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

She asked which entrance he had used.

I described what I had actually seen and said where the fence blocked my view.

I could hear sirens before I could see the vehicles.

The girls heard them, too.

“No,” Maya whispered.

“You’re not in trouble,” I said.

“They’re coming because I asked for help.”

I sat on the floor nearby.