My Neighbors Secretly Used My Hot Tub for a Year – Then I Discovered They Were Charging Strangers

That night, it finally felt like ours again.

Later, new neighbors moved into the house next door.

One evening, they complimented us on the backyard.

They could see the hot tub over the fence.

I smiled.

“Maybe we’ll invite you over sometime.”

Because there was a difference between taking something and being welcomed.

A difference between assuming and asking.

A difference between trespassing and being invited.

The hot tub hadn’t changed.s

The backyard hadn’t changed.

But the lesson had.s