An example of how shoddy JDWs storytelling capabilities are (duh, Kadoober, we read it, WE KNOW!)
There is something quite telling missing from his version of events.
We know how stressed he was. And his mom! And the lawns, guys! WHO WILL MOW THE LAWNS IF HE CAN'T DRIVE?? Why won't anyone think of the lawns??
So he's afraid, once he hits Robin, that this will be his third strike, and that his entire world will come crashing down.
And then Robin tries to leave.
And he can't let that happen.
Why?
Where, in his tale that goes on and on and on and on did he EVER mention that Robin was trying to do anything other than get the hell away from him?
Missing are the threats to call the cops.
Missing are the threats to call insurance.
He goes out of his way to blast her throughout his whole 'memorandum', she is not the sweet innocent thing everyone thinks she is, she got herself hit, her injuries were nothing, etc. And there is no explanation of everything she would rain down upon him for hitting her? Gosh!
They are no where.
Make no mistake. Robin was a major, major threat to his livelihood.
It's just that his stupid lawn business was not the livelihood he was concerned for.
His true livelihood, that which he lived for, that room in the barn, that livelihood could have been destroyed if he had cops come to his house.
So he stayed and waited.
