He didn't recognize her at first. He was used to seeing Zoe in flowy dresses and cute tops and feminine clothes but she didn't usually go all out in public. At first he thought the woman looked oddly like Zoe. Cruel cruel City.
It was only after she was passed that he realized it was Zoe. His footsteps stopped and he just watched her go away. And he watched her stop. And he just sort of watched her as she stopped.
It was like seeing a ghost. And he had a flutter of emotions suddenly and they sort of paralyzed him.
Finally, out of his clinched throat, was something like a word.