"There's nothing wrong with my memory! I can remember everything! I'm pretty sure that I was not raped by the four men!" Vivian could not understand why both Mr. Norton and Finnick did not believe her. They insisted that her memory had somehow mixed up.
"Alright, alright. You were not raped by them." Finnick tried to appease her by following what she said.
He recalled how the doctor advised him not to trigger Vivian's memory on the previous incident. If not, she would be provoked and might end up having an emotional breakdown because of that.
"You're willing to trust me now?" Vivian's face lit up. Looks likeFinnick still trusts me!
"Vivian, it doesn't matter. My love for you will not change," Finnick tried to sound as gentle as possible as he consoled her.
"Please listen to me. Let's abort the baby. We can have our own child again in the future. I promise that I'll shower our child with all my love. We'll have a happy and complete family. I'll..." Finnick tried to coax her again.
"You still don't believe me!" Vivian pushed Finnick away and burst out crying, "Why don't you trust my words? I was really not raped by anyone at that time. Benedict was there just in time to save me!"
Finnick's heart ached at the sight of Vivian's tears and sorrowful eyes. A sense of weariness crept into his heart. He wanted to trust Vivian's words too. Nobody could understand how much he wished that Vivian had never encountered the terrible incident.
Yet, the video from Mark as well as what both the doctor and Evelyn told him was concrete evidence of the misfortune that had befallen Vivian.
"Vivian, I'm willing to trust you. You must also trust me that I'll never leave you no matter what happened," Finnick emphasized and tried to embrace Vivian in order to calm her down. He still felt that Vivian was worried about being abandoned by him, so she insisted that she was not raped by the men.
Rage surged within Vivian, accompanied by a sense of helplessness. Finnick says that he trusts me, yet he still thinks that I was raped by the men! Does he really trust Evelyn so much?lt seems he never doubts every single word others.
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