My Neighbor Called the City Over My Fence, but the Inspection Ended With Her in Tears

and was pressing his hundred-and-ten pounds against my leg with the gentle insistence of a dog who has noticed that something edible is nearby and wants to be part of whatever transaction is occurring. Claudia looked at him.

“He’s enormous,” she said.

“He is. He thinks he’s a lapdog.”

She put her hand out tentatively, the way people do when they are not continue reading …