My Neighbors Dug A Two-Acre Lake On My Land While I Was Out Of State—Then Told Me Their Contractor Said It Was Theirs, And That Was The Day I Learned How Expensive Arrogance Can Be

finally sold, it went for less than they paid.

I do not know how much they lost, and I never tried to find out. I did not want them ruined. Ruin was not the point. Respect was. A boundary is not meaningful because it destroys people who cross it. It is meaningful because it still stands after they try.

The new owners came by the week after closing. Retired couple from Birmingham. Tom and Elaine Bowers. He had worked for the power company. She had taught high school English for