Question of the Day!

My neighbour, four doors away, and I used to go for walks and shopping trips together.
At that time, there was a lot of construction work (surrounding apartment houses) going on around our neighbourhood - and the increase in the number of labourers gave an excuse to loiterers and undesirable elements to hang around, unrecognised among so many strangers.
The resident welfare association had actually put out a note for us to be on our guard during this time.
Well, my neighbour would talk loudly about money and other things during our walks, and also about my plans and my Dad's and when either of us would be alone at home for any length of time.
I felt she was disrespecting my safety and requested her not to and she merely laughed saying 'nobody cares'.
In the interest of my safety and Dad's, I cut off with her in 2017.
When Dad died in 2023, she came over for a condolence visit and brought up the topic of our fight - denying that she had ever said anything to jeopardise my safety in public.
I politely requested her to leave, as I was in grief and not in a mood to argue, or get back to being friends with her.
All this being said - she has helped a lot when I was in hospital, mostly making sure that Dad and I had home-cooked food when I got discharged. I'm very grateful to her for that, but I couldn't have my safety compromised.