At first, I thought he was casing the place. Planning something. I’d heard stories about biker gangs. I kept my doors locked and my phone close.
Then one Saturday morning, I looked out my kitchen window and saw him in my backyard.
On his knees.
Tools spread out around him.
Working on my fence.
I called 911 immediately.
“There’s a man in my backyard,” I whispered. “He broke in.”
“Is he damaging your property, ma’am?” the operator asked.
I looked closer.
He wasn’t tearing anything down.
He was replacing a board.
“I—I don’t know. Just send someone, please.”
Officer Martinez arrived twenty minutes later. By then, the biker was gone.
But a six-foot section of my fence that had been rotting and leaning for years now stood straight, solid, and newly reinforced.
