Chapter 46

Katniss took a hard slap.

She wasn't ready for it, biting down on the inside of her cheek, blood filling her mouth instantly, and her ears ringing.

Calvin was still yelling, "You got the guts to hit my daughter? You'll regret it. I swear!"

Everyone was shocked, not expecting someone to throw a punch when things had already calmed down.

"Katniss!" Juniper cried out, heartbroken, wanting to protect her.

Ruby, though, smugly pushed her away, keeping her from getting close to Katniss and saying, "Katniss, you had this coming! You slapped me three times, and you still owe me two more!" Calvin snorted, "Katniss, right? If you want to make this go away, you need to let my daughter slap you back twice as hard, or we're not done here!"

Simon, standing nearby, was stunned.

He instinctively wanted to step in, say something for Katniss, after all...

But he quickly steadied himself, looking coldly at her.

She deserved it. If she hadn't messed with Clara and dared to hit Ruby, she wouldn't be in this mess.

Besides, she sent him to jail, and he hadn't even settled that score with her yet!

These three slaps, she deserved them.

too much! Simon didn't

It was your daughter who drugged me first!

like he wanted to hit her, Katniss swallowed a mouthful of blood-tinged saliva, holding Juniper back and saying, "Juniper, go call your dad." She couldn't let Juniper get

It really hurt.

this isn't the way to handle things. Let's call the parents, have both sides sit down and talk this out." Ruby, hearing this, immediately gloated, "Dad, let her call her parents. When they get here, you can slap her in front of them, and they

he couldn't bring himself to refuse. Besides, even if the girl's parents came, they wouldn't dare mess with him. They might even slap her themselves! So Calvin nodded,

saying, "Katniss, you still have time to think about what to

the corner to make a

what should we do? Should you call Wesley and

smiled faintly, comforting her, "Juniper, go call your dad. Maybe

Juniper suddenly realized. Their family wasn't any worse than Ruby's. At the very least, Katniss wouldn't

quickly went to make

Katniss still standing there, got even more smug, saying sarcastically, "Katniss, why don't you call your

a disgusted look, pulled out her phone, scrolled through her contacts, passed by Amara, Daphne, and Saskia, and finally pressed a

uncle

worker, trying to stand up to her dad? And he wasn't even Katniss's real dad, why would he throw himself

wait, her dad would humiliate Katniss

their calls, it wasn't

Simon stepped forward,

frowning and

here. She should have just finished her

in relief, then remembered to ask

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