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
“He said police take bad girls away.”
“You aren’t bad,” I told her.
“You haven’t done anything wrong.
Children can ask for help.”
Her eyes filled.
“Who said that?”
“Him.”
I picked up the phone and kept it low rather than holding it above them like another strange object they needed to fear.