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 knew it wasn’t safe.

I knew what could happen if it wasn’t empty, if the truck hadn’t come, if you were away.

I wasn’t teaching them a good way to hide.

I was trying to get them out of his reach.”

“You don’t need to explain it as though you’re asking me to approve it,” I said.

“I keep thinking about all the things that could have gone wrong.”

“So do I.”