I worked as a live-in nanny. One day, the mom came home way earlier than usual. “Come on, kids. We have to go now,” she said. An hour later, I got a text from her: “Be home in 20. Kids behaving?
” My heart sank. Turns out, the kids were taken by her identical twin sister.Thankfully, they found the kids safely within two hours. She had taken them to a beach they used to go to. We’ve since added passwords for pickups.
Alice thought her MIL, Linda—a beloved teacher—was kind to her boys, Peter (12) and Matthew (6). But Peter grew withdrawn, and during a surprise pickup, Alice overheard…
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