Chapter 255

Back at PIH, Megan and her group were finally calling it a night, and outside PIH, the sidewalk was a suffocating mass of people, packed shoulder to shoulder. Phones were held high everywhere, turning the night into a blinding strobe show of flashing lights. Megan and her group were immediately swallowed by the crowd, jostled and shoved as they tried to push a path through. On the far edge of the swarm, Howard had also emerged. The ex-spouses were separated by a surging, chaotic wall of bodies. "Good grief, why are there so many people?" Jimmy shouted, already reaching for his phone to call in an emergency backup team. Before he could dial, a team of professional security guards sliced through the masses, forming an immediate, disciplined barrier around the group. Jimmy paused, confused. He hadn't made the call, so why were they here? The head of the security detail walked straight up to Megan. "Ms. Stafford, Mr. Ferrell," he said, giving Selena and the others a brief, respec