Page 54 of When You Least Expect It
“What do you think they’re saying to her?”
“Well, the trick to getting information is usually staying quiet while the other person spoke, so they probably told her that they had a complaint against her and then asked for her side of the story,” I guessed.“Though I’m not really sure.”
“Shouldn’t they come back here and tell us?”she asked.
“You would think,” I replied, not seeing why they wouldn’t.
“Why couldn’t you live somewhere else?”she muttered.
“What?”I laughed.
“If you lived somewhere else, then I could move with you, and then we’d be rid of Louise for good,” she reasoned.
“Baby, if I lived somewhere else, then we never would have met,” I pointed out.
“You don’t know that,” she replied stubbornly.“We could have met at the grocery store or somewhere like that.”
Before I could say anything to that, Officers Nolan and Hatcher were turning to leave Louise’s, so I reached over to drop the blinds, then grabbed Calista’s hand to drag her with me to the living room.Now, while I was pretty sure that they hadn’t seen us peeking through the blinds, I wanted us sitting down casually, giving the appropriate amount of time that it’d take us to answer the door.
“What are you doing?”
“We’re chilling.
“Why?”
“Just wait a bit,” I told her.“We don’t want to seem too eager when they come to the door.”
“Because you’re sure that they’re going to come back?”
I shrugged.“We’ll give them five minutes, and if they don’t, then I’ll start on dinner.”
Just then, the doorbell rang, and Calista’s eyes widened.“Why do I feel nervous?”
“Because we’re dealing with a crazy person,” I reminded her as I stood up from the couch.“C’mon, let’s go see what they have to say.”
Once we opened the door, Officer Nolan immediately started speaking.“Well, we’ve spoken to her, and...well, she’s quite the character.”
“What did she say?”I asked before Calista could.
“Well, we told her that we got a complaint about trespassing, and when she denied it, we informed her that there was security footage of both her visits to Ms.Glenn’s home, along with footage of her at your mailbox,” Officer Nolan answered.
“Did you also point out that lying is against the teachings of The Bible?”Calista blurted.“In fact, it’s the nineth Commandment; Thall shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
Officer Hatcher’s mouth open, closed, then opened again before saying, “Uh, well...no, we didn’t remind her of that.In fact, it was kind of hard to get a word in edgewise once she started rambling about how she wasn’t trespassing, but instead was doing The Lord’s work to rid the neighborhood of the evil that has recently descended upon all these good people.”
“You didn’t buy it, did you?’Calista gasped.
Officer Nolan shot her a look.“No, Ms.Glenn, we didn’t.Once she was finished with all of the reasons why this world would be better off without the two of you, we reminded her that the current laws of the land superseded The Bible’s teaching, as religion was an option in America, however, following the law wasn’t.”
“Ooh, I bet she hated that,” Calista said, her feistiness coming out again.
“Despite what she believes or what she said, we assured her that she’d be arrested if she ever stepped foot on your property again, and we also included Mr.Justus in that warning.”
“Much appreciated,” I told them.
“What did she say to that?”Calista asked.
“She said that...well, now that the gates have been opened, she didn’t need direct contact with you anymore to serve the greater good,” Officer Nolan drawled out.
