PART 14: A Homecoming with Conditions

Hope did not come home on the date we’d originally circled in Hannah’s notebook.

She needed additional monitoring, and her care team wanted to make sure the adults responsible for her understood the follow-up plan.

The delay was hard on Hannah.

She had already washed every tiny dress twice and set a welcome-home blanket over the rocking chair.

The case manager walked them through appointments, emergency contact instructions, and practical care.

Their attorneys coordinated the necessary legal steps relating to parentage and discharge responsibilities.