That silence was the correct comment.

Helen walked her through a simple safety plan: who answered the gate, which number Fiona learned, what to do if a reporter used Maren’s address.

Blaire wrote it on paper and put it in her wallet beside Fiona’s pediatric card.

The two documents belonged together.

Both were about keeping a small person intact.

On Tuesdays she took the train into the city without an escort and hated how visible she felt on the platform.