After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 68

Cecil held the book, listening to Katniss talk. He had a smile on his face, but his eyes were ice-cold.

Daryl and the gang knew Cecil well enough to see that Katniss might be in for some trouble.

"Cecil, looks like your charm's wearing off. Katniss hasn't even glanced your way all morning!" Byron teased with a smirk.

He and Daryl had assumed the new girl, Katniss, was just another one of Cecil's admirers.

They'd heard that Laura wanted to switch to the medical school just to be near Cecil, but her grades weren't good enough to make the cut.

Cecil's face darkened, sending out a clear warning, "You're talking too much!"

With that, Cecil strode forward, and Byron and Daryl quickly followed.

In the cafeteria.

"My dad found out I'm going abroad as an exchange student and said he's proud of me. If I hadn't stopped him, he would've thrown a three-day party," Juniper complained, looking glum. Katniss laughed and asked, "Have you set the date for going abroad?"

Juniper looked reluctant. "Yeah, it's set for December. But I don't want to leave you guys. I'm scared to go abroad alone, where everything's unfamiliar."

"You don't want to go? There are plenty of people waiting for your spot," Katniss teased.

"No way, I'm just kidding. If I don't go, my dad will have someone drag me there!"

Seeing Juniper shake her head vigorously, Katniss chuckled and then reminded her of the things she needed to prepare.

Halfway through, Juniper suddenly poked Katniss's arm, signaling her to look to the right.

direction, Katniss's eyes widened as she

lot since they last saw her. She looked

cry from

"What happened to

former friends abandoned her

and some people followed her for money. Now that Jackson had fallen, and it was all over the news for days, everyone knew Laura's family was bankrupt and owed a lot of money. Their house was

away from Laura. Everyone has their own path, and this was Laura's burden

finding Laura's gaze a bit scary. "She is looking at you

this, Katniss looked up but only saw Laura's

and obediently agreed

Jackson was arrested for his own crimes, and no matter how much Laura hated, it couldn't be directed

back to the dorm, and Katniss planned to go to the library, so they parted ways at

result, Katniss didn't see Laura staring at her as she

got up and walked to the sink, vigorously scrubbing her greasy,

splashed onto her clothes, soaking them, but Laura seemed oblivious, focusing only on scrubbing the lunchbox,

the next moment, she turned off

about your family's situation. Are

an elegant coat, looking like a

few steps back, hiding her worn lunchbox

"Laura, how could you think that? I'm worried about you. My brother Nathan was sick recently, and I was taking care of him. As soon as I heard about you, I came to find you." The concern on Clara's face was genuine, and

concern made Laura burst into

had experienced too much

went bankrupt, and their villa was seized and auctioned off. She couldn't take anything with

who used to be kind to her now

stop studying since her family couldn't afford it. Instead, she should get married while she could still fetch