Dick had been electrocuted. His heart had stopped. He needed a hospital, now.
Before I could do anything else, Kate Cobb's knocking rattled the door. She didn't barge in the way she usually did. Instead, she spoke through the door, a thin note of anticipation threading through her voice.
"Maisie Acevedo, I thought I heard something fall in there."
"What are you two doing?"
I let the panic flood into my voice.
"Mom."
"Something's wrong. That toy you got for Lily had a short circuit!"
"Dick's been electrocuted. He's unconscious. I checked, and I think his heart's stopped. I already called an ambulance."
"I need to start CPR right now. Go to the garage. There's a new AED in my car. Bring it up. We have to keep him alive until help gets here."
"Cardiac arrest only gives you a few minutes. Any longer and it's too late."
Silence.
Then Kate Cobb nearly laughed out loud.
She didn't hesitate for a single second. She turned the new lock she'd had installed and bolted the entire suite from the outside.
"Maisie, it's not that I don't understand what's urgent and what isn't."