The mother folded the visitor slip, unfolded it, and laid it flat.

“I don’t want to accuse someone because I’m ashamed I believed him.”

“Then don’t turn shame into an accusation,” Dr.

Hale said.

“Tell us what you know.”

Later, she spoke to Derek by phone during the period before the communication restrictions had been formalized.

Staff encouraged her to preserve the messages and leave investigative questioning to the detective.

She wanted an answer about what he had actually seen.