April jerked back from the guy's reach out of pure instinct, her grip on Eli's hand wretched apart when he let loose and clocked the guy across the cheekbone. At first, she was frozen in shock- hazel eyes wide and a little wild, but it was only an eighth of a second. Less than the time it took to blink.
And the 911 Operator was urgently asking for a response.
"Yes- please hurry. One of the protestors on (cross streets) just tried to hit me-" she hurridly breathed into the phone, backing up a step so the guy couldn't just immediately grab her again. But her eyes had locked on his, sharp and knowing. "They're throwing rocks at the place and when I tried to call the cops, he lunged at me. My boyfriend stopped him but please hurry."