When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Vivian had not seen a dead person when she was only five years old.

“Be good, little pumpkin. Don’t cry.” Looking at the state Larry was in, Vivian was broken-hearted.

Only Vivian knew how much she had endured during this period of time. Although she was not the person who was directly affected, they were all her loved ones.

She had seen how much pain they were in and did not have it easy either.

Often, a person would be more distressed by watching others in pain.

As she comforted Larry, Vivian stroked his back in hopes that her son would be able to forget this terrible memory. If Larry could not forget that scene, it would become his childhood trauma.

Vivian did not want Larry to have to deal with a childhood that he would always be afraid to remember. She wanted him to grow up well and in peace.

As she consoled Larry, Vivian slowly fell asleep beside her son.

Whatever happened that day was too much for her to handle.

She had been cooking for Finnick when she received the phone call in the middle of it and had to rush over. Like Larry, she had seen the corpses littering the floor.

She had also seen Samuel lying on the ground. Although she was devastated, she could not cry then.

asleep did she let her

cried and comforted herself

they fell asleep, Finnick was still up on the hill, kneeling in front of

simply kneeled there

noticed that Finnick was not yet home. After waiting a while longer, she went back up the

morning, the paths on the hill were tough to walk on. Some plants along the way still had morning dew on

the hill was beautiful, but Vivian was in no mood to appreciate it.

the hill, Vivian was getting nervous the closer they got to the

know what she was nervous about

peak as soon as possible so that she could find out what

since Larry was still young, they could not walk too

much effort as he could, eventually allowing them to ascend

panicked the minute

The area no longer had

was as if he had just disappeared from the face of

nowhere to be

home, probably using another

to head home for a look

rushed home with Larry, but Finnick was

around the house thoroughly, leaving no stone unturned. She searched the