Katniss POV:

Mum? As in the woman who gives birth to you, gives you supplies and raises you? No, that's definitely not what she is. Till now, Cato has never mentioned his mother. In fact I haven't heard anyone mention her in this household. The thought of her existence didn't even cross my mind once till now. Why is she here now? It's kind of odd she's visiting just now, and I think I would've at least learned her name if she comes often. Did she leave them or was she just on a business trip in the meantime and couldn't visit ?

''What are you doing here, mum?'' Cato asks, while getting frustrated.

''Can't a mother visit their sons without having a reason for it?'' she says with those annoying 'I'm high class' voices, while inviting herself inside.

''Not if the mother is you,'' he scoffed,'' We have last seen you three months ago and you know how that went.''

''Not my fault your fath-,'' she stops when she spots me,''My Cato, why I didn't know you had a girl in your life. I thoug-''

''Actually there is a lot you missed out on,'' Cato cuts in,'' I'm sure you heard of dad remarrying. Well this is one of Matilda's daughters, not one of my girlfriends.''

Yeah, that sentence should make me want to curl on the floor and cry, but the wink he gave me when she wasn't looking actually made me happy.
Victoria turns her head in my direction once more, and takes of her sunglasses that looked way to big on her face to reveal a pair of striking green eyes. I can see where Marvel gets his looks, but I can still see some resemblance in Cato as well. She hands me her hand for me to shake while putting on a forced smile. I didn't know if it was from all the botox she seemed to have done earlier or simply because she didn't like me. Botox or not, she is beautiful. The way she handed me her hand I thought she wanted me to kiss it. And when I saw those manicured monsters she calls nails I wanted to puke. She is the perfect reminder of how Cato's world is different then mine. Cato was right on one thing that night. We are low standard compared to his family.

''Katniss Everdeen,'' I say while shaking her hand in an awkward position.

''Victoria Adler,'' she smiles, probably at how ridiculous I look while shaking her hand,''Pleasure.''

''The pleasure is all mine Mrs Adler,'' I suppress a smirk.

''You didn't answer my question mother,'' Cato moved towards her.

''As I said, I only came to visit my darling sons,'' she shoots him a wide smile.

''Margaret! Bridget!'' she called out.

She can't be serious. She isn't thinking of...?

''Mrs Adler, so nice to see you,'' the maids gave her a curtsy.

''Oh, you two are such dears,'' she said while walking in the direction where the kitchen was,'' Please make sure the guest room is ready for me.''

''Right away Mrs Adler,'' Margaret bowed, and left our presence along with Bridget.

''You're planning on staying here? I don't think father will agree on this,'' Cato asked, annoyed with the situation.

''Don't look like you aren't happy to see me and it's just for a short while,'' she smiled and waltzed off, upstairs.

Is she serious? She can't be. Mr Hunter and Mrs Adler are divorced, why would she stay here? I mean of course she can visit her kids, but stay in a nearby hotel if you don't live near woman! Or better, I'm sure Marvel and Cato would love to visit her once in a while if she wasn't this uptight and ignored them when she doesn't need something from them.

''Where are you?'' I hear a voice say in a hushed tone.

My head snaps in the direction the voice came from. It's definitely Cato's, but I didn't even notice we weren't together in the same room anymore. His voice gets more clear and I can now here his entire conversation. He didn't notice me, because his back was turned towards me and he was too busy with the person he was talking to on the phone.

''Dad, I'm not going to deal with this again,'' Cato raised his voice, but quickly went back to whispering.

''What do you mean?'' he asked clearly confused at his dad's words,''Wait till dinner? You expect me that Matilda's going to be fine with this? You know how this dinner will end, right?''

Assuming from his face expression, the next words his father used to reassure him, calmed him down.

What is he talking about? The next thing he hears make his eyes go wide, and I can't say I'm too happy at what name his fists clench, but not from anger.

''S-she's in town? A-Annabelle is in town?'' he stutters.

I see him about to turn around as if finally noticing someone's presence in the room, so I run. I run to my room and close the door as fast as I could.
Who is Annabelle and why did the mention of her name make him react that way I whisper to myself while clutching my knees tightly.

A/N: Well that is the end of chapter twenty one! I loved reading all of your reviews and the best part of reading them is when I see how into the story you are. Asking questions and making your own assumptions of what is going to happen next, so I'm loving that ! I hope you enjoyed and please review ! I'll upload the next chapter later today:) !