Twisting His Words
But Mr Johnson was prepared with his defense. “Mr Birch, we had a verbal agreement that I would be building a new driveway, which I kindly offered you the shared usage of, and you failed to inform me that your land was a stinking swamp,” he said.
“We now need to fix our common driveway, and this time, the cost is on you. You can choose to pay with a check or in installments; I’ll take both,” he said. Albert was shocked by how Mr Johnson had changed the narrative; although he had never approved of the driveway’s construction, his neighbor was suddenly behaving as though he had done him a favor.
