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But he didn’t etblonde hairs, but they don’t necessarily belong to the h I found an envelope under the newspaper at the bottom of the box’

‘Newspaper?’ Josh asked

‘For insulation against the cold, old chain in there and a note—though there aren’t any prints There are a couple of fibres, so she was probably wearing gloves’

Amy read the note and then passed it to Josh

Please look after Hope I’m sorry

‘So the baby’s name is Hope?’ Josh asked

‘Seems so’

Alance with Josh Hope How terribly sad, because hope was clearly the last thing the baby’s ht now

‘Do you recognise the handwriting at all?’ PC Graham asked

‘No,’ Amy said

‘Me neither,’ Josh agreed

‘We can take the box back with us—and the blanket—but I don’t think it’s going to helpof tea

They went through the whole lot again when Jane Richards, the social worker, arrived ten minutes later

‘So what’s going to happen to the baby?’ Amy asked

Jane grimaced ‘At this tiet anyone even to answer a phone And with Christ hold of someone who can offer a foster care place to have to stay in hospital for a while’

‘The local hospital’s on black alert,’ Josh said ‘Apart froht now, there’s bronchiolitis on the children’s ward, and there’s flu and the winter vo virus in the rest of the hospital The chances are that Hope would go doith so nasty, so they’ll refuse to take her’