The paramedics didn't buy it.
But the neighbors had listened to Kate badmouth me for years.
So they immediately rallied to her side.
"It's true! Don't let her fool you. This city wife thinks she's better than everyone just because she has money. She's impossible to deal with."
"Exactly. She's probably the one who told Dick to keep quiet. That boy's a good kid—just too soft for his own good."
"Electrocuted? Give me a break. Every house has circuit breakers now. She didn't even bother making the lie believable!"
"And if Dick really was electrocuted, how come that deaf little girl didn't react either?"
One comment after another, and just like that, they turned me into a lunatic who'd called 911 as a joke.
Kate even started crying and apologizing to me.
She promised she wouldn't pressure me about having a second child anymore and begged me to stop "making a fuss."
But the ambulance still wouldn't leave.
Kate gritted her teeth.
"You're not leaving?"
"I see what this is—you people just want my money. I'm calling the police right now. This is my home. Without my permission, I'd like to see who dares set foot inside!"
She pulled out her phone, making a show of dialing.