“My dad owns every law firm in this province,” the lawyer’s daughter laughed after ramming her brand-new Tesla into my old Subaru

that had turned out to be less serious than I’d initially feared.

On Friday, a tow truck rolled up to our driveway to take my Subaru to the body shop. The estimate for repairs came to $1,800.

The invoice listed:

Responsible party: Victoria Ashford.

Over the next two months, three checks arrived in my mailbox. Each one was for roughly a third of the total—minus continue reading …