After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 9

"Katniss, you can't just bail!" Oliver said, blocking the doorway like a stubborn bouncer, his face set in stone.

Katniss shot him a look of pure disdain. "I don't need to stick around in this fake-ass house, Oliver. You're just a loser trying to save face!"

"How dare you!" Oliver roared, his face turning red. "You think you can just walk out on the family? Who do you think you are?"

Katniss didn't flinch. "I don't want to stay with a narrow-minded, hypocritical jerk any longer!"

Oliver's anger hit the roof, his eyes blazing. "You ungrateful brat! You're not leaving until you explain yourself."

"What do you want to hear? I'm not wrong. Desmond and I broke off the engagement, so now Clara can date Desmond without any drama. What more do you want?" Katniss snapped back. This whole mess was for that, right? Now that she had stepped aside, how was it her fault?

Oliver never wanted Katniss to break off the engagement. Sure, she was a pain sometimes, but she was still his daughter.

Seeing Katniss trying to keep it together, Oliver felt a heavy weight in his chest. He wanted to explain, but the words just wouldn't come out.

Katniss's eyes were full of disappointment. As she turned to leave, tears fell on the back of her hand, cold and heart-wrenching.

Just like her current state of mind, cold and devoid of warmth.

"Katniss, what happened? Who pissed you off?" Dylan asked.

appeared. Katniss turned around, wiping away her tears, not wanting

must be

had

made Dylan feel a sense of

you and explain everything to them. After all, you're our sister; they won't make things difficult

off his arm. "You don't know anything and just assume

dangerous outside now. It's not safe for a girl to be out there alone. What if something happens? You should stay. Besides, where else can you go besides The Manners Villa?

self-righteous way. "I can take care of myself; you don't need to worry." "Katniss, listen to me..." Dylan tried to say more but

expression was resolute as she mercilessly rejected Dylan's persuasion, bypassing him and walking out

them. So she and Aurora relied

crying, Katniss took a deep breath and stepped into the familiar

a hero who died catching a thief,

fighting alongside her grandpa. After retiring, she opened a tiny clinic next to

learned all her medical skills from Aurora, especially focusing on taking care of Nathan, who

Clara's care, making Katniss feel like her efforts were

showing up on holidays. The beef between Aurora and Oliver was a mystery. Every time they met, it was like World War III,

to explain, "Mom, I really have stuff to

a storm, impossible to calm. Over time, Oliver's temper got

the courtyard altogether, leaving an awkward

passed away, she left the house to Katniss, along with a bank