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Episode Eight: The Push

She stood up in front of a judge and told him what was best for her children. She wasn't a lawyer. This was her life.

Clive has been released from prison. He is riding his bike along Kings Lane. Vanessa is documenting every sighting, every date, every time.

Episode Eight follows Vanessa to a legal conference where she speaks in front of judges and academics — and a welfare officer who has already made up her mind.

Four voices this episode:

The story of watching, waiting, and refusing to be passive.

The law on research, campaigns, and the slow shift toward recognising coercive control.

Vanessa's reflection on composure as a strategy — and what it costs.

The stage — strategic, and the discovery that your voice matters beyond your own case.

Composed is not the same as unafraid. Composure is a strategy. It does not mean you are not frightened.

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