The rain stopped by the time I reached the stadium, but black clouds loomed as if a mountain range had magically risen over the city. I avoided the growing crowd as much as I could. If someone spotted me, I didn’t want to be surrounded. Some of these people had been at the Church the night before, and could recognize me as the troublemaker who should have been gobbled up hours ago.
“We are here!” some guy shouted from the front entrance. “Come one, come all!”
My plan was to skirt the edges of the crowd, wait until a group surged through the front entrance, then join the surge and exit the crowd as soon as I got inside the gates. But as I drew closer I saw Clare at the entrance. She would spot me for sure. I moved along until I saw Kara with a group of friends at the next entrance. This w
