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.

“I’ll call Maria’s unit and give her a heads-up,” he said. Then, after a pause: “Cristiana, you should probably also call the police. This is looking like child abandonment.”

When my phone rang again, the caller ID showed Maria Santos.

“Is this Cristiana Walsh?” the voice said. It was calm and professional in a way that told me immediately this was continue reading …