In Randy’s opinion, the worst part about a fight like that was coming to the conclusion that he was the one who’d been wrong. He’d known the O’Connells were private people. Vaughn had made it very clear that he wanted nothing to do with Randy. But even if that hadn’t been the case, even if Vaughn had been the nicest neighbor in the country, he still shouldn’t have asked Vaughn’s kids into his house without Vaughn’s permission. Nor should Randy have been so inconsiderate as to raise his voice or state his opinions in front of the kids. Vaughn might have been an overbearing ass, but Randy had been the big-mouthed d**k.
Full of self-disgust, Randy had sat in his dining room and sulked at the window. Then he’d moved to the living room, tucked himself into a chair in front of the woodstove, an
