- Laith Taher 297
“Damn you, Milton. Damn you,” he said.
Hammond woke up and realized who his friends
and enemies were, only too late. He was betrayed by the
man who had always been his friend and soul mate. It
seemed like his friendship was, in the long run, animosity.
Milton was the one who did the many bad things that led to
that miserable fate of the Prouds. But Hammond also
listened to him. If Milton was guilty for whispering into his
ear, Hammond was guilty, too, for succumbing to those
whispers without objection.
“Where is Jarvis?” Reynold asked him shouting.
Hammond leaned against the wall, and then sat on
the floor with his back leaning against the wall, “The slut
tricked me, and I killed my brother.”
Then, he said, crying, “My brother... my brother...”
Reynold grabbed him by his collar and started
shaking him shouting as loudly as he could, “How? How?
How could you do that?”
Meanwhile, people gathered inside the house when
they heard Reynold shouting and asking Hammond about
Jarvis.
Abigail, Shannon, and Raelene came in and heard
Reynold shouting while shaking Hammond, “How could
you kill Jarvis? How could you kill him?”
All three women started crying heavily, particularly
Abigail, who had not enjoyed her marriage much. She fell
down on the floor and started crying so heavily that her
voice started to tremble.