Since Finnick hadn't made his way back with Vivian, Larry started asking Finnick's whereabouts again.
"Daddy is in the middle of something. He'll be back soon."
Actually, after departing from Finnick's office, Vivian headed elsewhere for a walk before making her way back.
She was unsure of the reason behind Finnick's delayed return.
Upon a simple glance at the time, she thought he must be trying to sort out the things on his schedule to prepare for their trip to the police station tomorrow.
As Finnick was nowhere to be seen after she finished her meal with Larry, she called the man.
"What's wrong?"
Finnick's exhausted voice could be heard when he answered the phone.
Vivian asked, "Why aren't you home yet?"
"I'm five minutes away from home."
She nodded and hung up the call after she heard his reply.
Indeed, he showed up after a short while, but their son had fallen asleep by then.
"What's taking you so long?" Vivian looked at Finnick with her brows furrowed in confusion.
He had never been home so late in the evening.
Therefore, she couldn't figure out the reason she
was late.
"It was Mark. He was trying to invade the company again. I need to take him out as soon as possible to save me the trouble of dealing with him repetitively.”
Finnick couldn't stand Mark's behavior anymore. The man refused to behave himself even when he was imprisoned.
As Finnick was determined to teach Mark a lesson, he was late because it took him some time to devise the plan.
"Mmm... It's getting late. You should call it a day." When Vivian heard him, she felt bad because he had to deal with so many things on his own.
She found herself useless because she couldn't be of much help.
Perhaps Finnick was aware of Vivian's emotions, he wrapped his arms around Vivian and assured her everything would be fine.
In the end, she fell asleep in between his arms.
By the time she woke in the morning, she saw the man preparing their breakfast.
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