Do not announce you are leaving before you can actually leave.

Hannah followed some advice.

Ignored some.

Fear makes planning uneven.

Eventually she rented a small apartment under arrangements handled through counsel and a survivor-support organization.

She packed a suitcase.

Hid it in the garden shed.

Easter morning was supposed to be the day she left.

PART 11 — WHAT WENT WRONG ON EASTER

Victoria saw Hannah carrying documents outside.