Chapter 26
Finn's POV
Dinner that night is very tense.
Lottie's staring furiously at her potatoes, stabbing her squirrel meat.
Mr. and Mrs. Mellark keep looking at her, concern clouding their eyes.
Nick's oblivious to all of it, eating noisily, well as loud as a fourteen year eats.
I quietly eat my meat, staring at the ring on Lottie's ring finger.
"Finn." Lottie clears her throat, looking at me.
I smile at her tensely, "Yes dear?"
Her face blanches, "Don't call me that."
I nod, my face turning red, "What?"
"Can you sign this?" She hands me a paper and a pen, watching me closely.
I grab it, questions in my eyes as I look at it.
My eyes widen as I read down the document.
I look up at her again and nod subtly at her parents.
She shakes her head, and I nod slowly, signing the paper.
I hand it back to her and she smiles sweetly at me, thank you's in her eyes.
I nod and look back at my meal, my appetite suddenly gone.
Guess I'm going back to the Capitol.
