The call did not take long to connect.
Avery asked in horror, "Are you sure you're not playing a prank on me, Lilith?"
"This isn't something to joke about." Lilith sounded downcast over the phone. "Should I get an abortion?"
"All you did was do a home test, right?
Have you been to the hospital for an examination?"
"No." Lilith took a deep breath and said in a voice filled with agitation, "I went to the pharmacy to buy some flu meds today and decided to buy a box of early pregnancy test strips. The result was two bars. Didn't expect to hit the jackpot right away!" "Who’s the father?" Avery was a little
unhappy when she heard the way Lilith downplayed everything.
"How could Lilith treat herself with such little care?" thought Avery.
"I don't want to bring it up," Lilith said firmly.
"Lilith, you probably saw the news about Elliot, right?" Avery said earnestly. "He's no longer in Aryadelle, and he might not care about you in the future. He might no longer support you as well. That promise might be void. The path you take depends on you and you alone."
"I get it now. You're telling me that you don't want me bothering you again in the future!" Lilith's tone suddenly became a little colder.
"No. You're his sister, and I'll help you as much as I can if you come to me," Avery said. "But if you want me to help you, you need to promise me something in exchange, and that's to stop working in that modeling agency. Making one mistake isn’t scary, but making many mistakes are."
"I won’t work at that company again in the future." Lilith felt her head ache. "What should I do with the child in my belly?
Should I get an abortion?"
"It's your body. The child is yours too. Whether you want to abort or keep it is something you should think carefully about. It is not something which you get the opinions of others for. I'm in no position to give you any advice when you didn’t tell me who the child's father is."
When Avery said that, she remembered the time she was pregnant with her children.
The moment she found out that she was pregnant, she tested Elliot to see what his answer was ;h!=RIR: discovered that he was against having children.
She still remembered the long sleepless nights and the insomnia she had developed because she had been thinking about whether to keep the children or not.
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