I Found Two Little Girls Hiding Inside My Empty Trash Can—Then One Whispered, “Please Don’t Send Us Back.”

he said. He kept my phone, my identification, and my keys. He told me that if I tried to get anyone’s attention, he’d take the girls somewhere I’d never find them.”

“The day I saw you in the driveway?” I asked.

She nodded.

“I wanted to call out to you.”

I remembered her folded arms and tense expression.

“He was standing beside you.”

“He always was.”

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