Un caluroso día de verano, Leanne Wellings lleva a sus dos hijos a visitar al abuelo. Pero, cuando se detiene en un área de descanso para comprar flores, desaparece misteriosamente, a plena luz del día, dejando a los pequeños en el coche.
Off-duty police officer Laurie Franklin finds herself caught up in a strange sequence of events after a person falls in front of her train.
One day later the police are struggling to find out more about how the victim died, and the abandoned baby's identity is still a mystery.
A week on, the police carry out a reconstruction of events. Meanwhile, family tensions mount for Nusrat and Danny.
A month has passed. A royal visit to the town turns nasty, and one character receives a visit from someone who seems to know more about what happened on the bridge.
A couple of months have passed. Will the police get to the bottom of what really happened on day one? And what does the future hold for baby Michael?