Chapter 57

Felix stood there, kinda dazed, his eyes flicking over to the kitchen door. Through the frosted glass, he could see Katniss hustling around, her slim figure moving non-stop.

"If she was out to get me, why'd she tell me someone was messing with my meds?" Maximilian's voice was all cool and detached, but his eyes had this sarcastic glint. "If it weren't for her heads-up, I'd probably be six feet under by now, thanks to that poison."

Felix's face went pale in a heartbeat.

"Don't jinx it like that," Felix said, frowning hard.

For a sec, he was genuinely freaked out.

Katniss whipped up a small pot of coffee pudding, set aside two bowls for Felix and Maximilian, and packed the rest into some plastic containers.

She shoved the leftover ingredients into the fridge.

No way she was taking them home. Her family never got to taste any of it. Anna probably gave it away or sold it, which ticked Katniss off.

After wrapping up, Katniss said her goodbyes and headed to the coffee shop with the coffee pudding.

Even though it was almost finals season and students were cramming, the coffee shop was still hopping.

a dozen seats, but now they had outdoor seating

grabbing their drinks to go, forming a

insane!" The guy outside the shop was already feeling the headache

I already bragged about it to my friends. If I show up empty-handed, I'll look like a fool! Are you waiting with me or not?" "Alright, alright, we'll

quickly joined the

who came later noticed that besides the usual crowd, there were now some locals at Amara's

Amara's place had been dropping one killer new drink after another, totally outshining the other coffee shops. The coffee elsewhere just

coffee shop was

to come up with something new too, but Amara's place had already

finally got to the front of the line. One of them frowned at the new server and asked, "Where's Katniss? We want her to

new and kinda clueless, said, "Katniss? Sorry, but we

girls exchanged looks and quickly snickered, "With her clumsy self, she probably got canned by Amara. No way they'd keep someone like her." They giggled and placed their orders. As soon as

it to this lowly coffee joint? Besides, how much money can you really make from it? It's just popular with regular folks. You think they

no vision, coming here just to mess with Katniss. Last time, Laura even threw ten bucks at Katniss to insult her. Such an

then, another girl nudged Laura's arm

saw Katniss not only skipping the line to enter the shop but also carrying

face instantly turned

with that server? Didn't she say

"Didn't you say there's no Katniss here? Then who just

and knew Katniss, quickly tried to smooth

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