Two strangers, a child, and a split second choice that will change everything . . . Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. That was how it started: giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train. A few minutes holding her baby while the mother makes Ellen’s heart ache for what she can never have. Five minutes pass. Ten. The train pulls into a station and Ellen is stunned to see the mother hurrying away down the platform, without looking back. Leaving her baby behind. Ellen is about to raise the alarm when she discovers a note in the baby’s bag, three desperate lines scrawled hastily on a piece of paper: Please protect Mia Don’t trust the police Don’t trust anyone Why would someone abandon their baby on a train? And why is Ellen the one they chose to trust? As Ellen is drawn deeper into the mystery, she discovers that nothing about this encounter was accidental—and that she herself may be in terrible danger.
Trust Me
Year
2021
Pages
432
Description
Two strangers, a child, and a split second choice that will change everything . . . Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. That was how it started: giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train. A few minutes holding her baby while the mother makes Ellen’s heart ache for what she can never have. Five minutes pass. Ten. The train pulls into a station and Ellen is stunned to see the mother hurrying away down the platform, without looking back. Leaving her baby behind. Ellen is about to raise the alarm when she discovers a note in the baby’s bag, three desperate lines scrawled hastily on a piece of paper: Please protect Mia Don’t trust the police Don’t trust anyone Why would someone abandon their baby on a train? And why is Ellen the one they chose to trust? As Ellen is drawn deeper into the mystery, she discovers that nothing about this encounter was accidental—and that she herself may be in terrible danger.
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