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."

the school, Simon kept his eyes on

never really noticed fallen leaves

were just leaves,

he realized the ginkgo 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 were always

looked up and saw Clara running towards them, but

but after

even tore down the little world Katniss had built for herself, leaving

the ground

up?" Clara

head, saying he was fine.

Clara's hand and asked,

I didn't do well. It's my fault for wasting the money Lucas gave me. There's

tell Katniss to get her friend to back out. That spot was yours to begin with, and Katniss agreed to give it to you. You didn't sign off

to

"Clara, I already know about this. 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

got expelled?" Clara was

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,

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

snapped, "Simon, why