Maxine folded her arms, used to obstinant men from her work. "It's not, no."

She let Chester stew a moment, before continuing. "But I need to see Katie. We've got to talk about some woman-type things."

Let him think it was period talk time or something equally ridiculous, she didn't care - as long as it got him to let her in so she could warn his wife about the weirdness in the woods.