The liaison had told Caleb the children were receiving care.

A family member had already seen emergency vehicles from the road.

We could not establish that Caleb’s mention of shade came from secret knowledge.

I amended my notes to make that clear.

It felt like moving backward.

It was actually removing something that might have failed us later.

The bank records took longer.

We worked through the lawful process to obtain relevant information rather than expecting a teller to hand us a family’s accounts because two babies had been found.