She shouted my name and demanded that I come outside.
Sophie whispered that Karen was trying to make me fight.
I told her that we would not give Karen what she wanted.
The dark sedan pulled up across the street.
Its driver got out and raised his phone.
Karen struck the door once more and waited.
I remained in the hallway with Sophie.
The police dispatcher stayed on the line.
Karen shouted that she knew I was hiding behind the door.
She claimed that I had attacked her earlier and dared me to deny it.
I heard the sedan driver tell her to move closer to the steps.
Karen began crying loudly without any visible tears.
She shouted that she was afraid for her life.
The porch camera showed her standing alone.
No one had opened the door.
No one had touched her.
When the first patrol car turned onto Juniper Lane, Karen threw the wooden handle into my flowerbed.
She stepped backward and pointed toward the house.
The sedan driver kept filming.
Deputy Clara Voss approached from the sidewalk with her body camera running.
She asked Karen to step away from the porch.
Karen immediately claimed that I had threatened her with a weapon.
Clara asked what weapon she had seen.
Karen pointed toward the closed door and said I was holding something dangerous.
Clara asked whether Karen had actually seen me holding anything.
Karen hesitated.
Then she said she had heard me loading a gun.
Sophie stared at the monitor in disbelief.
I did not own a gun.
Clara asked Karen to remain on the sidewalk while another deputy contacted us.
I opened the door only after the deputy identified himself and gave instructions.
I kept my hands empty and visible.
Sophie stood behind me.
The deputy asked whether anyone was injured.
I said we were safe inside but frightened by the attack.
He asked whether I had threatened Karen.
I said I had not spoken to her during the incident.
Then I offered the original security footage.
The deputy watched the recording on the local monitor.
His expression changed when Karen pulled back her hood and struck the porch light.
He asked whether the footage could be exported without alteration.
I said the system preserved the original files with timestamps.
I explained that a licensed company had installed it.
The deputy called Clara over.
She watched the same recording.
Then she asked me about the sedan driver.
