The Alexandria Project, Chap. 8 � Face Off with Fearless Fosdick

“To Frank’s disgust, it was love at first sight for Lilly when
Carl Cummings arrived to collect Frank’s passport. But Frank’s
distaste turned to glee when he realized that the CIA agent hated
dogs. Frank stepped back to better appreciate Carl’s futile efforts
to fend off the obese corgi’s surprisingly energetic advances.

“Predictably, Mrs. Foomjoy popped just then like a
jack-in-the-box out of her door across the hall. Frank thought she
looked magnificent in her full regalia of housedress, fuzzy
slippers and curlers, as she fiercely admonished Cummings for his
lack of appreciation for canine perfection. With an effort, she
pushed past him and snatched Lily up, lighting into the startled
Cummings with a vengeance all the while. And then, as suddenly as
she had appeared, Frank’s apparition of a neighbor disappeared with
Lilly behind her energetically slammed door.?

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