I Said No to Babysitting. My Sister Sent Her Kids to My Old Address in a Taxi Anyway. She Didn’t Know I’d Moved. The Woman Who Answered the Door Was a CPS Detective.

in under three hours. My old apartment, Unit 215 at Saguaro Springs, would have a new tenant by Monday.

Her name was Maria Santos.

I learned this from the leasing office manager later. At the time, I just knew she existed and that she was moving in, and that this fact created a kind of invisible barrier between me and Stephanie’s stated intention to continue reading …