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

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Natalie wiped her eyes.

“Grant thought they were asleep upstairs. By the time he noticed they were gone, they were already hiding.”

I thought about how heavy the can had felt beneath my hand.

Natalie’s voice cracked.

“I had no way to know whether you would look inside.”

“But I did.”

“You did.”

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