“I will need to distinguish what you want from what Hannah wants,” she said.

“I want her safe.”

“That’s a place to start.

It still has to be her voice when she can give instructions.”

I disliked the reminder and trusted her more because she gave it.

Hannah’s first fuller interview came in pieces, across more than one day.

The detective who took it let the nurses interrupt.

He did not demand a complete account from a woman who could barely remain awake.