I'm so paranoid that it's sickening. It's December 26th, at six at night. I'm to the point where I just want to go out and find him and kill him.
When I hear the front door slam, I realize something isn't right.
Everyone is here in the living room.
I jump up and have my bow in my hand in half a second.
Nobody moves. The kids are crying.
Who else would be coming in the house? Nobody. Even Jake an Kate are here, and Josh and Gale, who I haven't seen in years, and his family.
So that's how I know that he's here.
Johanna has her axe, and she's swinging it around, waiting, poised.
She knows, and I know, and we all know, that when it comes down to it, I'm going to freeze up and I won't be ale to kill him.
That's when Johanna is going to come in and throw her axe.
Cato comes strolling into the living room. "Shut the TV off." He says. "Let's have a little talk." He looks at me and winks.
"Fuck off." I say.
He laughs. "No. unless I'd be fucking you. But…I've already done that, have I?" he snickers. "Now, shut the TV off."
Ryan does it. He looks pissed beyond words.
He looks around the room and his eyes rest right on Elizabeth. She pulls her knees against her chest.
He starts walking towards her and I move right in front of him. "Touch her and I swear I'll kill you."
"You won't do it." He says.
Peeta…god, he looks like he's going to kill Cato himself. He looks so pissed, more pissed than I've ever seen him, and I thought I'd seen him pissed…but this is…this is different.
He looks at my chest and smiles. "You are still so beautiful. If you had just given me what I wanted when I asked for it, none of this would have happened and you would still be with me."
"She doesn't want you." Peeta stands up. "Your such a dumbass for thinking she wants anything to do with you."
"Fuck off, boy."
"Get away from her." Peeta threatens.
Cato draws a gun and points it right at him while looking at me.
"Put that down or I'll kill him." He says.
I look at my bow, and then I drop it.
He looks at Peeta.
"Any last words?" he asks.
He can't move because Cato's focus is on him.
His focus is on him…
I kick him in the stomach and send him flying backwards. The gun goes off and hits a photo on the wall, which shatters, and then I tackle him and grab hold on the gun. He keeps pulling the trigger and Finn starts telling everyone to get down on the ground.
Only…only Rose doesn't listen.
I fight over the gun for a long time, trying as hard as I can to get it, but he's too strong, and I'm losing.
Before I know it, I'm pinned to the floor and the gun is on my forehead. Annie's on the phone with the police and I shut my eyes, waiting for him to kill me.
But…Rose slowly creeps forward and kicks him right in between the legs, hard.
The gun slips off of my forehead and falls from his hand.
He screams in agony and I push him off of me, grab the gun and toss it to Peeta, and then I shoot across the floor and grab my bow. The kids are screaming.
"Ryan, take your cousins and siblings up to the sunroom and do not come down until you are told to do so." Peeta says.
"Okay." He says, ushering the sobbing little kids upstairs. Elizabeth is crying the hardest. She is the most frightened because she knows that Cato came here to get her.
"What should we do with him?" Finn asks.
"I don't…I don't want…"
I don't want to take someone's life. I hear sirens blaring and look out the open window. Paparazzi are all over the place and so are police officers.
If we don't kill him he'll break out of jail and it'll just be worse.
We all stall, and then I hear the air whizzing, and then Johanna's axe embeds itself in Cato's chest, and just like that, he's dead.
I hear footsteps on the stairs and I can hear Elizabeth upstairs, scream sobbing and I can hear the other kids up there calming her down but I know it isn't working.
The cop that came over a few days ago is here and they put Cato in a body bag.
"Let's go outside." The cop suggests.
They take Cato out and I run upstairs and take Elizabeth.
"Stay in here." I tell everyone else, and then I leave with Elizabeth soaking the front of my shirt.
I go downstairs and stop in Elizabeth and Jillian's room and get her baby blanket. I cover her up to keep her warm, and I go put on my boots and go outside. The paparazzi are all over the place, but they don't swarm.
We all tell the police officers what happened, and I rub Elizabeth's back and kiss her forehead, trying to calm her down.
"I w-w-want Daddy." She whimpers. I touch Peeta's arm. He's still livid, but I hand her to him.
"Jillian Mom said to stay inside!" Ryan shouts. Jillian comes running outside, barefoot, without a jacket, crying. I pick her up.
"I'm scared!" she says.
"Guys no!" Ryan says.
Juliette, Caden, Cody, Ben, and Mason all one running, and in Mason's hands is Will. Josh takes Will, and Johanna picks up Mason, and Annie takes Ben, and then Prim gets Juliette, Mom gets Caden and I get Cody. Rose comes strolling out, and slowly, so does Ryan.
Posy comes out with Vick and they stand with Hazelle and Gale.
The officer's question us, all of us, and they decide that everything is okay, and then they leave.
When we start going back into the house, all of the kids start sobbing hysterically.
We're all quiet, trying to figure out what to do, and then I go in the house anyways.