See I had this neighbor, he was a pain in the ass. He would dump his leaves on my yard, sometimes make a little noise. I spoke with him. He was a bit repentant then things went back to the way they were before. I ignored it, hoping being a good neighbor would be enough.
Years passed by. This neighbor would annoy me to no end. I talked to him, almost invariably, this resulted in a brief sesation of the annoying behavior. Followed by a new streak of even worse.
Then he had kids. His sons would try fighten my kids on the way to school. Most of the time it worked. For a while I just put up with it, I figured thats just the way “it is”. I held my tounge and didn’t call the police the day his kid spray painted my car. I figured a quick word with the dad would solve it.
Wrong I was. The dad did everything but take a swing at me right there in the street.
So I retaliated. Call it foolish or just plain pig-headed but something had to be done. I called the gas company and told them that there was a leak at his house. Of course he was without fuel for awhile and couldn’t use his stove, but I figured tit for tat.
Next day he kicked in my door and shot my dog.
What do I do?