“No,” Nick replied firmly. “I knew he wasn’t going to stop.”
I took a breath. “That was clever. But risky. Next time, I want to be warned.”
road safety signs
“Deal,” he replied immediately.
Mr. Streeter never set foot on our lawn again. Not even an inch.
Nick continued building snowmen in that same spot all winter.
And none of them were ever run over again.
Some people don’t respect boundaries, even when you ask them nicely.
They only respect them when crossing the line actually costs them something.
