Another noted the old coat and the night she had slept sitting up because her cot mattress had become damp after a pipe leak.

Every detail seemed ordinary on its own.

Together they described the systematic removal of a person’s place in her own home.

Lena looked at me.

“You’ve asked why she didn’t call you.

Let’s address the conditions under which she would have had to make that call.

She was being told by people close to you that you approved of the restrictions.

Her access to money and transport was disrupted.