It must be a deep vortex: the number and intensity of emotions Schapelle Corby is feeling today.
After 13 years trapped on the island of Bali – nine of those years behind bars in Kerobokan Prison, the remainder under parole conditions in a house in the city of Kuta – the 39-year-old convicted drug smuggler has been deported and is returning to Australia.
For 13 years, coming home must have felt like a lifetime away. It has been a lifetime and Corby’s had no option – she has built a life to fill it.
She has made friends and enemies. Collected trinkets and memorabilia. She has found some comfort in the place that has also been her hell.
She has also, according to reports, found love.

Schapelle's boyfriend is a man she met in 2006 in prison, while he was serving a three-year sentence for drug possession as she was facing 20 long years ahead.
After he was released, and she was still inside, the pair would meet in the visitors' centre. He would bring her food and clothes and desperately sought-after human connection.
He has been next to her through her break down and depression.
He was there to support her through the roller coaster that saw the Indonesian government grant clemency and Corby's sentence reduced by five years.
Top Comments
Enough already about her and everyone associated with her. She is a convicted criminal.
Can you please find some women who are truly inspiring to write about.
Surely we have some great artists, scientists, writers that we would love to read about. Instead we get fame hungry reality stars who have done nothing or even worse convicted criminals...
Get off Instagram and Snapchat and start finding the truly amazing people and stories that are out there.
She wasn't "trapped", she was there meeting her sentencing and bail conditions after breaking local laws. Seriously, why are we still talking about her? There are so many more important and critical issues facing our world today than Schappelle