette was relieved.
“Premature babies would get little setbacks like this easier.”
There was self-blame in Averie’s voice.
“It’s fine as long as it’s nothing serious,” Elyette comforted her.
“He was sound asleep when I went to see him last night.
He might think he’s still inside you!”
“He’s sleeping well because of lack of oxygen from the premature birth.” Averie lifted her moistened eyes and said, “I won’t let Chelsea Tierney get away with this, Elyette.”
Elyette responded and said, “She pushed the blame onto her cousin.
Nora’s already fled the country.”
“How would Nora have the guts to do anything without Chelsea’s help?!”
“I know, Averie.” He held her hand and said, “I’ve already sent people to search for Nora.
Once we find her, I’ll make her spit out the truth.”
Averie stared at Elyette blankly and said, “You’re not still letting Chelsea stay at your company, are you?”
“I cut things off with her last night,” Ellliot said.
“She won’t ever come looking for me again, unless she’s not afraid to die.”
“She might just not be afraid of death,” Averie muttered softly.
“How could someone who’s afraid to die make the same mistake over and over again?”
“I’ll make her wish come true, if that’s the case.” Elyette’s tone was cold and indifferent, but his eyes were filled with tenderness as he gazed at her.
Averie knew that people had many faces, but it was rare for someone to have two extremely different faces like Elyette.
No matter which face he had on, she was deeply drawn to him.
A knock came from the door, and Elyette went to open it.
Wesley and Shea were standing on the other side.
Averie was in pain after her surgery the day before, so Wesley told Shea to wait until today to come see her.
“I made some soup and brought it over for Averie, Big Brother.” Shea showed off the food container she was holding to Elyette.
Elyette was surprised.
“You made it?”
“That’s right.
Averie must have had a hard time giving birth to the baby, so I wanted to do something for her.” Shea’s face lit up in a wide smile.
When Elyette noticed that her left index finger was bandaged up, he immediately held her hand and said softly, “Don’t do it again.
She’ll be happy that you came to see her.”
“It didn’t hurt, Big Brother.” Shea retracted her hand as she continued to smile, then walked over to Averie with the food container.
“Hey, Averie.
Wesley said you were in pain yesterday and told me not to bother you, so I only just came to see you today.”
“It doesn’t hurt anymore, Shea.
Don’t worry about me.” Averie watched as Shea opened up the food container and a mouth-watering scent wafted from it.
“That smells amazing.
Did you make it?”
“I did.
It’s fish chowder.
Try it out.” Shea scooped out a small bowl of soup and handed it to Averie.
“Wesley said it’s better for you to have fish right now.”
Averie took the bowl of soup and noticed Shea’s index finger.
“Did you hurt your hand, Shea?”
“It’s nothing.
It’s just a little wound.
Wesley just insisted on bandaging it up like this,” Shea said shyly.
“Try the soup and let me know how it tastes.
If it’s good, I’ll make it for you again tomorrow.”
“I bet it’s good if you made it, but I don’t want to see you get hurt.”
“I’ll be more careful next time.” Shea sat down on a hair by the bed, then said, “I really want to see your baby, Averie, but Wesley said that he needs to stay in an incubator right now and I can’t see him.”
“Your brother has photos on his phone.”
“Oh!
Show me the photos, Big Brother!” Shea walked over to Ellliot and asked for his phone.
Elyette pulled out his phone, picked out a few photos and handed it to her.
Shea took the phone and brought it over to Wesley so they could look together.
Averie took a sip of soup.
It was delicious.
Shea was the one who made it, so the meaning behind it was more important than the taste.
When she was operating on Shea, she never expected for her to recover to this extent.
“The fish chowder is pretty good, Elyette.
You should give it a try,” Averie said.
Elyette walked over to the table and poured himself a bowl of soup.
He took a sip.
The chowder tasted light and was not greasy at all.
It indeed tasted good.
His eyes landed on Shea.
She had improved significantly since spending time with Wesley.
Perhaps he should let her try out the things she wanted to do, including learning to drive.
Meanwhile, at the Starry River Villa, Mike had taken a few days off work.
He could not take away Averie’s pain from childbirth, but he could take care of her house for her.
In the day, while the kids were at school, he was working at home.
Chad came over for lunch at noon.
“Let’s go to see Averie at the hospital after we eat!” he suggested.
“Sure.
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