Chapter 36
Natalie
“What the hell?” I muttered in the chaos.
Penn reached out and gripped my arm. “Are you okay?”
“Yes, but what’s going on?”
“I don’t know. But we should find out.”
People were pulling out cell phones all over the room and shining the flashlight feature around the darkened interior. A second later, the floodlights flickered on overhead. The panic diminished a fraction, but we were all still looking around, wondering what the f**k had happened.
Penn pulled me toward the staged area where we’d been planning to hand the charity an enormous check for the evening. It seemed as good as any place to try to get some crowd control. And hopefully find out what was going on.
But when we got in there, my mouth dropped open. Jane Devney stood with her hands behind her back. A p
