Even though Marcus Quinn said that, Ada still felt a bit restrained. The two of them brought out bowls and chopsticks, and saw Sage Howard and his secretary had already laid out a whole table of late-night snacks, the wine was poured, and they were calling Marcus over to drink.
Ada of course couldn't drink, so she poured herself a cup of fruity oolong tea. Marcus took a pig's trotter for her, and Ada put on disposable gloves and quietly gnawed on it off to the side, listening to Sage and Marcus drink and chat.
Looking at this Uncle Howard again now, Ada couldn't help substituting in all kinds of news footage, and her whole body gave a shiver. She felt she'd really been frightened too much lately. She needed to eat another pig's trotter to calm her nerves.
