"You're too tense," he said gently, but he couldn't blame her. He didn't know what they had put her through, but he couldn't imagine being relaxed after being caged like an animal, with or without the tape involved in it.

But he answered her questions. They were waiting at a crosswalk and it was quiet. People walked past them and nobody seemed to notice that the young woman had no shoes on.

"I'm Frank. We're going somewhere safe," he assured. "So you can get cleaned up and figure out where you need to go."