They still did.

But none of them was a substitute for hearing her when she told me she was frightened.

She had not understood the purchase agreement, the draft power of attorney, or the meaning of an offer almost thirty percent below market.

She did not know which authority a stranger might pretend to have with a copied signature.

She knew a man had been in her room saying things that made her afraid.

That was enough for me to stop, stay with her, and find out more.