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She leaves the room. I move to the couch, Amy still clinging onto me, and sit down. Ms Crier watches me, and I can feel the police officer’s eyes on me as well. It’s very unnerving.
“I take it you’ve had a look around my house already, Ms Crier,” I say stiffly.
“Actually, I was waiting for you to return home before I did that. As Amy’s primary guardian, I would need you to answer the questions.”
“Okay.” I take a deep breath, tightening my arms around Amy as she buries her face into my neck. I adjust her so she’s sitting across my lap. “I don’t know who thought it was a good idea to waste your time, but I would never do anything to hurt my daughter. I would never neglect her.”
“We have to follow these calls up, otherwise we wouldn’t be doing our job properly.”
“I get that, but what is the need for the cop?” I nod in the burly man’s direction. “I’m not a danger. I feel like we’re wasting his time as well.”
“The anonymous caller also said you were known for dealing drugs and being violent,” the cop replied. “We have to ensure the safety of everyone involved.”
Did I hear that correctly? Someone said I was dealing drugs? That sounds ludicrous to my ears.
“I’ve never done drugs in my life, and the only time I’ve wanted to be violent was when I caught my dad cheating with someone only a few years older than me.” I rub Amy’s back. “But I would never hurt Amy.”
“Nevertheless, we still have to be sure before we can say otherwise.”
“I understand that…” I groan when I hear a phone ringing. “God, what now?”
Ms Crier gives her a pointed look.
“Are you going to get that?”
“Will you allow me to?”
“As long as you take the call in here.”
I manage to ease Amy off my lap and get my bag from the hall, fumbling with my phone as I enter the room again. It’s a number I don’t recognize, but it could be that client I was hoping to hear back from. She has been dodging my calls for a while now.
I answer it before it goes to voicemail.
“Hello, Elle Anderson.”
“Are you going to listen to reason now?”
It takes me a while before I recognize the voice.
“Megan?”
“We told you that Amy should come with us. Why won’t you just do as you’re told?”
I pull my phone away from my ear and stare at it. It’s not morphed into anything else. I’m still hearing insanity. I glance at Ms Crier and put the phone on loudspeaker.
“Megan, why are you calling me? And what are you talking about?”
“We deserve to have a child! You don’t!” Megan is practically shrieking into my ear. “If you won’t give us Amy, we’ll make sure you don’t get to keep her.”
She sounds manic. Almost like her mind is broken. Then it clicks for me.
“Did you call CPS on me? Or did Dad?”
Ms Crier looks perplexed. The cop’s expression says he had no idea what to think.
“Someone has to take Amy away from you! How is she going to get a proper childhood if she’s in your house?”
“Megan, you do realize that you can get yourself into trouble for filing a false report and wasting resources, don’t you?”
