Cress in Waterbee

1877 - Trapped in her friend's house by a violent mob, 13-year-old Romah helps deliver Cress, a biracial child born to secretly married parents. Romah loves delivering the newspaper, but it's a whole other thing to be the news herself. 1884 - The night of Cress's birth is never far from Romah's thoughts. But it also sparked her ambition to become a journalist. Fate again brings Cress into her life, and they head into a future neither thought possible.