Nancy Thorne watched, her heart pounding in terror. 'They're really going to kill her!' She didn't feel any sympathy for Phoenix Golding, of course, but she was worried Verna Golding would end up in jail. It just wasn't worth going to prison for a promiscuous woman.
"Amanda, go get the village chief!"
Nancy Thorne whispered. Amanda Chapman was a fast runner, and only the village chief could stop this. Everyone else just wanted to watch the show. The one shouting the loudest was her mother, Phoebe Huxley, followed by Raina.
On all of Millstone Peak, the ones who most wanted Phoenix Golding dead were this mother and daughter-in-law duo.
"Beat that slut to death! Beat her hard!"
Phoebe Huxley shouted, shaking her fist. She was dying to go up and help. She could kill that stinking slut with just a couple of punches, but this was a private matter for the Golding family. As a member of the Thorne family, it wasn't her place to interfere.
