“Sometimes in the same conversation.”

The account sounded complicated because the life had been complicated.

I asked how she had reached the advocate.

She had used a protected contact, cautiously at first.

She had not told the advocate in advance that she intended to leave the babies beside the road.

The advocate confirmed that point.

“We would never have instructed her to do that,” she said.

“We could have discussed a safer transfer if we’d known.”