Albright, and she had a kind but firm face and a briefcase full of procedures.
She interviewed Carlton and Jolene separately. She spoke to the girls, who answered her questions with simple, direct honesty.
“Where are your parents?” she asked them.
“We don’t know,” Deena said.
“They just left us in the woods?”
Ruthie nodded. “It was cold.”
Ms. Albright’s