Rumbling and murmuring
What would the cops do, she pondered. Without her opening the door for them, she was unable to think of a way they could enter. Sophie’s brain was filled with rumbling and mumbling sounds as she struggled to make sense of what they were saying. Okay, Sophie,” a second cop said out of nowhere. “Hold your ears down.”
Covering her ears
Sophie covered her ears with her hands and closed her eyes. She trusted the cops even though she had no idea what would happen next. She inhaled deeply a couple of times, and then all of a sudden the cops were counting down from three to one. How would they proceed? Sophie pondered.