Chapter 488


    La let out a horrified scream! Tammy picked her up and rushed into the house.


    "Don''t be scared, La! I''m calling the ambnce right away!" She ced La on the couch, then


    pulled out her phone from her bag and called 911.


    La was wailing uncontrobly.


    "Is my Daddy dead?" she sobbed.


    "He still doesn''t know that I''m his daughter!"


    Tammy held the hysterical La in one arm and held her phone with her other hand.Once the call went


    through, she gave the operator the address, then hung up the phone.


    "Wait here in the house, La.I''ll go take a look," Tammy said, then quickly ran out the door.


    Avery received a call from the associate dean at Central University that morning and brought Hayden


    to the campus.


    Yesterday, Hayden had won the National Youth Programming Championships.He was not the youngest


    participant in thepetition, but he was the youngest one to enter the finals.


    What was even more unexpected was that he was the champion.


    "Hayden might have skipped the conventional procedures to enter the finals, but the purpose of the


    Hayden," https://novelebook/said the associate dean with a smile.


    "Are you willing t o let Hayden enroll in our college''s elite ss, Miss Tate?"


    Avery had gone through the elite ss''s introduction i n detail.


    Every student out of Central University''s elite ss was a pride of society DEu&AxNK a pir of the


    country.Of course she was willing to let Hayden enroll in the elite ss.


    "Do you want to give it a try, Hayden?" Avery asked gently for her son''s opinion.


    "I''ll do whatever you want, Mommy."


    "I''ve always wanted to find a suitable ce for you to learn and grow, Hayden.I hope you can try out


    different environments and find the best fit for you."


    Avery did not want Hayden to betray her son''s trust i n her, so she expressed her thoughts to him.


    "Don''t worry, Miss Tate.Hayden can join us for a trial run before making a decision," said the associate


    dean warmly.


    "Alright.Thank you."


    Once Avery handed Hayden over to the associate dean, she walked out of campus.She pulled her


    phone out of her bag and saw two missed calls from Tammy.


    Apart from the missed calls, there were also a series 0 f text messages from her.


    [Avery! Elliot came to see you just now and ended up passing out at the gate! La and I were freaking


    out!]


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    [I''ve called for an ambnce! ]


    [The ambnce took him away! I didn''t follow them.I called Jun!]


    [Did something happen between you two again? Call me when you see this! La won''t stop crying!]


    Avery''s heart tightened in her chest.She quickly called Tammy back.


    Tammy answered right away and said, "Don''t worry, Avery.It''s nothing serious.He just passed out from


    extreme fatigue."


    "Extreme fatigue?" Avery repeated under her breath a s she clenched her phone tightly.


    ''''He seemed fine yesterday."


    "I''m sure he stayed up all night.His eyes were bloodshot when I saw him this morning,"


    Tammy described vividly.


    "He said he was just in the neighborhood.I checked the map on my phone earlier, but your ce is


    She sped up and walked toward her car.


    "How are things there with you? Did everything go well?" Tammy said, changing the subject to


    something more rxed.


    "The associate dean said Hayden can start a trial run." Avery entered her car, put on her bluetooth


    earphones, then drove off.


    "How''s La doing?" she asked.


    "She wouldn''t stop crying because she thought Elliot was dead.She stopped crying only after I told her


    that he passed out from exhaustion."


    Avery''s brows furrowed as she could not figure out how Elliot ended up like that.They were constantly


    fighting.


    The light bickering between them the day before was nothing.


    What was going on with him? Why was he torturing himself to this extent?