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

“She left two babies beside a highway.”

“We haven’t interviewed her.”

“You don’t need to interview her to see a box.”

“No.

We need to interview her to understand the circumstances.”

Caleb nodded as though I had agreed with him.

“I just don’t want this softened because she’s the mother.”

I looked at the cup, then at him.