When Averie saw that it was her mother calling, she smiled and picked up the call. “Mom, we‘ll be returning soon!”
“Hello, this is the Captain of the Second Squad talking. A serious accident happened on Creek’s Road, causing the death of a woman. I am contacting you with her phone. Are you a member of her family? If you are, please come here quickly!”
Screech!
Averie immediately slammed on the emergency brakes, stopping her car by the road.
An accident? Death?
An explosion went off in her brain, then tears quickly fell!
“Mommy, why did you suddenly stop the car?” Layla exclaimed.
Hayden got nervous too. “Mommy, why are you crying?”
“Mommy, what happened to you? Don‘t cry!” Layla said and started to choke up. She started to cry too.
Averie heard her children‘s voices and suddenly drew a sharp breath.
She wiped the tears off her face with both hands and said hoarsely, “I‘ll send you two home. Wait for me there. I have something I need to handle.”
The car was once again on the road.
Layla and Hayden were still quite worried.
“Mommy, what happened? Why are you so sad?”
Averie took a deep breath and lied, “Something… happened to Mommy‘s friend. When you go home, behave. I might be back late. If Uncle Mike is not home, I‘ll call him to come to take care of you two.”
“Oh, Mommy! Don‘t cry! Your friend will get better!” Layla said caringly.
“Mommy, don‘t cry,” Hayden comforted awkwardly.
Averie responded hoarsely.
The car arrived at Starry River Villa. Mike and Chad were having dinner at home.
Averie opened the door, let the children in, and left without entering.
When Mike came out of the dining hall, she had left with her car.
“Layla! Where is your mother going? Why did she not even come in?” Mike asked in confusion.
“Mommy said that something has happened to one of her friends. She was crying terribly,” Layla said heartbrokenly. She speculated, “Could it be Aunt Tammy? I really liked Aunt Tammy
Mike ruffled her head. He turned around and picked up his phone from the table and dialed Averie
No one picked up
After hanging up, he called once again. Still, no one picked up.
Averie did not have many friends besides Tammy.
Could something really have happened to Tammy? Mike found Tammy’s number and called her.
Soon, the call was answered. Tammy‘s confused voice came through, “Did you have the wrong number? Or is there a party?”
Clearly, Tammy was fine. If something were to happen to her, she would not have been thinking of parties.
“I‘m sorry, I misdialed.” Mike hung up. His expression was grim. He dialed Averie once more.
This time, she finally picked up.
“Averie Tate! What the hell are you doing? Why are you not picking up my calls! If you still had not answered, I would have gone looking for you!” Mike said with his hand on his waist. He took his phone and went out to get some cold air.
“Who‘s in trouble? I called Tammy and she seems fine.”
Averie took a deep breath and sobbed. “My mom. Mike. Please help me look after the kids for a while.”
“What happened to Laura!” Mike‘s chest felt tight.
The call was dropped.
Mike held his phone and furrowed his brows. Chad came out from the living room. He asked, ” What‘s going on? What happened?”
“Something happened to Averie‘s mom. I think it‘s serious. She‘s crying hard! I bloody want to look for her, but she‘s asking me to look after the kids at home!” Mike swore in a low voice.
Chad‘s expression turned grim. “I‘ll go check out what happened to her mother. You take care of the kids at home!” When Averie rushed to the scene of the accident, it was already dark
Under the street lights, Averie saw her mother‘s bloody face. She raised her trembling fingers and placed them under her mother’s nose.
A breeze blew by. Averie wailed, “Mom, I know you‘re not dead! You promised to be with me for the rest of my life! I‘m going to send you to the hospital now! Don’t be afraid! I’ll be with you! I’ll always be with you!”
When Chad found out about Laura’s accident, he hesitated for a while before calling Elyette.
He would not have disturbed Elyette except he wanted to know that Averie at least had someone by her side.
“Mr. Foster, Averie‘s mother, met an accident this evening. She died on the spot. Averie still can ‘t accept this news. She sent her mother to the hospital. Mike is taking care of the kids at home. She‘ll be alone dealing with her mother‘s funeral. I feel it would be hard on her. Do you want to–”
“Which hospital?” Elyette swallowed. His voice sounded stern yet nervous. “Which hospital is she at right now?!”
His terrifying expression and voice frightened Shea so much that she cowered in fear.
Zoe had never seen Elyette that way before. It was as if all the care and heartbreak he had kept in his heart had surfaced. Zoe did not know who was on the other end of the line, but she knew that his heartbroken and worried for Averie.
They had barely spent half an hour at the snow palace because Averie and her children had wanted to play. He had left the place in a heartbeat for them.
In his heart, Averie was more important to him than Shea was. If Shea was not mentally challenged, he would place Averie before shea.
After Elyette finished his call, he walked out. Zoe panicked and chased after him. “Elyette, what happened? What‘s going on?”
He heard her voice, but he ignored her. He did not even stop. Zoe only heard the sound of her heart breaking into pieces.
Recently, Elyette had been good to her. She had thought that he had come to accept her, and they would soon get married and be happily in love.
However, all it took was one phone call for their relationship to return to square one.
At the hospital, Averie had sent her mother to the emergency room. She cleaned her mother‘s wounds, dressing them, and stopping the bleeding. She had sown the opened wound stitch by stitch.
Under the lights, her mother‘s skin turned paler by the moment. Her body temperature was dropping
Her hopes were all gone! “Mom… I’m sorry! Mom! I should have followed you to Uncle Ron‘s! I should not have left you alone! I’m sorry! It‘s all my fault! It‘s all my fault!” Averie lay on the operation table, hugging her mother’s cold body, sobbing in tears.
Elyette rushed to the hospital. He looked cold and unapproachable Chad saw him and immediately went up to him.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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