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\u201cHow long were you outside?\u201d My voice came out steadier than I felt, a mask of calm I was nowhere near feeling.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe an hour,\u201d Jake said, his words muffled by the blanket. \u201cWe tried knocking. We rang the doorbell. They wouldn\u2019t answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tommy just cried, silent tears running down his pale, cold-nipped face, his small body trembling uncontrollably. I looked at the clock on the wall: 4:07 a.m. The weather app on my phone confirmed the outside temperature was a brutal thirty-six degrees. November in Illinois could be unforgiving. These kids had been locked outside for an hour in freezing temperatures, dressed in nothing but pajamas.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow long were you outside?\u201d My voice came out steadier than I felt, a mask of calm I was nowhere near feeling. \u201cMaybe an hour,\u201d Jake said, his words muffled by the blanket. \u201cWe tried knocking. We rang the doorbell. They wouldn\u2019t answer.\u201d Tommy just cried, silent tears running down his pale, cold-nipped face, his…<\/p>\n

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