After her rebirth
Chapter 46

Katniss took a hard slap.

She wasn't ready for it, biting down on the inside of her cheek, blood filling her mouth instantly, and her ears ringing.

Calvin was still yelling, "You got the guts to hit my daughter? You'll regret it. I swear!"

Everyone was shocked, not expecting someone to throw a punch when things had already calmed down.

"Katniss!" Juniper cried out, heartbroken, wanting to protect her.

Ruby, though, smugly pushed her away, keeping her from getting close to Katniss and saying, "Katniss, you had this coming! You slapped me three times, and you still owe me two more!" Calvin snorted, "Katniss, right? If you want to make this go away, you need to let my daughter slap you back twice as hard, or we're not done here!"

Simon, standing nearby, was stunned.

He instinctively wanted to step in, say something for Katniss, after all...

But he quickly steadied himself, looking coldly at her.

She deserved it. If she hadn't messed with Clara and dared to hit Ruby, she wouldn't be in this mess.

Besides, she sent him to jail, and he hadn't even settled that score with her yet!

These three slaps, she deserved them.

Double, even, wouldn't be too much! Simon didn't move.

Juniper protested angrily, "Why! It was your daughter who drugged me first! You guys..."

Seeing Calvin still looking like he wanted to hit her, Katniss swallowed a mouthful of blood-tinged saliva, holding Juniper back and saying, "Juniper, go call your dad." She couldn't let Juniper get hit too.

After speaking, she pressed her tongue against the bitten spot.

It really hurt.

Eli, seeing Calvin still looking like he wanted to hit someone, quickly tried to mediate, "Mr. Hayes, this isn't the way to handle things. Let's call the parents, have both sides sit down and talk this out." Ruby, hearing this, immediately gloated, "Dad, let her call her parents. When they get here, you can slap her in front of them, and they won't say anything." Saying this, Ruby gave Calvin a look.

Seeing Ruby's swollen face, Calvin felt heartbroken and he couldn't bring himself to refuse. Besides, even if the girl's parents came, they wouldn't dare mess with him. They might even slap her themselves! So Calvin nodded, replying, "Alright, call their parents, and we'll 'discuss' this slowly."

Juniper instinctively looked at Simon who just gave Katniss a cold look, saying, "Katniss, you still have time to think about what to say to the parents!"

Then he went to the corner to make a call.

"Katniss, what should we do? Should you call Wesley and Daphne?" Juniper asked worriedly.

Katniss smiled faintly, comforting her, "Juniper, go call your dad. Maybe we'll need his help later."

Getting the answer, Juniper suddenly realized. Their family wasn't any worse than Ruby's. At the very least, Katniss wouldn't get hit!

Juniper quickly went to make a call.

Ruby, seeing Katniss still standing there, got even more smug, saying sarcastically, "Katniss, why don't you call your parents?"

Katniss shot her a disgusted look, pulled out her phone, scrolled through her contacts, passed by Amara, Daphne, and Saskia, and finally pressed a number, walking to the corner to make the call. Ruby muttered to herself that Katniss must have called that Wesley.

Clara had mentioned that her uncle was just an ordinary office worker.

An ordinary office worker, trying to stand up to her dad? And he wasn't even Katniss's real dad, why would he throw himself into this for her?

Just wait, her dad would humiliate Katniss and that Wesley!

After everyone made their calls, it wasn't long before Elodie arrived.

"Mom," Simon stepped forward, greeting.

Elodie scanned the office, her gaze pausing on Katniss before frowning and looking away, asking, "Where's Clara? Did she get hurt in the fight?"

Simon explained, "Clara isn't here. She should have just finished her match."

Elodie sighed in relief, then remembered to ask what had happened.

"Dad, this has nothing to do with Simon. He came to help me. When Katniss hit me, he quickly came to stop her!" Ruby explained, remembering that Simon had stopped Katniss from slapping her.

Thinking about it, Ruby glanced shyly at Simon.

The Manners were good-looking, especially Simon, who was her type handsome and domineering!

With his expression softening slightly, Calvin greeted Elodie, "Hello, I'm Ruby's father. These two girls hit my daughter, and I plan to settle this with their parents. Sorry to bother you."

Elodie's frown relaxed a bit, then tightened again, with a complex expression. Finally, she looked at Katniss with disdain, saying, "Sorry, this one is also my daughter."

Calvin was about to scowl when Elodie poked Katniss's face with her finger, scolding, "Katniss! How did I raise you? I must have spoiled you! How dare you hit your classmate! People will think I never taught you!" "Don't touch me," Katniss said, feeling physically nauseous at the sound of her voice.

Hearing Elodie's voice, Katniss remembered that sentence: Maybe we can use her kidney. It would be a waste otherwise.

Disgusting, so disgusting.

Elodie was stunned for a moment, then started cursing, "I'm your mother, what kind of attitude is this! Are you defying me?"

She was furious. This troublesome girl had sent Simon to jail before, now daring to talk to her like this!

"Are you?" Katniss spat out each word, each one like a knife, full of thorns.

"How dare you!" Elodie shouted, raising her hand to slap her.

This time, Katniss was prepared and stepped back, dodging the slap. However, Elodie, using too much force, almost fell. Calvin watched in astonishment, pulling Ruby aside and asking, "Is that really Katniss'smom?"