Those actions were recorded without being presented as a guarantee that all future concerns had vanished.

The next meeting would examine them alongside the evidence, not instead of it.

PART 7 — Nine O’Clock

The formal review began at nine, three weeks after the initial plan was made.

I attended by request to answer questions about the call and dispatch record.

Mia’s mother agreed to my presence for that purpose.

The rest of the meeting belonged to the county staff, clinicians, investigator, and the adults whose arrangements were being reviewed.

Mia was not seated beside the table listening to adults debate her account.