Chapter 489

Roland grew defensive and protested loudly, "We're not your dogs, you know! Why should we have to prove to everyone that we didn't cheat?" "Mrs. Atkins, don't expect us to apologize if you can't prove my brother's accusations are false. If anything, your son should apologize to my brother for pushing him and bruising his back," Gideon said with lethal calm as he stared at Mabel. Mabel bristled. She couldn't believe a family of nobodies had the nerve to go against the Atkinses. Determined to put them in their place, she turned to Silas and said, "Silas, show them how you work the claw machine and shut these yapping lapdogs up! I want everyone here to see the Everetts for the unreasonable bottom-feeders that they are!" A smug look flickered across Silas' face. It was true that he hadn't managed to pick up the console earlier. The claw machine looked like the common variant found in malls and arcades, but it had actually been modified by XS Corporation for hackers to challenge each o