The glass exploded in a shower of fragments, and Evelyn Grant instinctively covered her head.
In a second that stretched for an eternity, a cold numbness spread through her. She felt her heart hammer violently, a nerve-shredding tremor seizing her entire body and leaving her voiceless.
Screams erupted from the crowd as people started scrambling for cover. The crunch of trampled glass and a cacophony of panicked voices filled the air. The chaos had erupted in an instant, and bodyguards immediately rushed over. Someone suddenly threw an arm around Evelyn Grant's shoulders, and she was hustled into a car under their protection.
Sophie Keaton, still reeling from the shock, looked out the car window. The restaurant's entire glass wall was completely shattered. The exploded shards had injured many people, and faint spatters of blood were visible. Everyone was covering their heads, scattering and fleeing blindly, terror etched on their faces.
