TOLL

 TOLL THE SEQUEL TO TORN BY TONY WEBSTER Some secrets outlive the people who keep them.David has spent his life wondering why he was abandoned as a baby outside St Brigid's presbytery in Johannesburg. Jennifer has spent hers trying to understand why her father walked away. When an unexpected DNA match connects their histories, questions they thought belonged to the past become impossible to ignore.A concealed letter offers the first answers. A private register reveals that others knew far more than they admitted. As Jennifer and David follow the trail through family papers and restricted records, they discover how carefully their lives have been shaped by silence—and how much those they trusted stood to lose by speaking.But uncovering what happened is only the beginning. They must decide whom to believe, what forgiveness can mean, and whether they can build a future without repeating the choices that wounded them.Toll is a compelling novel of fractured trust, inherited secrets and the difficult work of reclaiming a life from someone else's version of the truth.