Vivian burst out laughing when she saw Finnick.
"What are you laughing at?"
"You look like my porter."
To Vivian's surprise, Finnick did not get angry at her comment, neither did he refute. He merely kept quiet and looked at her before nodding his head.
Vivian was almost done with her shopping and intended to return to the inn. However, she suddenly passed by a restaurant, which seemed to sell really delicious food. Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, she went in with Finnick.
When they entered the shop, Vivian noticed that the food items on display looked rather strange. As such, she asked the owner of the shop, "Can
we have lunch here?"
"Ah, no. These are just replicas of food from medieval times," the owner replied, shaking his head. Hearing that, the couple left after browsing the items for a while.
Initially, they had wanted to walk around for a while more, but Finnick suddenly received a call from Noah and frowned.
Why is he calling knowing that we're on a holiday?
Nonetheless, he still picked up as it might be something urgent.
"Mr. Norton, where are you? Rachel is critically ill. Would Mrs. Norton want to go see her?" There was a sense of urgency in Noah's voice.
"Ok, got it."
"What's the matter?" Vivian asked, noticing the change in Finnick's expression. She was hoping that it wasn't anything serious. Please don't tell me it's a repeat of what happened during the previous vacation...
If that was the case, she would definitely breakdown.
"Rachel is critically ill," Noah replied while fixing his gaze on Vivian, trying to observe her reaction.
If she didn't seem to care, they would carry on with their vacation and not bother to deal with trivial matters.
However, if she was concerned and affected by the news, they could only end their vacation and head back. In the end, Vivian was still unable to ignore her mother. As such, the couple packed their belongings and prepared fortheir return.
"Finnick, she was the one who raised me after all," Vivian explained to Finnick.
Since Rachel had indeed brought up Vivian, Vivian felt that she was obligated to visit the woman, even if it was out of courtesy.
"I understand," Finnick replied and held Vivian's hand tightly to comfort her. On the way back, none of them spoke.
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