#Chapter 49: Intimidation Tactics

We made it through the security line, the least harried and anxious of the crowd and letting numerous people in before us. All we needed to do was observe, and some of the people around us had jobs and safety of employees that depend on if they were able to speak or not at the meeting. We stood in the back between other press people and a few cameramen set up with tall tripods. Tech workers were setting up microphones in front and a few people were already seated at the head table with name plates in front of them. The chairs were full of people waiting nervously, looking over their notes. Matilda showed me some of her photos. There were some particularly good ones of city security, angry and trying to intimidate a man with a briefcase, or another of a bus driver clutching his papers and running toward the building, a look of intense concern on his face. The room was full and people were still streaming in when the security began to shut the doors. There was an outcry from