Buttons, however, was a neurotic dog that had obviously witnessed many domestic blow-ups. I asked her what had happened. She pointed to the window screen, which had been punched out from the inside. I fell over the coffee table and broke my neck. Right, I got the picture.
People just fall down for no reason all the time.
Reader, take this free bit of wisdom. Some of their lies are carefully contrived, but most they actually believe. The paramedics arrived. Buttons barked at them in fright. My instructions were to feed the dog and walk her in the morning.