The House on Laurie Street, Pt. 3

To continue, our relationship with the Coach and his Wife was complicated. I'll speak for myself when I say that I feel both enormous gratitude and enormous enmity toward them. It's been a long journey to being able to focus on appreciation more than irritation and suspicion.

APPRECIATIONS
They eventually bought the property at a fair price at a time when the housing market was tanking.
We know they will not develop the property as long as they live there, therefore, Mom's spring will be left intact, no trees will be cut down, and no road will make its way through.

IRRITATIONS
Their behavior throughout the negotiation process was condescending, arrogant, privileged, and petty.
Their Good Neighbor Act was just that.
The Wife behaved as if the house was something horrible on the bottom of her shoe.

SUSPICIONS
The Coach hired a P.I. to "keep an eye on" Mac, thus fueling his paranoia.

In the years following the sale of the house, I've had the opportunity to meet people who know the Coach and his Wife, who've had DEALINGS with them. Let me just say, our take on their attitudes and behavior have been confirmed many times over.