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Product of Culture – Colesmiths Bk 1: Prologue (Page 6)

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Copyright 2010 By James Lynch Jr.

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“five cent city slickers,” as Mark thought of them attempted to jump him, but Mark was too strong for them. Besides, they had peaked his temper. Mark proceeded to kick, head butt, and punch with such force that the other two boys started pushing him away. When he realized the fight had gone out of them, he said, “Leave my sister alone.”

Though the boys said nothing, the silence was their answer of acquiescing to Mark’s command. The boys never bothered Sophia again. In fact, they were downright nice at times.

Copyright 2010 By James Lynch Jr.

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Commentary

There is something profound happening in that single moment when Mark says “Leave my sister alone” and the silence becomes their answer. It’s not the victory of the fight that speaks loudest — it’s what comes after. The bullies don’t argue. They don’t negotiate. They simply acquiesce, and that silence says more than any words ever could.

Mark didn’t just win a physical battle. He earned something harder to win: respect. And what makes this even more powerful is that he didn’t demand it with threats or intimidation — he demanded it by standing his ground when his sister needed him. He showed them who he was, and they chose not to test him again.

The fact that “they were downright nice at times” afterward is the real reward. Not just fear, but genuine change. That’s the Mark Titus Colesmith signature — slow in tongue, but devastating in action, and big enough in spirit to turn enemies into something better.

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*Commentary Notes and Pictures By Kartistry of James Poeartistry Productions