Jackson Evans? Yeah, he was one of those rich dudes around here, a new money guy who''d been on TV and all that.


    How could a no-name coffee shop tick him off?


    The crowd looked at Amara with pity, thinking she was toast.


    Seeing her dad''s name scare everyone, Laura felt a rush of confidence. She shot a dirty look at her friend who was bawling and cursed her uselessness in her head.


    Laura thought, ''Bunch of losers! You almost got me smacked.'' She red at the crowd, all high and mighty, "Just wait, I''m calling my dad. None of you are getting away with this." "What are you yelling about?" Katniss popped out of the kitchen, her eyes cold as ice. "Without your daddy, you''re nothing."


    "You!" Laura was floored by the insult.


    "Can''t even talk straight. Is your brain broken? If it is, stay home and stop embarrassing yourself!"


    This world loves to pick on the weak and suck up to the strong, especially the reckless ones.


    Katniss grabbed a cup of ice water from the counter, walked up to Laura, and sshed it right in her face without a second thought.


    "Ahhh!" Laura screamed, shivering from the cold, her whole body shaking with rage as she red daggers at Katniss. "Katniss! How dare you ssh me!"


    Laura''s friends were stunned.


    Katniss, how could she dare?


    But Katniss didn''t just ssh her; she grabbed Laura''s hand as she tried to p her, tossed her aside with a sneer, "Laura, you better go home and check on your parents! Stop acting all high and mighty." Laura was dumbfounded, "What do you mean? What''s wrong with my parents?"


    Katniss stayed cool, "Your dad''s been skimming off the top and is under investigation. If you go home now, you might catch ast glimpse of him before he heads to jail. Andfort your mom, don''t let her do anything crazy." "You''re talking crap!" Laura was about to lose it, wanting to rip Katniss''s face off for saying that about her parents!


    "Whether I''m talking crap or not, you''ll see when you get home."


    Katniss said it so calmly, it didn''t seem like a lie. For a moment, Laura''s two sidekicks exchanged nces, thinking Katniss might be onto something.


    If Laura''s family went broke, would she still be the rich princess?


    Not just them, but the crowd started whispering, giving Laura knowing looks.


    Laura was fuming. She''d always been the Evans Group princess, never humiliated like this. She grabbed a ss nearby, ready to smash it into Katniss''s face, hoping to scar her for life!


    Just as Laura reached out, the TV in the coffee shop switched from a drama to a news sh.


    "Evans Group President Jackson Evans is under investigation by the Luminous City police for bribery and embezzlement of public funds..."


    Laura was in shock, her face going pale as she looked up at the TV. The news showed her dad, Jackson, being cuffed and taken away by two cops.


    "Dad!"


    Laura''s face turned ghostly white, her whole body feeling colder than when she got sshed with ice water.


    Was the Evans Group going belly up?


    Everyone else caught the news and started buzzing.


    "Serves her right, acting all high and mighty. Karma''s a b****!"


    Laura''s two sidekicks had a glint in their eyes.


    Laura ain''t the rich princess anymore; they ain''t putting up with her crap now.


    "Laura, can you move? Don''t tell me you still got time to gossip about the Evans Group with our staff."


    Katniss chimed in.


    Honestly, she didn''t know Laura before, but when she mentioned Jackson, it clicked.


    In her past life, there was an Evans family in the business world. Laura, the Evans'' daughter, was in the same year as her at Nexus Nova College. But right after a speech contest, the Evans family got nailed for bribery and embezzlement, leading to their downfall.


    Jackson got locked up soon after, and his wife jumped off a building. She survived but ended up paralyzed.


    Jackson''s kids, spoiled rotten, were useless. They couldn''t bounce back. Even theirst bit of cash got swindled by rtives and so-called friends. Laura barely made it to her junior year in college before dropping out ''cause her family couldn''t afford it.


    In her past life, Katniss had only heard about this. She didn''t expect that in this life, the one causing her trouble would be the Evans'' daughter.


    Remembering who Laura was, Katniss wasn''t scared of her causing trouble for Amara.


    Laura started shaking, and hearing Katniss''s voice, she snapped out of it, screaming, "Katniss, how dare you curse my family! Go to hell!"


    Saying this, Laura grabbed a ss nearby.


    Before Laura could throw it, one of her sidekicks snatched the ss away, apologized to the shop, and dragged her out.


    Laura struggled like crazy, "Debra, how dare you drag me!"


    Debra red at her, "Laura, if you hit someone, we''re going to join your family in jail."


    These two sidekicks had always been Laura''spdogs.Never before had they dared to question her. Laura, hearing her speak like this, instinctively raised her hand.


    Debra pped her hand away, sneering, "Laura, drop the attitude. Do you think you''re still the rich heiress everyone wants to pamper? Get real. You''re the daughter of a criminal now!"


    "Yeah, Laura, if it weren''t for the money, who''d wanna hang with you? You''ve pissed off so many people at school; your bad days areing. Just wait and see!" another girl added, grinning.


    Laura was stunned. Her two friends, her loyalpanions, had turned on her in a heartbeat. She couldn''t believe they''d always harbored these thoughts. She had spent so much money on them!


    "You!" Laura''s fingers trembled with rage, pointing at the two, wanting to curse them. But they rolled their eyes and walked away, griping about Laura''s bad habits. Their tone made it clear they''dined behind her back plenty. Laura wanted to curse them, but the news on the TV kept going, and soon she started trembling all over.


    It was over! Her days of being the high-and-mighty heiress were totally over!