So she waited, letting the mysterious voice talk to the muted device, unknown his words fell on deaf ears.<br/><br/>It would be an agonising five long minutes before help arrived; two uniformed police officers armed with flashlights and guns. She was saved. There was a moment of hesitation when they were face to face, the cops looking positively bewildered. When the spell finally broke she found the gun pointed at her, a blinding light shining in her eyes from the flashlight.<br/><br/>"Fuck! It... its her! Mary Collins, you are under arrest! Get on your knees, hands behind your head!" His voice was shaky, but there were two of them, and the blinding light was making visibility near zero. It was probably best not to antagonize them.<br/><br/>Whether she obeyed or not, she could see the other one kneeling down beside the body, checking it for life with one hand on the neck, feeling for a pulse. "He's dead," he concluded.