A few days later, the business with Sherman Golding's family was gradually forgotten. The village had moved on to other hot topics; no one dwelled on a single incident for long. There was more than enough gossip to go around each day. Even without the internet or celebrities, the villagers' social lives were far from dull, filled with animated daily chatter.
But Jim Thorne and Adrian Hawthorne hadn't forgotten. They still had a score to settle.
They had deliberately waited a few days to settle the score, wanting Wade Golding and his brother to let their guard down. Of course, this wasn't Jim Thorne's idea. With his explosive temper, he had been itching to go to the Golding's house and settle things that very day. It was Adrian Hawthorne who had talked him down.
