He lets the man pay and go on his way. You want to say something. That maybe 'your' family needed some of that water. But the manager is just trying to keep something volitile from erupting into open violence. To keep a possibility from crossing over into an actuality.
People buy guns.
I board up my windows. And keep the children indoors. Pedro and Dahlila come over and we talk at the kitchen table. I keep a baseball bat at the door just in case we need it. Bea is worried.