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 had never told him my name.

“Open this door!”

The dispatcher heard him.

“He’s back,” I said.

PART 3 — Stay Inside

The doorknob moved against the latch.

I backed toward the kitchen with the phone held close to my ear.

“He is at the front door,” I told the dispatcher.