Different ending
"It's a Wonderful Beast"
"The Dr. is right, Vincent, you need to heal. I can't do this without you….I wouldn't want to." Catherine puts her hand on Vincent's chest. It's the one place she is sure he doesn't hurt.
"Are you sure?" While the certainty he felt earlier about her life being better off without him is fading. Vincent is hesitant, the nightmare is still too real to him. The horrible feeling of Catherine not knowing him still sits in his gut.
"Yes I am sure. I love you."
Vincent closes his eyes, and when he opens them, Catherine is looking at him with such intensity. As if she can heal him with just the force of her gaze. He slides over on the bed and pats the space beside him. Catherine takes a quick look around and then crawls up next to him. Vincent tucks her in tight beside him.
She fits perfectly up against him and her warmth seeps into his bones. As he holds her close the terror of the nightmare fades. This is reality. This is his real life.
"I'm sorry" He whispers.
Catherine confused looks up at him.
"It was only a few hours that you didn't know who I was and it damned near killed me. To see you look at me and not know who I was….I am so sorry….. I understand now, how it must have felt when you found me and I didn't know who you were. I am sorry that I caused you so much pain. God Catherine, I didn't know who you were for months and you didn't give up on me. I would give anything to take the pain I caused you away."
Catherine buried her head in Vincent's chest while he spoke, holding on to him tightly to let him know without words how much she loved him.
"You did take my pain away Vincent, you saved me, you gave me what I needed to move forward with my life and you fought to remember me. It was all worth it and I would make all those same choices again if it meant that we end up right where we are now."
Vincent tightens his hold on her and lays his head on top of hers. "I love you so much more than you know."
Catherine placing her hand on the side of his face and pulling him close says. "I know."
