Chapter Seventeen
OVER THE NEXT couple of days, things remained on edge but quiet. The circus reopened Tuesday morning, but it took half a day for the big top to be put back up and for the shows to continue. There was enough there without the tent to keep the people of Black Hollow occupied and entertained, however. April continued to go to the circus every day, watching each of Wyatt’s shows and doing her best to keep an eye on Chester. The older man returned to the center ring Tuesday morning, refusing to put anyone else in harm’s way, daring the bastards who caused the accident to try again with him there. Wyatt, of course, spent most of his days near his grandfather’s side, watching for anything out of the ordinary, and then once his grandfather returned to the camp with Patrick and t
