“Grendel,” Chrissie hissed to Jessica, who’d claimed the pencil and the role of official stenographer. “The monster that Beowulf slayed. That’s easy.”
“You don’t have to rub it in,” Jessica grumbled. “I don’t think the Lost Harbor school system covered stuff like that.”
She scribbled Grendel on the first line.
“That’s what you have me for,” Chrissie said smugly. “Right?”
“Aren’t we supposed to discuss it between the four of us?”
“What’s to discuss? Does anyone disagree?”
Toni dipped a French fry in ketchup, while Maya took a sip of her Cabernet. Neither one showed any interest in the weekly trivia contest going on around them at Gretel’s Café. It was a BYO whatever-you-want event. Toni had brought them all dinner from the Burger Queen, while Maya had sprung for a bottle of wine.
“No
