First things first, we place no blame on the driver for the accident. Baxter ran into the road. There’s really nothing he could have done differently to prevent it.
BUT……. I do have an issue with a few other things.
We never spoke the night of the incident, although he did stop. We scooped Baxter up and ran for the vet. The next morning, about 15 hours after the accident, the driver pulled in our driveway. At that moment Baxter was on the operating table. I got very emotional as I thought how shooken up and concerned this man must be. He must care…. he came back right?
I started crying telling him BAXTER was going to be ok and we understand he couldn’t have stopped and we hoped he didn’t feel any responsibilities. He cut me off when I said Baxter was going to ok and said ” Well that’s good for him, but you need to look at the damage on my car and who’s going to pay for it?”
At that moment, my insides turned. It killed me a little. I was wrong, he didn’t care. He never asked how he was, what’s his name, are we ok, and even not being his fault….. the word sorry was obviously never to be heard. He asked my husband to come outside and look at his car. That’s all he cared about.
Apparently, the responsibility is ours. Our property (Baxter) was not on a leash and caused damage to his personal property.
But who is so cold and uncaring to come back looking for money? If I hit someone’s pet, I’d be at their house asking if they were ok? And accident happened. We’ve paid emotionally and financially more than he’ll ever realize.
He’s 85…… I’m 41. If he wants money from me for damages to his car, fine. But I’m not gonna make it easy. Take me to court buddy. And we all know how slow the wheels of justice turn……
