"Didn't someone from this address call to report an electrocution? Cardiac arrest? Did we get the wrong house?"
Kate nodded firmly.
"Yes, wrong house. Everyone here is perfectly fine. Nobody's sick. Now get out of here before the neighbors have even more to gossip about!"
I'd lived through this exact scene once before.
The first time, my throat had seized up, and Dick had been right there beside me, holding me back.
"Maisie, stop making a scene. If you start screaming now, how is Mom supposed to show her face around here? When we're not home, the neighbors will never let her live it down."
"Mom's just joking around. She'll let them in any minute."
He'd held me back so tightly I couldn't make a sound.
But this time, no one was holding me back.
So I leaned out the window and screamed at the top of my lungs.
"Help! Someone's been electrocuted! I've been doing CPR for ages, but I'm not strong enough. It's barely doing anything. Please, you have to get in here!"
"Mom, stop this! A man's life is at stake! This isn't the time to pick fights with me!"
The paramedics heard me and immediately moved toward the door.
Kate panicked.
"I'm the homeowner! If I say you can't come in, you can't come in!"