- The Prouds 174
horrible way, and judging from my experience, I think his
chances of recovery are very small. If I were in your shoes,
I would stay by his side day and night.”
Frowning, Jarvis tried to enter his father’s room but
his brother said angrily, “Can’t you wait for your older
brother to go in first, Jarvis?”
Jarvis, who was surprised by his brother’s attitude,
paused and the older brother entered, followed by the
younger one.
Few days later, Leader Addison stopped breathing.
That huge mountain which held out for decades against the
mightiest wind and fiercest blows suddenly collapsed due
to the way his son died.
When his family heard the news, they were deeply
grieved and started crying heavily. As soon as the Prouds
heard the news, they gathered around the leader’s house.
The first thought that came to Jarvis’s mind was,
Can it really be true, Father, that you just died suddenly in
this painful manner? How can this be true when you have
been the greatest of the Prouds all these years? You have
been pain in the necks of the greatest knights and kings!
Jarvis came out of the house angry and crying.
He walked, leaned with his right hand and head
against a palm tree near the house, and cried out like an
exploding volcano, “I will get my revenge from you,
Matthew, and your imbecile son Harlem.”
The death of my father and Adrian will not go
unpunished, thought Jarvis.
A blow like the way Adrian died was very painful
and a blow like the way Leader Addison died was very