“Oh, is it? Good business?” Mara asks, skeptical but amused to be lectured on this topic by Edgar. He may have some very broad point; she’d been close with Scooter for all their differences, and it had been easy for her to put up a united front with him. Nat gets along with Edgar just fine. Mara is the thorn in the situation.

Still, she rolls her eyes at him and laughs, a small but audible sound. She props her chin on her hand to hide her expression. She can be nice. “Thank you for the water.”