Afriend of mine came round and after she had left the neighbour called by and asked if she might come back as she had knocked down her father's motorbike as she reversed and damaged it.
I called my friend who said that as she reversed he had got very shouty, and she got scared that he might hit her, so she drove off. I said i would say I had emailed her, to give her a bit of time to calm down, and just in case (which I doubted) that it would blow over.
DP and I took the kids out to the car to go to a party, and neighbours father was there. dp chatted with him. It was a vintage bike - you could see where it had fallen, the handle from the brake had snapped off - there was a mark on the road and on the grass verge where it had landed. The man had calmed down and said if she came and paid for the parts then he would fix it himself, but it was his only transport. There were also about 20 witnesses as it was sunny and lots of people out.
We got to party and my friend came along. DP spoke to her, told him he had seen the damage, it was genuine and that he wasnt angry now, just needed to get bike fixed as he couldnt ride it with no brake. She said fine and went off. At pick up my dd asked her if she sorted the bike out and she told her 'its oK, we dont need to talk about that now'
This morning I was fixing a bike rack to my car and neighbours father came over. my friend hadnt been round. He was now beginning to get a bit cross again, which is fair enough. He had also noticed that the silencer had been damaged - I saw the dent and it lined up perfectly with the kerb, so I have no reason to doubt him. He was worried as he is self employed and is looking like he is going to lose a days work. He has her number plate from a neighbour. He said he if she had come yesterday she could have got away with just the handle for the brake, and he would have let the silencer go, as he hadnt noticed. But now the silencer and handle he could get for 145 inc vat, and gave me the website to check prices. He said he would still do work himself, but he needed to do it today or he was going to miss work. I texted her to tell her this, and that he had her reg number and would report it.
When we came home this evening she had still not been round, and he is bloody fuming now. I can totally understand this and I dont really understand whats going on, and dont want to be caught in the middle. I think my friend is really wrong. If she was worried I dont know why she didnt get her husband to bring the money or the insurance details, or even give them to me so she didnt need to see him. I dont think they are short of money, so thats not it. I think she thinks it will go away. DP told me she said 'oh dear, I hope that doesnt mean I wont be able to come round to Nettle's house anymore'....But this guy SERIOUSLY isnt going to let it go, and the longer it goes on the more likely it IS going to be that someone goes round and there is trouble.
I will probably see her at school tomorrow and I just dont know what to do. he was going to call the police and tell them I know who she is and where she lives.