Relieved, Zack and Xaviera laughed along. Xaviera lifted the instrument again, her grip firm, while Zack egged her on. “Smash it! Whatever you break, I’ll pay for!”
Xaviera smirked. “You were close with Zack before, don’t you know how wealthy his family is? He could buy this whole lab, let alone a few instruments.”
But I knew Zack’s family situation better than anyone. He couldn’t even afford a single one of these instruments, much less an entire lab full of them.
Seeing they were about to act, I cried out anxiously, “You can’t afford this, put it down!”
Zack only sneered. “You’ve never seen my world. To me, it’s just breakfast money.”
The moment Xaviera raised the instrument to smash it, I lunged desperately, reaching to snatch it from her hands.
But Zack and Professor Laird held me down together, forcing me to the ground.
A loud bang echoed through the room. Xaviera laughed as, one after another, the instruments were smashed into twisted ruins.
These machines were priceless, ones I always handled with the utmost care, yet now I could only watch helplessly, pinned to the floor, as she destroyed them piece by piece.