Chapter 115

She had gone from being the invisible ugly duckling to a total knockout!

Katniss touched her face. Was this what confidence felt like?

Shaking off the exhaustion from class, she hummed a little tune and made her way to the cafeteria, feeling pretty good.

The few people who had been talking trash about her looked embarrassed and quickly scurried off in the opposite direction.

After grabbing her food, Katniss found a spot and started eating.

She pulled out her phone to reply to Juniper's text.

Juniper was griping about how awful the food was abroad.

She really missed home-cooked meals.

Other than that, the teachers were nice, and she was learning a lot.

Juniper said she was getting closer to her dream of becoming a diplomat.

Katniss put her phone away, feeling happy that Juniper had no regrets, not like in her previous life, and was moving closer to her dream.

Saskia and Kieran had divorced, and she hadn't died young.

she cared about seemed to be doing

and thought she saw

wasn't Laura supposed to be in

and she

about to take a closer look, someone tapped her shoulder. Katniss looked up to

wait for me, why didn't

I saw Laura. Never mind, you

her at parties, always acting like she's better than everyone." Cecilia sat down across from Katniss and continued, "But I heard that ever since her dad got arrested, Laura's been having a rough time." Katniss lowered her eyes and said nothing. She had no interest in feeling sorry for someone who almost

offended someone and ended up in jail. It was a big deal. A friend of mine said Laura was supposed to spend her life in prison, and that the other party was very powerful. But somehow, she got released, and it cost a lot of

dad went to prison for embezzlement and bribery. Their house and money were auctioned off. Her family was already in debt, and now they spent so much to bail her out. I think it

she has to pay off debts and take care of her sick mother. Her uncles took over her dad's remaining company. My aunt even warned me not to hang out with Laura. Who did she offend? She's really unlucky." Cecilia spoke with great interest, while Katniss finished her meal, put down her utensils, and wiped

"You sure know

course, I'm a gossip expert. Where there's gossip, there's me." Cecilia

smiled slightly,

up as if she remembered something, "Do you have

"What's up?" Katniss asked.

be stoked to see you!" Cecilia pouted. "I'm sick

she would study at home. If she went

be there! Great, it's settled. Where do you

and, after some thought,

She looked up at Katniss with a changed expression, scrutinizing her thoroughly before

Crest Estates, you are impressive, Katniss. You really keep a low profile.

were only a dozen or so, all

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