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

My hand shook so badly that I had to steady it against the frame.

Derek reached the other side a moment later.

He pulled at the handle.

Through the glass panel, I saw his face turn toward the kitchen.

He had found them.

“So they are in there.”

Chloe cried out.

Maya put an arm around her, looking at me as though my next words would decide everything.