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

“Maya,” the girl in yellow whispered.

The other child spoke into my leg.

“Chloe.”

“Maya and Chloe,” I repeated.

“All right.

Let’s go inside.”

We took small steps up my driveway.

Chloe would not release my trouser leg, and Maya kept looking over her shoulder.