Preston Thorne could finally relax. As long as they hadn't found the rabbits, it was all good. It was just like trying to catch a cheater; if you didn't catch them in the act, you couldn't prove anything. It was common knowledge in the village that Phoenix Golding fooled around, but people only dared to whisper about it. Aside from the Thorne family, no one would dare say it to her face.
After all, Phoenix Golding had never been caught in the act. She would deny it to her dying breath, so there was nothing anyone could do.
Besides, her own husband, Vernon Spann, insisted his wife was innocent. What more could anyone say? At best, the whole affair was just fodder for idle gossip.
