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 stepped away from the glass.

Three knocks landed on my front door.

I should not have opened it.

Later, I would understand how close I had come to giving him an advantage.

In that moment, I was thinking about keeping him from hearing the girls and discovering where they were.

I opened the door only a little, leaving the security chain in place.

“Morning,” he said.

“Morning.”