Click, Scout Finch heard the sound of her own finger bones breaking.
"Ah!!!"
The cry of the young woman echoed through the entire mansion.
Scout Finch collapsed to the ground, her fingers throbbing with pain that made her heart nearly stop. Her face, pale and beaded with sweat, showed her unbearable agony.
Scout Finch looked at Atticus Finch in disbelief, the pain in her heart nearly suffocating her. She had always known that the man in front of her did not love her, but she didnt expect him to be so ruthless, breaking her fingers just for a ring.
"This ring is not for you to wear," Atticus Finch said coldly, squatting down to look Scout Finch in the eye, then grabbing her hand and ignoring the pain of her broken fingers, pulling the ring off her hand.
"Ah! Finch, it hurts..." Scout Finch bit her lips until they bled, her hair sticking to her face, looking utterly disheveled.
"Hurt? You know pain? Your heart was taken from Daisy Buchanan while she was still alive, and she couldnt even say it hurt before she died. Whats your pain compared to hers?!" Atticus Finch showed no mercy, instead, he stepped harshly on her injured hand.
"Ah! I... my mom didnt, the doctor... announced... Daisy was beyond saving, and Daisy had also signed... the organ donation form, it wasnt my mom who sent people to forcibly take it out." The pain in her fingers almost made her faint, and she knew he married her for her heart, but Scout Finch didnt care. She thought that maybe over time he would see her goodness, but the outcome was not as she had hoped.
"Youre still lying, Kitty has told me everything. If I hadnt been away, do you think you could have gotten Daisys heart? And Daisys ring, you dare to wear it too? You steal her heart and steal her ring? Have you no shame?!" Atticus Finchs eyes were as sharp as a knife as he looked at Scout Finch, his expression even colder.
"I... I didnt, it was... it was Kitty who gave... to me." Scout Finch kept shaking her head. She really didnt know the ring belonged to Daisy Buchanan. If she had known, she would never have worn it. She knew how important Daisy Buchanan was in his heart.
Daisy Buchanan was Atticus Finchs childhood sweetheart and also Scout Finchs good friend. Daisy Buchanan, who suffered from a brain tumor, knew that Scout Finch had always loved Atticus Finch, so she gave her heart to Scout Finch, who had a heart condition, hoping that Scout Finch could stay by Atticus Finchs side and take care of him in her place.
But she never expected that this would plunge Scout Finch into hell.
"Humph, your lies are too childish. This ring has always been on Daisys hand; how could Kitty have it?" Atticus Finch sneered, his long fingers tightly pinching Scout Finchs chin.
"I... I didnt... lie." Scout Finch struggled weakly, slowly closing her eyes, bitter tears welling up from the corners, the pain in her hand and the pain in her heart almost driving her to despair.
Atticus Finch flung her away, seeing Scout Finchs tear-streaked face, a strange pang shot through his heart, but it was fleeting.
"You remember, I married you only because you have Daisys heart, it has nothing to do with you personally." After saying this, he turned around and left without looking back, leaving Scout Finch with a resolute figure.
Scout Finch looked at his heartless back, her eyes slowly moistened by tears, every word he said was like a sharp sword, brutally stabbing into her heart.
She forced a smile on the corner of her mouth, five years of unrequited love, two years of marriage, she still couldnt replace Daisy Buchanan, not even as a substitute... he wouldnt give her a chance.
Finally, Scout Finchs physical strength was depleted, and she could no longer support herself, and fainted.
If she could, she really wanted to sleep forever.