Outside, Medley slipped a small, wrapped rectangle into his hand. "You want to make a good impression."

He laughed and popped in the gum, chewing with more enthusiasm than necessary. "Maybe you should have taken Daniel, then."

She glared at him as she shoved past the two boys guarding the front door, the light from the street shining from the lenses of her glasses. "I'll be taking that gum back before we get there."

Fresco snapped a bubble at her and had to dodge ...