My doorman had called a week or so earlier to say my downstairs neighbor had bedbugs and by law all adjacent apartments in our building had to be inspected. I was given a date in the coming week when I was to admit a bedbug-sniffing dog who would determine if the infestation had spread. But Passover was approaching and with holiday preparations and all that cooking to do, I completely forgot about the bedbugs until the appointed morning when my doorman called to say the handler and his dog...