No one told her she must be very hungry or urged her to finish so the adults could feel better.

A member of the hospital support team joined them.

She explained that she would help find safe arrangements for Chloe while the doctors cared for the family.

She asked simple questions about who sometimes visited and whether there was an adult Clara usually called.

Chloe had no person she could confidently name as available that morning.

That did not tell the hospital everything about the family’s past.

It told them that immediate support could not depend on a six-year-old remembering someone who might be able to come.