My neighbor sues me to get free money and epically fails, costing him $9,600.

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So it's been about four years since this happened. I was 18 at the time working at a security

company. There were constant call-offs and no-shows. Have no idea why. But being so young and naive,

I was constantly working 16 hour shifts and not coming home until 8 a.m. I also lived with my

father at the time. The timeframe of this was around the 4th of July. I finally had the day off

and my best friend was back in town for vacation. We decided to get together and chip in on some

good old American fireworks. To be fair, I have nothing but bad experiences with fireworks,

so I had no idea how this time would be any different. We got home with the fireworks and

we laid them all out on the floor. Sparklers, bottle rockets, cakes, and Roman candles.

I say, why don't we mess around with some sparklers since it's not dark yet? Great idea.

We go into my backyard where it hasn't rained in well over two months and is extremely dry.

You see the problem here. One of the little sparkies from mine or my friend's

sparkler made contact with the ground and made two small fires that quickly spread to a larger

area. I ran as fast as I could to grab the garden hose and quickly started spraying down the

fire. It was no use. It was spreading faster than I could spray it. I handed my friend the hose

and called 911. What felt like hours was only four minutes and the fire was spreading to the

neighbor's fence. The neighbor came outside and they were fairly calm to grab their

hose and spray down the fence along with the dead grass in her yard. The fire department

shows up finally and I tell my friend only one of us needs to get in trouble, so you should leave.

He was reluctant to leave because he felt equally responsible, but I convinced him.

I didn't want him to get in trouble and have to drop out of college.

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