A scrawny man with a menacing glare and upturned eyes charged at Zoey, yelling, "Why didn't you tell us something was wrong, why?! You obviously knew something was wrong!" Zoey ducked the man's attempt to shove her and looked stunned, her face a mix of shock and disbelief at his words.
"Because of you, my friend is dead!" The man deliberately ignored how she had warned them; he was overwhelmed with grief over his friend's death and needed someone to blame to feel better.
Slap!
Zoey's sudden slap knocked him to the ground, his mind buzzing, and his ears ringing from the force of her hit.
