Bets are Off

“I’m sorry, Peeta.” Brio’s voice, always gruff and raspy, was soft.“What?”“She bet all of our money on you,” Brio says, unable to look at Peeta, “On you losing the games.” The world began to spin. Peeta backs away from Brio, staring blankly at him. His mouth opens but nothing comes out.“She did it without talking to any of us. Said we ‘ought to make some money off of this whole thing’” Anger and panic was bubbling up inside him, betrayal and confusion threatening to overwhelm him. He’s trying to take deep breaths, to calm down, but he all but growls out his next words,“How bad is it?” Brio doesn’t talk for a while, but as Peeta’s eyes bore into him he reveals the answer.“Rye is thinking he might have to take out tesserae.”-----------------------------------------------------Or after the 74th Hunger Games, Peeta and Katniss head home to District 12 where Peeta is in for a rude awakening when he realizes his mother had bet all of their money on his death in the games