CASSANDRA
Finnick cried in my arms and I wanted to soothe him, but we had to get as far away from this situation as possible.
The back door of the shop out into a small alley. There was little room between the buildings at all, but I could spy a way out in the distance. I just needed to get us back out to the main street, and then we could disappear into the crowd of people and leave the crazed man and woman behind.
“Hang tight, baby,” I urged Finnick as I braced him against me. He sobbed quietly in my arms but kept his grip around me obediently.
“M-Mommy, who are those people?” he whimpered as he buried his head into my neck. “Why are we running?”
“I don’t know, honey,” I said. “Just stay quiet and close your eyes.”
The young woman suddenly rushed out into the alley with us. I conti
