Gemotions

Seeing the extravagant renovations Mr. Harding was having done on his house filled Maria with a bitter taste. Maria was working two jobs just to make ends meet. The unfairness of it all felt like a physical blow.

She started leaving flyers for a local pest control company on his windshield, subtly hinting at an infestation.

She then began to "accidentally" misdeliver his mail. Bills, letters, anything that could potentially cause trouble.

The silence between them, already strained, was replaced by a simmering tension, a quiet battle of wills playing out across the property lines.