He has a dog. She has a gecko. They have a cat. He is in financial services. She is a graphic artist. They are a young couple. They live in an apartment building near Yonge and York Mills. This is their first place together. They have bedbugs.

He said, "I guess it started in September of last year. I remember waking up one morning. I saw something crawl across me. I thought it was a tick. I thought it was from the dog. We lifted up the mattress ... I'd never seen anything like it; disgusting."

What did they do?

He said, "We wrapped the mattress in a tarp and taped it, sealed it." The landlord sprayed. The bugs came back.

We were chatting in their kitchen one night recently. She pulled a tray of cheese nibbles out of the oven and said, "I told some people at work back in December. It ended up being a scare. They told me if I didn't get out of my lease ..."

The implication?

They'd let her go if she brought the bugs to work. She said, "They gave me time off without pay to deal with it. I was working at home for a while, trying to fight management. We wanted out of the lease. We wanted our deposit back."

They can't afford to move. You know how it is when you're young and starting out and money's tight.

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