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 shut the door and locked it.

My hands were damp.

I wiped them on the dish towel I was still carrying.

In the kitchen, the twins were beneath the table, pressed together between the chairs.

“You did good,” Maya whispered.

I crouched nearby without reaching under to pull them out.

“Do you know his name?”

Chloe answered against her sister’s shoulder.