These thoughts rushing through her head, she rose just slightly from her chair and unleashed a torrent of frustration, across the table, delivered in their native Russian so he heard every word. When she was through, she walked out the door, leaving him to digest what she had just said.
“Sightings” is a revival of an ancient Phoenix feature, for which the editors invite a writer to riff on — and embellish — an observed public encounter. In other words, only some of this actually happened.