“What I wanted,” she said, “was for my words to stay in the report.”

They had.

Her words were in records that could no longer be replaced by a family explanation about a fall.

The financial and civil resolutions eventually produced funds that could lawfully be allocated to Hannah’s and Lily’s claims.

Those recoveries were handled alongside the other legal obligations.

They did not give us all of the Vances’ money, and they did not come before the court considered other people’s rights.

With professional advice and the necessary approvals, a substantial portion of the funds available for Lily’s benefit went into an irrevocable trust for her future.