They stayed at Hale's farmhouse for two more days.
Not because they had to. Because leaving required a plan and a plan required information and the information was still coming in too fast and from too many directions to act on cleanly. Jenna said wait and Francis trusted Jenna's read on timing more than his own impatience so they waited and the farmhouse absorbed them into its rhythms and the days passed.
The first facility was cleared on the evening of the arrest. Eleven children. Ages four through nine. Federal teams with child welfare personnel and medical staff went in at six in the evening and had all eleven children out and in medical care by nine. Webb reported it and sent Francis a direct message that said simply: eleven out, all breathing, all responsive. Francis read it and sh
