After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 27

Micah had a thing for Anouk, but she was already dating his second brother, Dylan. Katniss was responsible for this, as she had helped set them up. Instead of kicking her out, Micah just gave her the cold shoulder. That was pretty chill of him. 'I gotta figure something out,' Katniss thought to herself, dead set on stealing Anouk back from Dylan before they tied the knot.

Seeing Katniss all quiet, Saskia thought Micah's words had bummed her out. She quickly tried to cheer her up, "Katniss, don't be sad. Micah's just in a funk. He'd totally love for you to move in, right, Micah?" Saskia whispered, "Micah's in a bad mood 'cause his crush has a boyfriend."

Saskia didn't know the whole story, but Katniss was in the loop.

The table was loaded with all her favorite dishes. Katniss felt touched; even after three years, Wesley still remembered what she liked.

Anna frowned and scolded Wesley, giving him a hard time for making too much food. She didn't get why these young folks were so wasteful.

Wesley nodded like crazy, explaining, "Mom, I made extra 'cause Katniss is here, and it's not easy for Saskia and Micah to come back. It won't go to waste."

Even with his explanation, Anna still looked ticked off. All that yummy food, how much did it cost?

One more person meant more expenses, and Katniss was gonna be here for a while. She had to chip in for the living costs; she couldn't just freeload. Daphne handed Katniss a bowl of chicken soup, saying with concern, "Careful, it's hot. You're so skinny; you need to drink more chicken soup."

took a sip and praised, "This chicken soup is

munching on his food, heard Katniss's compliment and sneered,

so snarky," Daphne glared at Micah, scolding

need to eat better, seriously. Her brain's not

a flash of pain crossed Micah's eyes, like it

in shock,

she mustered the courage to look at

I'll fix

Micah sneered, "No need."

since he was a kid, not needing much interference. Even Daphne,

still young. If she made a mistake, teach her properly.

words, and said, "I'm full. I'm going to

turning to comfort Katniss, "Don't be mad. I'll make him apologize when he gets back." Katniss forced a smile, feeling Daphne's bias towards her, but she didn't dare to make Micah apologize. "Daphne, Micah's right. I was wrong and made a lot of mistakes," Katniss apologized,

said, "You two don't need to wash the dishes. I'll do it. You go watch TV." Katniss

smiled, patting their shoulders, "It's okay. Let me do

to the