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

A second officer came into the kitchen and introduced herself as Officer Sarah.

She lowered herself to the floor a little distance from the girls, leaving room between them and the nearest chair.

“I’m Sarah,” she said.

“I’m here to help.”

Maya watched her uniform.

Officer Sarah did not tell her to stop crying or insist she come out from beneath the table.

She asked whether either girl needed water.

She asked whether something hurt.