Officer Ramirez: DPD! Hands where we can see them!
Heavy footsteps thundered up the grand staircase as three Dallas police officers and two paramedics burst through the ruined bathroom doors. The lead officer immediately drew his taser, assessing the scene: Mark kneeling beside the crying child, and Serena cowering on the wet floor in her soaked gold robe.
Mark: Officers, she's over there. The lighter is on the marble counter next to her purse.
Officer Ramirez: Ma'am, stay on the ground! Do not reach for that bag!
Serena: Officer, please! He threw me into the bathtub! He assaulted me! Look at my clothes!
Officer Ramirez: Sir, is the child injured?
Mark: She has a second-degree burn on her fore-arm. Paramedics, please look at her right now.
The female paramedic hurried forward, opening her medical kit beside