I Found My Five-Year-Old in the Garage Freezer—Then Her Mother’s Signed Statement Changed the Story I Had Been Told
I did not measure recovery by whether she stopped mentioning the old house on a particular Tuesday.
Taylor continued attending supervised contact.
Some visits involved a book about the moon, others a story Lily had already memorized.
She put her phone away and kept to the timing.
She did not ask me to convert several successful visits into a new arrangement at the door.
Once she brought a forgotten library book to the apartment under the agreed adult communication plan.
She stayed outside, handed it over, and asked to say goodnight.