" Um, excuse me…” I hear a man’s voice.

“She’s all right,” Rami says. “She’s with me. She’s my friend. She’s just a bit upset.”

I feel a hand on my shoulder. “Are you all right, miss?”

I drag my hands away from my face and look up into an unfamiliar bearded face. “Do you know this man?” the stranger asks me.

“Y-yes,” I gasp.

“That’s all right then.” He pats me on the shoulder. “There’s a hospital just down the road if you need help,” I hear him tell Rami.

“Thanks,” Rami replies.

“I guess it doesn’t look too good, me wrestling on the pavement with a screaming girl,” Rami says, a smile in his voice. "

― Tabitha Suzuma , A Voice in the Distance (Flynn Laukonen, #2)