My Neighbors Destroyed My Grandparents’ 50-Year-Old Apple Tree — They Never Expected the Price They’d Pay

and no sympathy from anyone who knew what they had done.

As if on cue, the mail carrier arrived and handed Glenn a certified letter. I watched as his face went from red to white as he read the demand from my attorney.

“Eighteen thousand dollars?!” he sputtered. “For a TREE?”

“That’s the conservative estimate,” I said calmly. “Dr. Webb, the arborist who continue reading …