<p>When wronged is it better to seek revenge or to forgive? A Serious Matter describes the efforts of two long-lost childhood friends Jeannie and Violet to come to terms with their hatred of a mutual unnamed enemy.</p><p>• Jeannie already has a restraining order against the man her estranged husband who previously tried to kill her.</p><p>• The same man also killed Violet’s fiancé in a drunk-driving accident on Violet’s wedding day and feels no remorse. Jeannie learns about the accident and reaches out to Violet at the funeral rekindling their friendship.</p><p>• When Jeannie and Violet learn the man is being released from jail after serving only a few months of his jail sentence they decide justice has not been served and they have to create a plan of vigilante revenge.</p><p>• When their murder-for-hire plan does not execute in the way they had envisioned their lives are changed forever.</p><p>Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.</p>