Seeing that Dorothy remained silent, Kenneth resorted to his final trick,
âAh, Iâve got this stomachache, you know! The doctor said I canât go hungry.â
With him saying that, Dorothy had to accept his invitation.
Even if she knew these were all excuses, Kenneth just wanted to get out of the house, rather than
stewing alone in his room.
âThank you, Kennethâ
âI should be thanking you for gracing me with your company for dinner, letâs go.â
At night, everything outside was quiet.
Suddenly, a light flickered on in a room that was previously dark!
Abigail, who was still sleeping, was startled, rubbing her bleary eyes. She saw her brother sitting at the
table doing something
She stretched, then shuffled over in her slippers, âHm, what are you doing?â
Langston glanced at her, smacking his forehead. âForgot you were still in here! Iâm sending some data
to my mentor.â
He then showed Abigail what was in his hand.
But she didnât understand all she saw was a mess of data
âWhoâs your mentor?â
âMy mentor is really something!â Langston it up his eyes at the mention of his mentor, âHeâs the best in
the hacking world!â
âWow!â Abigail clapped, full of admination in her face. âCan I meet him?â
âNo, he doesnât meet people.â Langston continued to tinker with his stuff.
Abigail was no longer sleepy and pulled up a chair to sit next to him.
It was rare to have her big brother around, so Abigail didnât want to sleep. She clutched at the hem of
his shirt, afraid heâd leave.
âWhy did you suddenly come, Bro?â
Langston paused and scoffed, âCame to find our deadbeat dadâ
âDeadbeat dad?â
âThe guy who fathered us, but didnât care for us!â
Abigail tried to understand the relationship because she didnât get his brother.
But it didnât prevent her from siding with her brother.
1 donât like anyone my brother doesnât like.â
âHey, Abigail, have you seen him?â Langston suddenly turned to her.
Abigail shook her head. âNo.â
How could she have seen him? She didnât even know who he was talking about.
*Il find you a picture!â
Langston swiped across t
is the screen a few times and Everettâs picture came up.
After showing it to Abigail for a few seconds, she suddenly screamed out, âAh! This is, this is the man
who cheated me out of five dollars!â
âYouâve seen him?â
Langston nodded vigorously, âYes! He took my five dollars and promised to buy me candy. Then mom
called me back, and he never gave me my money!â
âHe even cheated a kid out of five dollars. What a deadbeat dad!â
Abigal suddenly understood. âSo thatâs what a deadbeat dad is! Bro, do you know where he is? Can
you get my five dollars back?â
That was money she had taken a lot of effort to get!
âDonât worry, Ill stand up for you! Iâm currently searching his companyâs data, looking for something to
deleat himâ
Abigail didnât understand the data, but the understood what âdefeatâ:
So late at night, while Langston was looking for flaws, Abigail was by his side cheering him on
Unti dawn was about to break, Langston still came up with nothing
He was not willing to give up, thinking about some other clues.
Abigal had long since fallen asleep in her chair, even drooling! But even so, she didnât ask to leave
Langston.
Langston glanced at his sister sighing helplessly.
He originally wanted to take her for revenge. Right now, it seemed too troublesome to bring her along!
Better to forget it.
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