I Found My Neighbor’s Twin Toddlers Hiding in My Empty Trash Can—Then Their Mother Told Me Why They Had Been Sent to Find Me

A few days after my visit with the detective, Hannah called me herself.

“I wanted to say I wasn’t ignoring you.”

“You don’t need to keep up with me.”

“I know.

I still wanted to call.”

So I let her talk instead of telling her again that she owed me nothing.

She said Maya had asked whether the bin was still outside my house.

“Yes,” I said.