All Chapters of My Tenant Cried Poor To Live Rent-Free, so I Made Her Pay for Everything: Chapter 11 - Chapter 12

The lights were dim in the night.The dark figure approached, step by step.Sophie stood at the door, bundled head to toe.Only her eyes were visible, bloodshot, threaded with red.Like a cornered animal gone rabid.She held the red plastic canister in one hand, a lighter clenched in the other."Claire!"She screamed, the sound ripped raw from deep in her throat."Get out here!""Why did you have to ruin me?""I have no job now, no reputation, nowhere to live!""This is all your fault!"I stood inside the door, my hand locked around the fire extinguisher.My other hand pressed firmly against my phone screen, making sure 911 dispatch could hear every sound."Sophie, what you're doing right now is arson."I spoke through the video doorbell, my voice cold."There are over a dozen families in this neighborhood. You want to take them all down with you?"She faltered, clearly not expecting me to be this calm.Then she laughed.A manic, unhinged laugh."Arson? Ha. Look at me. You think I care