Rent went wrong in Houston TX. Should I evict them?

[Robert Clement]

My tenants that enter the house in May were paying okay, but in September they start paying late and in October they asked me to pay a partial amount because they had car accident and he in the hospital and I accepted, but now in November they asked me again to do a partial payment even they have not pay the second part of October, so this time I told them that I will not accept partial payments anymore and they have not pay, so I sent them a 5-day notice to pay or quit, and they sent me yesterday a message saying something like "we just asking for few more days to pay, but if you evict us our attorney will reset the eviction and it will take you like 2 months to get the house back", so I am not sure what to do. Should I just go ahead and evict them, or should I try to talk to them? Also, it worry me they will do something to the house.

Thank you