'Take the car,' she pleaded. 'Just let me get my kinds.'

摘要

MARNA PLAIA strapped her children into their car seats in the back of her Mercedes SUV. On this lovely summer day, the petite 31-year-old mother had taken a golf break while Edie, 18 months, and Paul, 3 years old, enjoyed a day of pampering by their grandparents in Potomac, Maryland. But now it was close to the children's bedtime and they were headed home. Edie had been fussing with a tummy ache and was probably teething too.