“If Judge Vance signs, my team goes in within the hour.

But I need the exact location, the property description, and the reason it’s urgent, all in writing.”

“Child endangerment and ongoing fraud,” Douglas said.

“Urgent isn’t the same as dangerous,” Bell said.

“Give me the danger.”

I thought about Lily’s cereal bowl, the rotting food, the way she had hugged her bear at the kitchen table.

“He put the lock on while I was overseas,” I said.

“He told my neighbor there was a babysitter upstairs.