“It doesn’t matter who it was,” Claire said.

She paused to pull cold air into her lungs.

“The director made his ruling, and security already asked me to step back.”

She looked at her two boys.

“I’m not letting you get escorted out of here by guards.”

Eli stopped tapping his foot on the pavement.

“We earned our spot on that stage,” Eli said.

He pointed toward the huge brick building behind them.