The man lunged for the phone.
Hana was faster than she looked. She stepped behind Devin, who had put his body between her and the man without anyone asking him to.
"Don't," Devin said.
The man stopped. He looked around the room, and for the first time, I watched a person do the math. Hana's phone. My own phone, which I had slipped out of my pocket and started recording the moment he walked in. Priya's phone, up in the corner. The door was eight feet away.
"Okay," he said, hands up. "Okay. Everyone calm down."
"You lied to me," Cassidy said. She was still standing near the card table, and her voice was shaking, but not with fear. It was something else. "You told me this was a promotion thing. You told me I was helping."
"You are helping," he said. "You're helping me feed a town that w
