Derek said we were making ordinary planning sound criminal.

“That isn’t an answer,” she said.

The officer taking notes asked him about the ten-minute deadline and the statement that he would decide what to do himself.

He described it as frustration.

I did not need him to call it something else before I could decide I no longer wanted him in my house.

His ability to remain there had to be addressed on the actual facts, including whether he had any occupancy rights.

A spare key was not a substitute for reviewing that question, and the officers did not make a permanent eviction ruling from the kitchen.