Chapter 292
Avery took her phone from Layla She saw that it was from Wesley. She immediately answered “Avery, happy newyear!”
Wesley’s delighted voice carne through Avery chuckled.
“Wesley, happy newyear’s eve!
I’ll save the new year greeting for tomorr ow.”
“Hahaha!
Have you all had your dinner?
I initially wanted to call you later, but the hospital just passed on a piece of good news to me,so I can’t waitt o tell you about it,” We sley paused for a while before saying, “Eric can situp!
He is slowly gainin g consciousness!”
Avery said, “That’s amazing!”
“Avery, he and his family wanted to thank you.
They said that they want to visit you after the New Year’s,” Wesley said.
“There’s no need to trouble them.
I’ll go see him after the New Year’s. Right now, all he needs to focus on is his rehab.
The others are unimportant.”
“How is it unimportant?
They want to payfor his me dical expenses. They asked me what would be an a ppropriate amount.
I told him to discuss the matter with you.”
Avery was silent for a while.
“Iwas just helping Professor Hough complete his unfinished work.
If they want to payfor his medical expenses, tell them to payit to Professor Hough’s family at the rate they had previously agreed upon.”
Wesley said, “Iknew you wouldn’t want it.”
“Professor Hough left toosuddenly.”
Avery’s voice suddenly turned glum.
“Ifind it hard to accept it even now.
He had saved so many people, yetin the end, he left usso early.”
“Perhaps Godsaw how tired Professor Hough was, so He lethim rest early.
Avery, let’s think you.”
“Ishould be the one visiting you,” Avery said.
“I’ll take my kids along too.”
“Okay!
I’m free after the second dayof New Year’s.
You can come any time.”
“Okay!”
After hanging up, Avery carried Layla back to the dining table and satdown.
Laura passed her a bowl of ravioli.
“Mom, your ravioli sure is huge today.”
Avery looked at the ravioli in her bowl, smiled, and said, “Did you give me the ravioli with the coin?”
Laura merelv smiled.
Laura merely smiled Avery carefully putthe ravioli in her mouth and gently bitdown.
She bitinto something hard.
Taking out the coin, she said with a grin, “Ikn ew that you love me the most! I will be very lucky in the coming year!”
Mike sneered and placed a ravioli in his mouth too.
Then, he took out a coin from his mouth.
“Laura placed coins in all the ravioli. I saw her do i t.”
“Why not?
I hope that every one of you has good luck!”
Laura retorted.
“Then, if there was only one ravi oliwith the coin, who would you give it to?”
Avery was deliberately making things difficult for her mother.
Laura looked at how childi sh Avery was being.
She gave in.
“Ofcours e, it would be you! Once you’re lucky, you can take good care of Layla, Hayden, and Mike.”
Mike stayed i nthe kitchen and helped Avery with the dishes.
Soon, it was the third dayof New Year’s.
Laura returned to her oldhome early in the morning.
Not long after Laura left, Avery took her two children and left.
Chad would be having Mike over that day, so she chose that dayfor her visit with Wesley.
“Avery, let’s go skiing!”
Wesley suggested.
“They made a snow palace over there.
It’s gorgeous.
I’ll take a photo of you three.”
“Okay!”
Avery agreed when she saw how excited her children were.
At the same moment, in the back of the black Rolls Roice, Shea was looking out at the snow in excitement.
Elliot had booked the snow palace for the dayso that Shea could play.
Shea liked to play, but she was afraid of crowded places.
So every time Elliot took her out, he would reserve the place beforehand.
Zoe was with them today.
This time, it was Elliot who had asked her out.
Elliot rarely looked at Zoe, but even so,he realized that she was much weaker than before. He did not know whether she had found him exhausting or whether Shea’s treatment had taken a lot out of her.
Soon, Shea would undergo her second surgery.
He hoped that Zoe would be able to stay in good shape.