After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 50

After what felt like forever, Elodie finally blurted out, "I've always had her back, but she's just bad news, even harming her own family!"

Eli wanted to chime in, but Elodie cut him off, "Alright, since this mess has nothing to do with my son, I'm out. As for Katniss, she can be anyone's kid but ours. If she gets into trouble at school, call that Maximilian guy, not us." With that, she grabbed a still-stunned Simon and stormed out.

Eli watched them leave, thinking that woman was far from a good mother. Then he quickly shifted gears to figure out who this Mr. Hamilton was.

And if Ruby got kicked out, how was Calvin gonna donate that building? No way Maximilian was handling this!

What a total disaster!

Unaware that Eli was cursing her out, Elodie marched out of the office and muttered, "I wonder if Clara's done with her competition. If Katniss messed up Clara's performance, she's gonna pay!"

Simon, trailing behind her for a while, suddenly asked, "Mom, did we ever really support Katniss?"

Elodie frowned, thinking back. In all the years they raised Katniss, she couldn't recall any standout memories.

Finally, she shrugged it off. "I don't know. Katniss never caused trouble before, and she was so quiet. Probably not. Why are you bringing her up now?"

Simon stayed quiet for a bit, then shook his head, "It's nothing, let's go find Clara."

his eyes

never really noticed fallen

just

leaves covering the ground were actually pretty beautiful. They just didn't make a sound, so he never noticed them. The beauty of falling leaves doesn't stem from his gaze; they

up and saw Clara running towards them, but he couldn't help but think of Katniss

but after hearing

built for herself, leaving her to face the storm

on the ground were crushed to

what's up?"

heart softened, and he shook his head, saying he was fine. But looking down at the

Clara's hand and asked, "Clara,

the money Lucas gave me. There's a better contestant in our department named Juniper.

with, and Katniss agreed to give it to you. You didn't sign off on passing

dragged Juniper to find me and Ruby, accusing

It was Ruby who spiked the water, and Katniss tried to pin it on you! But it has nothing to do with you. Ruby's been expelled, so

expelled?" Clara

bailing her out. Don't sweat it. If you can't get first place, second place is fine. The family's ready to throw you a party, the food's already bought." Before Elodie could finish, Simon caught something and asked Clara, "Clara, why aren't you surprised that Ruby really spiked the

and a bit hurt, "Oh, I forgot. I was too upset when

and snapped, "Simon, why