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."

Simon kept his eyes on the fallen leaves, one

never really noticed fallen

were just

the ginkgo leaves covering the ground were actually pretty beautiful. They just didn't make a sound, so he never noticed

towards them, but he couldn't help but

slap, but after hearing

leaving her to face the storm alone. Clara arrived and

the ground were crushed to

what's up?" Clara

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

hand and asked, "Clara, how'd the competition

before saying, "Mom, I didn't do well. It's my fault for wasting the money Lucas gave me. There's a better contestant in our department named Juniper. She's Katniss's friend and the

her friend to back out. That spot was yours to begin with, and Katniss agreed to give it to you.

"Before the competition, Katniss even dragged Juniper to find me and Ruby, accusing us of spiking Juniper's water. I don't know what she got twisted, but she definitely hates

I already know about this. It was Ruby who spiked the water, and Katniss tried to pin it on you! But

expelled?" Clara was

don't know what he's thinking, always bailing her out. Don't sweat it. If you can't get first place, second place is fine. The

"Oh, I forgot. I was too upset when I heard Ruby got expelled. Simon,

odd and snapped, "Simon,