She did not know how to call emergency services because Evelyn had changed phones and the old one no longer had service except emergency calling, something Ivy did not realize.

The home did have an old phone capable of calling emergency services.

Ivy simply did not know.

At some point the babies screamed continuously.

Ivy found coins in a kitchen jar.

Walked almost two miles barefoot because her sneakers no longer fit and her only other shoes had broken.

She chose Sterling Market because she remembered seeing formula through the window once when riding a bus with her mother.

Not because she understood it was expensive.