- The Prouds 188
house, which broke as the Small One fell in his house yard.
Jarvis ran and sat on top of him with his knees on the
ground and started punching him forcefully with his right
and left hands until some men, including Milton, gathered
grabbed Jarvis, and moved him away. Jarvis became as
mad as a wild horse. He escaped them, attacked the Small
One like a beast, sat on top of him with his knees on the
ground, and started punching him again with his both
hands, as the Small One lay on the ground, until more men
gathered, grabbed him, and moved him away. Then they
helped the Small One stand up while his nose was bleeding
covering his face and clothes with blood.
The men moved Jarvis away as he shouted,
“Anyone who underestimates me or the value of my father
and brother’s blood will face what the Small One has just
faced.”
With those words, he wanted to send a message to
Milton and his brother as well.
The Small One remained silent with amazement and
fear. He felt humiliated, and in those few moments, his
hatred for Jarvis multiplied substantially.
Then, Jarvis walked to his horse, rode it, and took
off to the graveyard.
Jarvis arrived to the graveyard where his father had been
buried and started reflecting on what happened with a
frowning face. One moment he would stand up and the
other, he would squat next to the grave with tears falling
down his face every now and then.
He was grieved as he felt that he was entrusted with
his father and his brother’s revenge as if they were talking