“You have a separate, urgent decision to make.

Where will you live while this is unresolved?”

“I want to go home.”

“Do you want to go back to the building, or to the life you thought you had there?”

I had no answer.

We filed for temporary protective measures and arranged that any collection of belongings would occur through agreed procedures, without a private confrontation.

Preston’s lawyer denied that his client posed a danger and objected to several requests.

The court would decide based on evidence, not my certainty.