She was screwed this time!

There was a harder bang on the door before Claudia snapped out of it and rushed to answer the door.

Sure enough, there was a police patrol car with blinking lights parked in the compound. In front of the door stood a couple of policemen.

There was also a policewoman.

"You are Claudia, aren't you? Your friend just placed a distress call to us saying that a thief is trying to gain entry into your house. Is that true? If so, where is he or she?"