Mason
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
She lived in town.
She was probably home watching TV.
That made it worse, not better, because this thing had no reason to know her voice.
It said my name the way she says it when she's worried, soft and drawn out.
"'Mace, I'm outside.'
I remember putting my free hand over my mouth because Ray had told me not to answer, and I was afraid I would do it automatically.
I could feel sound trying to come out of me.
Not words, exactly.
Just a broken noise.
The dispatcher heard it too.
She asked, "'Who is that?'
I didn't answer.
The voice outside said, "'You're scaring me.
Open the window.'
I dropped to the floor beside the bed, keeping the phone pressed to my ear."
I told the dispatcher as quietly as I could that someone was at the window using my mom's voice.
I expected her to think I was on drugs.
Maybe she did, but her voice stayed steady.
She told me deputies were on the way.
She told me to stay low and stay away from the window.