[ There's a brief internal 'yikes' at the mention of Mullen calling in back-up. ]

I was in the neighborhood. [ she brushes aside her too-quick arrival with earnest. ] As for your neighbor, she could already be in a ditch for all I know. That might even be the upshot, depending on who she got involved with. [ A beat. She interprets his questioning as concern, and she fumbles on the emotional landing. ] ... Sorry.

[ She huffs out a breath. People suck. ]

Home from where? Work?