After a few silent miles, Ether said, “And I’m sick of hearing about your dad. You’re an adult. He has every right to be upset about the vehicle getting damaged, but it wasn’t your fault, and it’s frankly not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things.” “This is probably thirty thousand in damage. And the insurance won’t cover it, as there’s no police report.” “You know what an adult would say about that? They’d say, ‘Ether, I’m demanding another thirty K because of the damage to my vehicle.’ It’s just money and repairs, a transaction. Stop piling grand emotional significance onto it.
