moon_custafer | More about Nine's Mother

I don't know if this comes directly after the previous scene, or if there should be something in between.

Nine's mother remained cautious about going into town, but a few days later, when the moon was bright enough to find the way through the woods at night, there was a knock at their front door after Nine had gone to bed.
She opened the door, and was unsurprised to find Jake on the front step, trying to smile at her.
"What have you been telling that little girl of yours about me?"
"I never mentioned you, or your brother, or your brother's sweetheart --" she broke off as Jake looked for a moment like he was about to take a swing at her; but he stepped back and laughed.
"What, are you scared of me? You know I wouldn't hurt a fly. But we don't like to talk about her, you know that. Bill gets low." Nine's mother continued:
"Like I was saying, I never mentioned any of you to Nine. First she ever knew you and Bill existed was when she walked into your store. She sees what she sees, I've got no power over her that way."
"She's got a wicked tongue on her, is what she's got. Child like that needs to be taken in hand." His voice had dropped to a soft murmur, and he had stepped across the threshold. Nine's mother drew herself to her full height, which was a couple of inches shy of his.
"I said I've no power over Nine's seeing things. That doesn't mean I'm without resources of my own." And she knocked on a spot on the wall, a hand's breadth from the doorpost and sic feet up from the floor, and the horseshoe that balanced on the door lintel came unbalanced and tumbled down on Jake's skull. It was an old, old shoe, that had been made for a great horse, and it knocked the man out cold. Then she woke Nine up and bundled her out the back door and they fled into the woods.