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Episode Six: Locked Up and Set Free

He went to prison. She was still not free.

Clive is in prison. The welfare officer arrives with letters from him for the children. Charlotte tears hers into pieces without reading it.

Episode Six follows Vanessa as she changes her solicitor, begins divorce proceedings, and finds a new home and a new job — all while the system continues to reach in.

Four voices this episode:

The story of a house on Kings Lane, a job worth having, and a life beginning again.

The law on welfare officers, the court welfare service, and parental alienation syndrome.

Vanessa's reflection on what home really means — and why she spent thirty years working in housing.

The stage — building, and the discovery that professional help works best when you direct it.

Home is not where you keep your things. It is where your nervous system stops bracing for impact.

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