Grace looked back. They were still coming. She rounded the corner of the depot and prayed the train was ready to depart. Stopping to catch her breath, she looked for a friendly face. A man twenty feet ahead turned at that moment and looked right at her. She ran for him, grabbed his arm, and walked with him onto the train. Time would tell if she'd found safety or made the greatest mistake of her life.
Grace looked back. They were still coming. She rounded the corner of the depot and prayed the train was ready to depart. Stopping to catch her breath, she looked for a friendly face. A man twenty feet ahead turned at that moment and looked right at her. She ran for him, grabbed his arm, and walked with him onto the train. Time would tell if she'd found safety or made the greatest mistake of her life.