“No. The video prompted me to examine everything more closely.”
“Was something else wrong? ”
He nodded.
“She has several unpaid energy bills. I also inspected the house. There is damage she never reported, and some repairs she carried out without authorization.”
I glanced in the direction of Monica’s house.
For once, she wasn’t watching me through the window.
Apparently, getting caught using my electricity wasn’t his only problem.
A month later, I was sitting on my porch drinking iced tea while Monica loaded the last boxes into a moving truck.Electricity companies
She never looked at me.
My garden gnome has sat down next to the mailbox again.
Exactly where it belonged.
For a moment, I could almost hear my husband’s voice.
***Kindness is not the same as silence, El.***
Perhaps this is the lesson I should have learned years earlier.
Maintaining peace did not mean letting people take whatever they wanted.
And being kind did not mean pretending that disrespect did not exist.Resources for writers
This time, I finally understood the difference.
