"Okay, that didn't hurt now, did it?" Simon asked, and looked at Ruth Ann. "It does look like tonsillitis, but there's other things which can fit in with those symptoms, so I want to run some blood tests and throat swabs on Abigail to be sure." He glanced at the girl's mother, and hastily added, "don't worry, none of them are serious. It could just possibly be something like strep throat, and I want to ascertain--"
He was cut off hearing someone yelling from the lobby.
"Is that-" he started to ask, interrupted by Ruth Ann confirming that it sounded like her brother. "Wait here." He quickly hurried from the exam room and raced down the hall.
"What in the- what happened?" he asked as soon as he saw Roy.