My neighbor backed his truck over my son’s mountain bike and then refused to take responsibility for the damage.

ran over my son’s bike.”

Gary barely reacted.

“Well, if he left it somewhere a vehicle could hit it, that’s partly on him.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“You didn’t check behind your truck.”

He shrugged again.

“Then maybe he’ll learn to be more careful where he leaves things.”

That was when I started losing patience.

Jake had worked for almost a year to afford that bike.

Gary had destroyed it in a few seconds.

And somehow he was acting as though my son was the one who