Chapter 1

Chapter 1 

When Dorothea Kaufman walked out of Queensford Women’s Prison, freezing wind hit her hard. She quickly wrapped her arms tighter around the baby in her chest. 

Only after the wind died down did she carefully look inside the blanket. 

The little girl blinked up at her with big bright eyes, happily blowing bubbles instead of crying. 

“You’re such a good girl, Ellie,” Dorothea whispered softly. 

Six-month-old Eloise almost never cried. As long as she stayed in her mother’s arms, she was happy anywhere. 

A bus stopped outside the prison gates.