I Found Two Babies in a Cardboard Box on Route 66—Then Their Missing Mother’s Warning Named the Man Asking to Take Them Home

I bought it because I realized I had eaten nothing since breakfast.

After two bites, I put it back in its wrapper.

The warning stayed in my mind.

Not the full page.

One line.

Do not return them to Caleb.

That evening, Frank found me rereading the missing-person report.

“Something new?”