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And somehow, people kept letting her.
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The first official complaint arrived three months later.
A certified letter.
HOA stationery.
Three pages long.
I opened it at my kitchen table while drinking coffee.
Halfway through reading it, I had to start over because I honestly thought I’d misunderstood.
I hadn’t.
The complaint was about my retaining wall.
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