Vivian used all the energy she had left to choke out, "My stomach hurts..."
"Your stomach? Why does your stomach hurt? Was it the piece of paper?" Completely clueless, Finnick desperately looked around for the possible cause of her sudden illness, checking the paper to see if there had been any hidden tricks on it.
But there was nothing.
"What's wrong, Mommy?" Just as Finnick was starting to panic, a small figure swung open the door and ran inside.
"You..." Finnick stared at Larry in disbelief.
What did he just call her?Why is he here?
He couldn't get a single word out of his mouth, holding his breath as he watched to see how Vivian would react.
"I'm okay." She instantly reverted back to normal, regaining her composure as if nothing had happened.
Finnick's brain short-circuited.
Didn't she say that her stomach hurts?Why is she completely fine all of a sudden?
"Larry." Vivian narrowed her eyes at her son, waiting for him to explain the situation to her.
The little boy kept his eyes on the floor, too scared to meet her gaze. "Um..."
She lifted his chin with one hand, making him look right at her as she asked, "What's going on here? Why did you kidnap yourself?"
Larry's mouth fell open in surprise. "How did you know, Mommy?"
"You tried to change your handwriting on purpose, but every time you write the letter 'S', you add an extra curve in it."
Vivian had recognized his handwriting as soon as she saw the piece of crumpled paper and instantly got the idea to pretend to be sick to lure him out.
Larry listened to his mommy intently, getting frustrated at himself for not remembering to change his writing habits.
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