- The Prouds 262
Hammond was very upset by what she said although he
believed what she said to be true.
Days after their marriage, Jarvis and Abigail sat in their
bedroom with their extreme joy and the lamp lighting the
darkness of the night.
“I will keep you in my eyes as long as I shall live,
Abigail,” said the happy husband. “In the last few days I
have experienced a joy that I have never experienced in my
whole life.”
He paused for a moment then continued, “I want
you to become part of my family. I want them to feel that
you are one of them, who was born between them and has
been living among them all these years. Because my family
and you are the most precious people in my life.”
The woman smiled and nodded, so the man smiled
too.
But his smile disappeared quickly. “But I want you
to be aware of Florrie, my brother’s wife. She is mean and
wishes my family evil, particularly me, and you and I are
one, so she definitely wishes you evil too.”
“How do you know this?” she asked innocently.
“I know this my own way,” he replied.
He knew that Florrie meant what she said when she
threatened to retaliate against him in Fitoma Palace and that
she was keen on carrying out her threat.