It means I have to assess whether Daisy is safe with you as well, and I would be doing my job badly if I didn’t.”

I said, “Okay,” and then I had to put the phone down on the bed for a second.

Because here is the thing that people do not understand about calling for help, and it is the reason a very large number of women do not.

The system does not arrive as an ally.

It arrives as an investigation, and you are inside it.

Renata Alvarado came to the hotel that afternoon and interviewed me for two hours.