My Husband Woke Me at 4:40 A.M. to Serve His Mother. Three Days After I Left, the Police Called About My House.

“My name is Officer Raymond, and I am with the local police department currently standing at the residence on Maple Avenue.”

My stomach tightened into a hard knot instantly.

“Is someone hurt over there?”

“No, ma’am, everyone present at the scene is physically fine,” he reassured me.

I exhaled a long breath that I had been holding in my chest.

“Then why are you at my house?”

There was a brief pause on the line before he continued.

“We were dispatched due to a verbal dispute regarding lawful access to the property.