When I opened the door, he was holding a thick white envelope stamped with the state court seal.

“Valerie?” he asked, checking his clipboard.

“Yes.”

“Official service for the precinct matter,” he said, handing me the receipt pad to sign.

I signed the delivery log on the blue line and pulled the official paper out of the envelope.

It was a formal court summons in State Precinct 4 versus Chloe, set for nine o’clock Thursday morning in Courtroom 3B.

The preliminary hearing and bail review were listed right under the charge of felony assault.