"What is it? What is it?"
"Is something happening up there? I heard someone cursing?"
"What? Why are we stopping?"
People who couldn't move and were stuck inside the corridor because Mason and Amber suddenly stopped were buzzing curiously. Someone pushed forward, and while it wasn't very crowded, the push made someone stumble and push more people. Like a chain reaction, people started to push others in front of them until Amber and Mason got shoved forward into the art hall—so close to the central stage.
Crazy! Amber gritted her teeth and quietly stepped away with a staff member's help. Was this a genuine audience curiosity, or was someone planted to push Mason closer? How could everyone just show up at the same time? Did Sarah ask for the staff members' help?
At any rate, it was crazy. And Amber had no intention to get caught up in this craziness, so she quietly slipped away, leaving Mason on his own, stumbling toward the central exhibit where his father was. Fathers.
