person A: My son ran over my neighbor's cat on accident the other day. He's only 16_comma_ learning to drive still. I think my neighbor is going to try to get physically abusive with him. Not sure what to do
person B: Oh wow_comma_ that sounds unfortunate. Is there no way to ask the neighbor to take it easy?
person A: We think he might have some sort of mental illness. He doesn't really want to listen to reason. I'm a single mother_comma_ can't exactly physically intervene in this situation with the best of results. Don't have any family I can call to have them come around either. Can't exactly have the police on-call for something that hasn't happened yet. Don't know what t do!
person B: That sounds terrible. I hate to hear single mothers dealing with extra problems like these. If anything I would advise your son to be careful and defend himself.