Summary

In Chapter 16, Grampa and Hiram argue once they return home from the trial as Grampa wants Hiram to forget about the whole ordeal. Grampa wants Hiram to never speak about this again, but Hiram continues to analyze why the men were acquitted. At dinner they are silent with one another and Hiram leaves to go for a walk afterwards. He wants to see if Naomi is at the bridge, but instead of seeing Naomi, R.C. is standing there. R.C. has recently been in a fight and he reveals that he and his father had a vicious fight once he returned home from Jackson, where he has been working and living for the last month. R.C. says that his father was upset that R.C. is no longer around to give him money for alcohol and he started to beat R...