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

“I told her you use it for rubbish.”

“That’s true.”

“She wanted to know if other children had to go in it.”

My chest tightened.

“What did you say?”

“That no child should have to.

That we’re getting help so they don’t need to hide there again.”

I could hear Chloe talking in the background, asking for something from Megan.