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.

deliver something to my door whether I wanted it or not.

I slept better in my new bedroom than I had in months, listening to the courtyard fountain instead of the street traffic outside the old unit.

I had no way of knowing that Maria Santos was not just anyone. That she was a detective with the Phoenix Police Department’s Child Protective Services division.continue reading …