Chapter 45

Katniss was totally blindsided when Ruby yanked her wrist like she was trying to rip it off. Instinct kicked in, and she shoved Ruby away hard, making her stumble and almost eat dirt.

Their little scuffle caught everyone's eye.

"What is going on?" Clara asked, looking all confused.

Juniper, seeing Ruby's sketchy reaction, got suspicious too. "Ruby, Clara, did you two mess with my water?"

She'd only had beef with these two before the competition.

Clara's eyes went wide, and she shook her head like crazy. "Juniper, what are you even talking about?"

Ruby's eyes flashed with guilt, but she shot back loudly, "Juniper, what kind of crap are you spewing? You're just trying to mess with Clara's head before the competition!" Ruby's voice was so loud it got everyone whispering, and even some teachers started looking over. Juniper was fuming, ready to throw hands, but Katniss held her back. "Juniper, don't fall for her BS. Let's go find a teacher and check the surveillance footage. The truth will come out," Katniss said.

Without solid proof, they couldn't just accuse Ruby of tampering.

Checking the surveillance footage was their best bet.

Taking advantage of Ruby's distraction, Katniss dragged Juniper towards the surveillance room.

"Stop right there!" Ruby yelled, throwing caution to the wind and chasing after them.

Clara wanted to follow but got held back by someone.

She turned around,

looked pissed. "Clara, you focus on the competition. I'll handle Katniss

but now she was spreading nasty rumors to mess with Clara's head

stage, Simon stormed off to find Katniss and Juniper, his face

gonna settle

the bleachers, he saw Ruby had already caught up with the

you stop?" Ruby panted,

when, to his shock,

echoed,

five seconds to react. She clutched her burning cheek, screaming, "Katniss, how dare you hit

laxative around Ruby's fingernails, almost confirming Ruby was the culprit. "Stop falsely accusing

showed more guilt. Drugging someone was serious business. If it got out, she'd definitely

it anymore. He lunged forward, grabbing Katniss by the collar and yelling, "Katniss, you psycho, come with me to see the teacher!"

your mind?

kept pulling, Katniss's clothes would be in

a sister this vicious!" Simon yelled, his

gleaming. She yanked at Katniss's collar, but it just loosened more without

a furious shout rang out. "What

Eli barked. With outside investors present, he couldn't scold them on the spot, so he had to take them to his office first. Unexpectedly, Ruby ran excitedly to

daughter. When Ruby got closer, he saw her face was

what happened to

have to stand up for me!" Ruby

beaten face, the

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