When Candace, my sister-in-law, offered to take my kids for a week, it sounded like a summer dream come true. A mansion with a sprawling pool, a trampoline, acres of land, endless snacks—it was everything ten-year-old Annie and eight-year-old Dean could have wished for. Candace’s daughter Mikayla was bored out of her mind that summer, and the idea of having her cousins around seemed perfect.

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