It was hard to believe that there was nothing Maria could have done to get out of that situation, but the important thing was that she had felt that way. When people felt that choked and confined, actually fighting their way to the surface and to safety was easier said than done. And if there had been children involved, that made it even more difficult.

Wilson wasn't surprised that she wanted to know about what had happened to her charges. There had been a mention of them in the general overview, but there had to be a more detailed note somewhere...

"One second," he said as he flipped through the file, and that was when he came across some paperwork having to do with moving the two children into foster care. That wasn't the best option by any means - foster care often messed people up pretty badly - but with their original caretaker here, apparently that had been the only place they could go.

It wasn't good news to deliver, but she had asked for a reason. "They're in foster care," he explained. He refrained from showing her the actual piece of paper since it had more details than she should probably know at this point. If she got better and was released, he was sure that she would be given all of the information at that time.