She shifts her weight and nods, looking nervous. "Could you help me?" she asks, holding the baby against her chest. He starts to mumble, and the woman tries to calm him down by shaking him slowly. "I just need shelter until tomorrow morning. Then I'll find a way to go to town and solve my problem." "Don't you have someone I can call?" I swallow hard and look away at the little girl clinging to the hem of her coat. She has big blue eyes that look at me in fear. I look back at her, her lips parted, a confused expression on her face.