My Neighbor Called the Cops on My Kids Because ‘Children Shouldn’t Be Screaming Outside’ – So I Went to War with Her

hanging in the air like a bad smell. The boys’ faces. The officer saying she was within her rights.

By the time I finished, my hands were shaking again.

“She said there might be drugs,” I said. “About our kids.”

“And they said she can just keep calling.”

Mark stared at me like he hadn’t heard me right. “They’re seven and nine,” he said slowly.

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