Opening unrelated private drawers was another.

We returned without Lily.

The chest freezer was where I had found it.

The shelves and workbench were unchanged.

The box of plates remained near the blue bin.

Seeing the room in daylight was worse in a different way: nothing in its ordinary appearance explained how my daughter had spent part of the night unable to get out.

The inspection and the medical documentation had different purposes.

No one needed to recreate the event with a child, or with anyone climbing inside.