"What won't happen again? Chloe, talk to me--what the hell is going on?" Nate is starting to sound agitated now, the light concern almost blinking out of existence and being replaced by light annoyance. "You can't expect me to hear that gun go off--" He gestures accusingly to her defender. "--in the middle of the street in broad daylight and walk away from it."

Is she trying to protect him? That would annoy him even more, so he pushes the possibility out of his head. No, clearly someone had just made her really angry...or she was defending herself.

"Did someone attack you?"