- The Prouds 186
But it ended there because despite his raging fury,
he managed to control himself. He never thought anyone
would slap him and get away with it unpunished. Yet, it
happened. Hammond had slapped him and he could have
returned it two folds because he was stronger than him. But
he did not because Hammond was his older brother and
was the tribe’s leader.
Jarvis left the place amid total silence.
People were shocked by what happened. The Small
One, on the other hand, grinned when Hammond slapped
his brother.
Milton was not happy for the slap itself as he did
not hate Jarvis nor wished him evil, but he was very happy
because the new leader had finally listened to him.
The next day, Jarvis went out of his house heading to the
Prouds’ graveyard, where his father was buried. He rode
Genos and headed to the grave with fire coming out of his
eyes as Genos took him quietly to the graveyard. He felt
angry and humiliated because Hammond had slapped him.
But that was not the only thing on his mind as nothing
compared to his desire to avenge his father and brother.
On his way, he passed by the Small One and Milton
as they stood near the door of the Small One’s house but he
did not greet them. He looked scornfully at Milton as he
was almost certain that it was him who convinced
Hammond not to fight King Matthew as Hammond would
never tolerate the death of his father and his brother. That
was why Milton defended Hammond’s decision that day
when Hammond slapped Jarvis. Jarvis considered Milton a
traitor because although he did not kill Leader Addison or
his son Adrian, or help kill them, he failed them by